Sakamoto echoes these sentiments: “Our joint research with Mazda offers an important solution for CO2 reduction: it tackles the difficult challenge of achieving carbon neutrality while continuing to make use of the internal combustion engine and its infrastructure – which are used in every corner of the globe.”
Mazda hasn’t committed to when such fuel might be commercially available, but it has already been testing the technology on the racetrack using the Mazda2 Bio Concept, a race car that runs on biodiesel created from cooking oil and microalgae fats, alongside an MX-5 Miata racer running on synthetic fuel.
There is no silver bullet to climate neutrality in cars. This author believes a mixed approach involving EVs, hydrogen, and synthetic fuel is the way forward, providing drivers the power of choice in their carbon-neutral motoring experience.
If such fuel could be rolled out en masse to power everything from a Mazda Miata to a Jeep Wrangler, the world would be better off for it.