Mazda also aims at the contribution of e-fuels

The importance of the contribution of e-fuels in the path towards carbon neutrality. The theme is what Mazda has addressed in recent days at the conference held at the Milan Polytechnic. Protagonists of the event, the academic world and that of industry who discussed the use of hydrogen and derived synthetic fuels, as complementary solutions to electrification towards a mobility with zero CO2 emissions. Oriented towards a multi-solution strategy, Mazda highlighted the importance of the contribution that e-fuels and confirmed to continue the path of electrification hand in hand with the development of advanced technologies for internal combustion engines and investments to promote the adoption of sustainable fuels such as e-fuels.

Presenting Mazda’s position to the students of the Polytechnic and industry experts present at the conference was engineer Christian Schultze, research & operations director of the Mazda Motor Europe Research and Development Center, based in Oberursel (Frankfurt). “Mazda is committed to accelerating the electrification of its fleet – Schultze said – but we are also convinced that all the appropriate technologies must be used to reduce CO2 quickly and effectively.

In our view, vehicles running on zero-emission fuels make an important contribution to electrification, as they are easy to implement and can have a significant effect, given that they can be used by a large number of cars”. “Europe – added Schultze – it has a fleet of 246.3 million cars and over 97% of them are powered by an internal combustion engine: this means that a 3% CO2 neutral fuel mixture would already have the same effect of all electric vehicles currently in service. We must take advantage of this double chance as soon as possible.”