Mazda, Saudi Aramco Partner on “Green” Engines
Mazda is teaming with Saudi Arabian Oil and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology to develop next-generation fuels and engines aimed at improving fuel efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
Mazda Motor Corp. is teaming with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) to develop next-generation fuels and engines aimed at improving fuel efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
Saudi Aramco will lead work on the fuel and refinery process. Mazda and AIST will co-develop advanced engine technologies.
The initiative is part of “Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030” plan Mazda announced last summer. Under the “well-to-wheel” approach, Mazda evaluates a vehicle’s environmental impact throughout the development, production, driving and end-of-life processes.