Mazda might be late to the electrification party, but the Japanese automaker has been fervently working on making combustion more efficient. Now, it plans to turn algae and seaweed into a low-emission bio-fuel to breathe new life into combustion-powered cars.
Not to be confused with synthetic fuel created by synthesizing hydrocarbons into a carbon-neutral gasoline, Mazda's seaweed and algae-based fuel would be a biofuel akin to bio-ethanol but could be used as a viable alternative to gasoline in cars such as the Mazda MX-5 Miata. Mazda has partnered with Hiroshima University to develop the technology, with the program starting in 2015.
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