Mazda to enter Super Taikyu Race running on B100 using UCO and euglena

In Japan, Mazda Motor Corporation aims to popularize the use of next-generation biodiesel fuels and participated in the Super Taikyu Race in Okayama held at the Okayama International Circuit on Saturday, Nov. 13 and Sunday Nov. 14, where Mazda entered a racecar with a conventional diesel engine (Skyactiv-D 1.5) that runs on 100% bio-based fuel made from used cooking oil and microalgae fats. From next year, Mazda will step up its efforts and participate in all rounds of the endurance race throughout the season.

Mazda is a member of the Hiroshima “Your Green Fuel” Project, a demonstration project in Hiroshima for popularizing and spreading the use of next-generation biofuels jointly run by the Hiroshima Council for Automotive Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration (Hirojiren) as an activity of the Energy Expert Subcommittee and Euglena Co., Ltd. The project aims to establish a model for revitalizing regional areas by retaining the entire value chain of carbon neutral fuels from the manufacture and supply of raw materials through to fuel use within the Hiroshima area. In August 2020, the project confirmed that the performance of this biodiesel fuel was on a par with petroleum-based diesel fuel, and Mazda commenced using it in company cars with diesel engines.

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