Key Japanese companies, including petroleum company ENEOS Corporation, Suzuki Motor Corporation, Subaru Corporation, Daihatsu Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corporation, and Mazda Motor Corporation have announced that they will collaborate to offer passenger vehicles that use a fuel mixture containing synthetic fuel during the Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan.
The vehicles will be used to transport guests and related parties within the venue, and will include a Toyota Vellfire HEV Z Premier, Mazda CX-80 PHEV, Suzuki Spacia Hybrid X, Subaru Crosstrek S HEV and Daihatsu Rocky Premium G HEV.
With support from the Green Innovation Fund of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), ENEOS will provide synthetic fuel produced at a demonstration plant within its Central Technical Research Laboratory. .
Synthetic fuels are clean energy sources made from hydrogen derived from renewable energy sources and CO2 that can reduce CO2 emissions throughout their product lifecycle. As liquid fuels, they can utilise existing infrastructure and therefore contribute to reducing internal combustion engine CO2 emissions.
By operating the vehicles for transporting guests and related parties at the Expo, ENEOS, Suzuki, Subaru, Daihatsu, Toyota, and Mazda will promote the idea that engine-equipped vehicles running on synthetic fuel are a key mobility option on the path toward carbon neutrality.
The initiative will also contribute to achieving the Expo’s sustainability mission as laid out in the EXPO 2025 Green Vision.
