Mazda has announced its intention that its car factories, spread all over the world, be carbon neutral by 2035. This is an intermediate goal, part of a larger one that will make your entire supply chain to be carbon neutral by 2035. However, for now, the Japanese manufacturer has not made great progress in the electrification of its offer. It only offers a 100% electric model, not without controversy, and plans to continue selling combustion vehicles for at least this decade. Its decarbonisation strategy is based on the renewable energies and biofuelsbles.
With its 100-year history, Mazda has extensive experience in the automotive industry, where it has innovated with its rotary engine technology. It was also one of the first manufacturers to commit to electrification. Already in 2017, it promised to sell only electric and hybrid vehicles by 2030. An objective that began with the addition of the Mazda MX-30 to its range, an electric SUV that, however, has been highly criticized for technical specifications that are They are far from those offered by its competition, since its low autonomy does not correspond to a car that can only move through urban environments.
For now, Mazda has not presented any other electric model, although it has announced its plans to add three new models to its range before 2025based on the technology of the MX-30, in addition to bulls five conventional hybrids and five plug-in hybrids.
Starting in the middle of this decade, Mazda will launch the new, modular and scalable electric Skyactiv EV platform, on which its subsequent electric models will be based. Mazda will continue developing combustion engines for large SUVs like the CX-60 and CX-80 starting next year and continues to invest in the development of carbon neutral synthetic biofuels.
Despite the lack of electric vehicles in its offer, Mazda has announced its intention to convert all its factories to carbon neutral facilities by 2035. In its Press release It includes a road map that indicates how it will achieve this commitment in the next thirteen years.
The Japanese manufacturer currently has ten plants worldwide and an eleventh under construction in Huntsville, Alabama, which it shares with Toyota. To combat carbon emissions in its factories, Mazda will focus on three areas with its production partners: energy conservation, switch to renewable energy and introduction of carbon neutral fuels for internal transport.
The energy conservation during the manufacturing process will include reducing the use of thermal energy through the development of low-temperature curing paints and optimized processing technology. To achieve a higher percentage of use of renewable energy, Mazda will expand its use in Japan. In addition, it is also considering various forms of decarbonization, such as low-carbon or carbon-free power generation at its plants and purchasing electricity from renewable energy providers, according to its statement.
As a final step, Mazda shared that will continue to investigate carbon neutral biofuels to implement them in internal transport. These measures and methods will first be integrated into Mazda’s Japanese factories before similar practices are adopted at facilities in other countries.
