FMT 2025: Industry Minister presents 3 strategies to strengthen Thailand’s auto parts industry On April 3, 2025, the Thai Auto Parts Manufacturers Association (TAPMA) officially inaugurated Future Mobility Thailand 2025 (FMT 2025) in Bangkok under the theme "Driving Tomorrow: Innovating for a Sustainable and Connected Future." At the event, the Thai Industry Minister unveiled 3 core strategies to advance Thailand’s auto parts industry as part...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/04

Thai BOI reveals success of recent business trip to Japan; Meets with Isuzu / Mitsubishi Motors Announced on February 24, 2025, Thailand’s BOI Secretary-General detailed discussions with Japanese investors during his visit to Japan from February 19 – 21. At The Thailand-Japan Investment Forum 2025 held in Tokyo, the event attracted over 400 seminar attendees from various sectors, including automotive, electronics, machinery, petrochemicals, p...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/28

Hino and two partners to offer e-fuel bus service at Osaka Expo Hino Motors Limited (Hino Motors), ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS), and West Japan JR Bus Company (West Japan JR Bus, Abeno Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture) announced on February 19 that they will offer a shuttle service using buses powered by e-fuel during the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. West Japan JR Bus will operate the service, and Hino Motors will provide technical support to s...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/20

Japanese government aiming to start supply of gasoline with 10% biofuel by FY 2030 Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced its policy to start the supply of “E10” gasoline, which consists of 10% biofuel and 90% normal gasoline, by the fiscal year that starts in April 2030 (FY 2030) at a meeting held on November 11. It also intends to raise the sales ratio of new vehicles that support “E20” gasoline, which contains 20% ...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/13

Toyota unveils two engines with improved heat efficiency Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) has unveiled two new engine types that are currently under development. They are 1.5-liter and 2-liter 4-cylinder engines. Each type has a naturally aspirated version and a supercharger (turbocharger) version. Toyota aims to launch the new engines by 2028, when the European Union’s “Euro-7” environmental regulations is likely to become effective. Comp...

News  Updated at: 2024/05/29

Toyota, Mazda and Subaru commit to new engine development tailored to electrification On May 28, Toyota, Mazda and Subaru announced that they have each committed to developing new engines tailored to electrification and the pursuit of carbon neutrality. With the next generation of engines, the three companies will seek to not only improve standalone engine performance but also optimize their integration with electric drive units, harnessing the ...

News  Updated at: 2024/05/28

Toyota and three companies commence study to introduce CN fuels for autos in Japan On May 27, Idemitsu Kosan, ENEOS Corporation, Toyota Motor and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announce that they have commenced a study toward the introduction and spread of carbon-neutral fuels (CN fuels) that contribute to the decarbonization of automobiles. Seeking to introduce CN fuels in Japan around 2030, the four companies fulfilling roles respectively in suppl...

News  Updated at: 2024/05/27

Isuzu ready to support Thailand’s carbon neutrality, net-zero emissions, regional EV hub goals Announced on March 19, 2024, Isuzu Motor expressed the company's readiness to support the Thai government’s intention to achieve the carbon neutrality goal by 2050, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2065, as well as the goal of turning Thailand into an EV manufacturing hub, through Isuzu’s “Multi-pathways to Carbon Neutrality”. The commercial v...

News  Updated at: 2024/03/20

VW to scale back EV production, may change 50% target for 2030 The Volkswagen (VW) Group unveiled a forecast for the fiscal year ending December 2024, saying that its sales will increase a maximum of 5% from the EUR 322.3 billion (JPY 52.14 trillion) in the previous year, and its operating profit will remain at around last year’s level of 7.5%. In 2024, the group will introduce more than 30 models, but as its sales of electric vehicles (EVs) ar...

News  Updated at: 2024/03/15

Itochu and three other corporations to conduct feasibility study for creating an e-fuel supply chain Itochu Corporation (Itochu), JFE Steel Corporation (JFE Steel), HIF Global (HIF, the U.S.), and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced an agreement to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of a supply chain for synthetic fuel (e-fuel) to be produced in Australia. The four companies plan to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) in Japan, ship...

News  Updated at: 2024/03/07

Yamaha Motor develops series hybrid unit for drones; succeeds in extending range Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Yamaha Motor) developed a series hybrid unit for drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) combining a motorcycle engine and a motor. The product can extend the flying range of drones by replacing the onboard batteries. The company exhibited the newly developed concept model, αlive RX (alpha-live RX) for the first time at the Automotive Engineering E...

News  Updated at: 2023/05/25

Japanese government’s public-private strategy council prepares report to facilitate introduction of synthetic fuel Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced an interim report that is prepared by a public-private strategy council to facilitate the introduction of synthetic fuel (e-fuel). The council has accelerated the commercialization from the present 2040 to the early 2030s. METI will support investment in plant a...

News  Updated at: 2023/05/18

European Council adopts regulation on CO2 emissions for new cars and vans On March 28, European Council adopted a regulation setting stricter CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans. The new rules set the targets - 55% CO2 emission reductions for new cars and 50% for new vans from 2030 to 2034 compared to 2021 levels; and 100% CO2 emission reductions for both new cars and vans from 2035.A regulatory incentive mechanism for zero- ...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/29

LMC Automotive blog: Will Europe’s BEV market be derailed by e-fuels? Following intense lobbying from some of Germany’s premium vehicle makers and the prospect of the EU’s flagship 2035 zero CO2 vehicle policy being scuppered at the final hurdle by abstention from Germany and pushback from Italy, it seems that e-fuels will be allowed to form part of the powertrain mix for new Light Vehicles (LVs) in the EU and EU+ markets beyond 2035. Surel...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/27

Japanese government to start new research into next-generation heavy-duty vehicle development project Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will start three new areas of research in its “next-generation heavy-duty vehicle development promotion project” about “wireless power supply to vehicles while driving”, “fuel consumption evaluation for large fuel cell vehicles (FCVs)”, and “the commercialization of s...

News  Updated at: 2022/11/30

SK Innovation to invest in US synthetic liquid fuel company SK Trading International (SKTI), a subsidiary of South Korea's SK Innovation, announced that it will invest in Infinium Holdings, Inc. (Infinium) in the U.S. Infinium was established in California, the U.S. in 2020. It owns the technology of "e-fuel," a synthetically produced liquid fuel made from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The company produces the e-fuel using green power with low car...

News  Updated at: 2022/10/13

Riken to strengthen gasoline and light oil evaluation facility to evaluate next-generation fuel performance Riken Corporation (Riken) will reinforce hydrogen engine performance evaluation facilities at its Kashiwazaki Plant (Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture).  It will also consider switching to evaluation facilities for engines that use next-generation fuels, such as synthetic fuels called e-fuel. It will expand the system for evaluating eng...

News  Updated at: 2022/09/09

Riken to establish new department to prepare for hydrogen and new energy business Riken Corporation (Riken) announced on September 29 that it will establish a new department to accelerate business planning about hydrogen energy, and prepare for hydrogen and new energy business on October 1. The new department will plan parts development, evaluation and analysis including demonstration tests for hydrogen engines. Activities to achieve a carbon neu...

News  Updated at: 2021/10/01

Petroleum Association of Japan to develop carbon neutral technologies by 2030 On March 19, Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ) announced a long-term vision aimed at achieving carbon neutrality in 2050. PAJ plans to develop technologies for hydrogen free of carbon dioxide, e-fuel, carbon recycling, and others by 2030 and begin implementing them in the society in and after 2030. PAJ will also be committed to developing fuels related to the improve...

News  Updated at: 2021/03/22

Siemens Energy and Porsche, with partners, advance climate-neutral e-fuel development On December 1, Volkswagen announced that Siemens Energy, joined by Porsche and a lineup of international companies, is developing and implementing a pilot project in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (e-fuels). In the pilot phase, around 130,000 liters of ...

News  Updated at: 2020/12/03