June 5 is World Environment Day and on this special day environmental issues and awareness takes the center stage. Motor vehicles have always been accused of increasing environmental hazards. However it’s a different case when you’re driving a Mazda. You see Mazda constantly monitors the environmental impact of their operation especially in terms of car production. And not only that they also make sure that their car from inception to end of its life remains to be eco-friendly. This is Mazda’s way of helping to preserve the planet.

The Mazda oil filter maker, Mazda manufactures clean-energy vehicles that make use of production technologies that have very minimal or no environmental impact. They were also the very first motor company to ever develop the first hydrogen-fueled rotary engine that was made available for commercial use last 2006 particularly in the RX8 Hydrogen RE.

The RX8 Hydrogen RE is a special type of engine that functions by mixing hydrogen and oxygen to produce the required electricity. And the best thing about this engine is that it only emits water as exhaust without the production of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. But that’s not all! Amazingly Mazda was also able to manage to achieve this result without sacrificing torque, acceleration, and exhaust tail note.

Aside from the hydrogen rotary engine, Mazda has created another environmental breakthrough—the one-of-a-kind Three Layer Wet Paint System which is a first in the world to reduce the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and carbon.

This paint system developed by Mazda us a one-step baking and drying method that applies three layers in succession meaning primer coat, base coat, and the clear coat while still wet. By eliminating the drying process the C02 emissions are reduced significantly by almost 15 percent.

Aside from that the Hiroshima-based automaker is also working on a new low solvent content paint in partnership with paint manufacturers that when applied using high- precision coating equipment will not only increase coating efficiency but will also reduce VOC emissions by 50 percent.

Mazda is also engaging in a continuous research and analysis to develop vehicles that can conserve energy, eliminate air and water pollution, reduce waste and minimize noxious chemical emissions. Mazda makes use of an effective and systematic operation system that efficiently utilizes resources and reduces hazardous wastes.

Overall the systematic process that Mazda employs ensures that all of its environmental goals are smoothly achieved. Mazda also provide its employees with trainings to raise their environmental awareness plus it also encourages its staffs to gain public qualifications related to environment. Mazda Corporation even goes as far as providing environment education programmes which are also designed for specific to various job profiles.

Such commitment of Mazda to the environment didn’t go unnoticed as a matter of fact the Hiroshima-based automaker has been duly recognized by the Californian research firm J.D. Power and Associates. The Mazda3 and MX5 have been included in their Automotive Environmental Index (AEI) study last 2006 and was listed among the most environmental friendly cars.

About Mazda Motor Corporation

Mazda Motor Corporation has started out as a manufacturer of tools way back in the year 1929 and later on it branched out into production of trucks for commercial use. The first passenger car models that Mazda produced were introduced in early 1960s. This was also the very same year that Mazda has started developing the rotary engines.

The headquarters of Mazda is located in Hiroshima in western Japan. Mazda presently ranks as one of Japan’s leading automakers and exporters. The Hiroshima-based automaker has been exporting cars to United States and Europe for over 30 years. Its overseas sales account for more than half of its total turnover.

Mazda has two main production sites in Japan and 19 overseas facilities. The overseas sites include joint ventures based in United States, and in Thailand. At present Ford Motor Corporation is still owns one-third controlling interest in Mazda.



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Mazda Motor Corporation has a history of developing powerful engines like for instance, the Wankel Rotary engine. Mazda is the only automaker that was able to surmount all the difficult technical challenges that came with the RE technology and even went further by mass producing the rotary engine. Then finally in 1991, the Mazda 787B made history with the rotary engine when it became the only Japanese car ever to claim victory at the Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race.

And for this year, the Hiroshima-based automaker will once again make another history with its newly developed naturally aspirated MZR 1.3L Miller-cycle engine, which will power the all-new Demio also known as Mazda2 in overseas markets. The new Demio is scheduled to go on sale this coming July in Japan.

The new naturally aspirated MZR 1.3 L Miller-cycle engine will be made to function in combination with Mazda’s first continuously variable transmission (CVT). The engine will then assist the new Demio to achieve a 10 to 15 fuel economy of 23.0km/L, a significant improvement of approximately 20 percent over the 19.2 km/L rating of the current model.

The new naturally aspirated MZR 1.3 L Miller-cycle engine is part of the current MZR 1.3L DOHC aluminum engine. It employs a delayed closing of the intake valves in order to reduce pumping losses and improve thermal efficiency through a higher expansion ratio. The Intake valve timing is also optimized in the process by the Sequential Valve Timing System to improve fuel efficiency over the current MZR 1.3 L engine especially when cruising and accelerating. In connection with the CVT that transfers torque at low speeds without power loss and eliminates gear-shift shock, the result is a setup that achieves excellent fuel efficiency as well as smooth and exhilarating ride.

In addition to the new, highly efficient powertrain, the all-new Demio has been made approximately 100kg lighter than its predecessor. This remarkable reduction in weight was achieved through “weight reduction techniques, which have resulted in agile handling and significant improvement in fuel economy.

The Demio model equipped with the naturally aspirated MZR 1.3L Miller-cycle engine combined with the CVT transmission will achieve a fuel economy that is rated as 20 percent better than the level specified by Japan’s 2010 fuel economy standards. Exhaust emissions will also be reduced by up to 75 percent lower than the 2005 standards which is in accordance to Japan’s Super Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (SU-LEV) standard and qualifies the Demio for Green Tax exemptions.

Mazda through its sustainable Zoom-Zoom plan that was announced last March 2007, it has express its desire to pursue the harmony between driving pleasure and environmental and safety features. The maker of the Mazda hoods has also stress that it is working on for an advanced Zoom-Zoom world. And of course as an automaker it will continue to create captivating design that would provide customers with continuous driving pleasure as well as to further develop and improved safety and environmental technologies.

About Mazda Motor Corporation

It was in the year 1929 when Mazda Motor Corporation has started manufacturing tools and later on branched out into production of trucks for commercial use. The first passenger car models that Mazda produced were launched in the early 1960s. It was also in this same year that Mazda started developing the rotary engines.

Mazda is headquartered in Hiroshima in western Japan. At present Mazda ranks as one of Japan’s leading automakers and exports cars to the United States and Europe for over 30 years. It’s overseas sales account for more than half of its total turnover.

Mazda has two main production sites in Japan and 19 overseas facilities. The overseas sites include joint ventures based in United States, and in Thailand. Ford Motor Corporation owns one-third controlling interest in Mazda.



By: Kraig Johanssen

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