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.
About the Author
Kraig Johanssen is a native of Connecticut and holds a degree in Software Engineering. He now works at a software development firm in Alabama. His love for writing and great interest on cars makes him a proficient contributing author to various automotive magazines.
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