Back in September, a company called Eneos announced it had completed its first synthetic fuels demonstration plant in Yokohama City, Japan, in partnership with Toyota, Mazda, Suzuki, Subaru, and Daihatsu. It's the first facility of its kind in Japan that is capable of handling the entire process of producing synthetic fuels from raw materials, with operations starting in fall of last year.
At the facility, green electricity is used in the process of producing the raw material of CO2-free hydrogen, with a production scale of one barrel per day, or about 42 gallons. Now, the new synthetic fuel produced at the facility will be used in production cars for the first time publicly at the upcoming Expo 2025 in Japan.
Subaru is the car making division of the Japanese transport company, Subaru Corporation, and it's one of the largest in the world. It was founded in 1953, preceded by the Nakajima Aircraft Company, and today manufactures vehicles known for their boxer engines, symmetrical all-wheel drive systems, and pedigreed history.