The Japanese future of the internal combustion engine
Because the electric car cannot be used everywhere in the world in the coming decades, Toyota is fully committed to the development of combustion engines that use alternative fuels. The brand has, among other things, a combustion engine that likes hydrogen on the shelves. With a Corolla with such a power source, Toyota is already racing around the circuits in the Japanese Super Taiky racing series. In a short time, the brand has already managed to improve the technology considerably.
Toyota was one of the manufacturers that decided not to sign the Glasgow Declaration on Zero Emission Cars and Vans during the Glasgow Climate Conference last year. Manufacturers that sign the statement indicate that they are committed to completely phasing out passenger cars and commercial vehicles with combustion engines before 2040. Toyota indicated that in Asia, Latin America and Africa, among others, there will not be a suitable infrastructure by 2040 to hang up the combustion engine. Together with Subaru, Mazda, Yamaha and Kawasaki, Toyota is working on the future of the internal combustion engine, a future where CO2-neutral fuels enter the combustion chambers. Toyota participates in the Japanese Super Taikyu race series with cars with three types of combustion engines, including a Corolla with a combustion engine that burns hydrogen. This innovative power source has already been significantly improved in a relatively short period of time.
In 2021, a Toyota Corolla with a hydrogen combustion engine blasted through the Japanese circuits during four races. This year, the Corolla will compete in all seven races of the Super Takyu Series with this new powertrain. In the six months between the first and last race in which the ‘hydrogen Corolla’ took part last year, the power and torque of the powertrain has improved by 24 and 33 percent consecutively. In terms of power, the machine is now no longer inferior to a conventional petrol engine. Although Toyota has increased the range of the special Corolla by 20 percent since the last race, the brand indicates that the range is not yet at the desired level and that it is working on making the refueling process faster.
Toyota GR86 CNF
Toyota has also prepared an interesting GR86 for the Taikyu racing series. Like the hydrogen-powered Corolla, the GR86 CNF (Carbon Neutral Fuel) chased by race team ORC Rookie has a blown 1.4 under the hood that is a derivative of the machine of the GR Yaris and the hydrogen Corolla. This 1.4 uses synthetic ‘CO2-neutral biomass fuel’, Toyota reports. According to Toyota, the car does emit CO2, but the balance is corrected because CO2 is extracted from the atmosphere when producing biomass-based fuel. A GR86 with a conventional petrol engine will also be present during the Taikyu series.
The Mazda and Subaru brands with which Toyota is collaborating on the development of the innovative combustion engines also have interesting entries. This is how Mazda blasts over the circuits with a 2 that likes biodiesel and
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