Toyota already holds the top spot for green car engineering, such as hybrid powertrains found in the new Toyota Prius line of vehicles. To further advancements in travel and fuel consumption, the Japanese auto maker is looking to ethanol. A new yeast (not the bread kind) is being tested by the auto maker to help make a better burning alternative fuel.
This newly developed yeast efficiently ferments xylose, a sugar produced when plant fibers are broken down, and is resistant to fermentation-inhibiting substances.
The newly developed yeast achieves one of the highest ethanol fermentation levels in the world, and is expected to improve bio-fuel quality while reducing production costs. Plans to perfect this ethanol and yeast, along with making ethanol a commercialized fuel, are set to complete by 2020.
The Toyota Biotechnology and Afforestation Laboratory is also in development of a "cool-spot creation technology" for simulating the cooling effects of shade created by trees, to be used in automobiles.1
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Source: 1http://www.torquenews.com/397/toyota-reveals-breakthrough-cellulosic-ethanol-production
