Mazda CX-30 takes on the Arctic powered by biofuel

A total of 12 examples of the Mazda CX-30 e-Skyactiv G are said to have taken on a 2,090km journey across Sweden, Finland and Norway powered entirely by biofuel.

The drive is said to have included more than 320km of driving within the Arctic Circle - ending in the Norwegian Sea coastal town of Tromso in Norway. Powered entirely by a second-generation biofuel manufactured by sustainable technology solution firm Sustain, the journey is said to highlight the potential of sustainable fuels in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (read about another drive conducted by Mazda on the fuel here).

The Mazda CX-30 e-Skyactiv G (catch our review of the Mazda CX-30 SkyActiv-X here) makes use of a 138bhp 2.5-litre petrol engine and gets technologies including cylinder de-activation alongside Mazda's M-Hybrid mild hybrid technology - developed for the 2025 model year CX-30 and Mazda 3 lineup as part of the firm's multi-solution approach to powertrain development which will see it continue to develop petrol and diesel engines as well as hybrids, plug-in-hybrids, mild-hybrids and battery electric vehicles.

The biofuel, meanwhile, was manufactured from agricultural waste that would not otherwise be used for animal or human consumption. These fuels make use of carbon that already exists in our atmosphere, which are captured by plants as they grow before being re-released in the internal combustion process, as opposed to conventional fossil fuels, which release additional carbon currently locked underground when they are consumed.

The fleet of Mazda CX-30 e-Skyactiv G cars are said to have averaged a fuel consumption of more than 14.1km/L during the drive and required no modification to run on the sustainable fuel.