Yamaha is backing hydrogen as a clean and viable option for reaching carbon neutrality and will develop it as a source of fuel, President and CEO Yoshihiro Hidaka has said.
"We would like to keep many possibilities ¡ª opportunities ¡ª to achieve carbon neutrality,¡± Hidaka said in an interview Thursday at Yamaha¡¯s headquarters in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Japan¡¯s automotive industry, which employs 5.5 million people domestically, has long advocated a multistrategy approach toward decarbonization. Toyota, the world¡¯s biggest automaker, has been a member of that camp.
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