I think you are missin the bigger picture..... Goal is to eliminate combustion engines which produce CO2 and green house gasses caused by man which is causing climate change. Greater efficiency is nice, but what we need to do is try and eliminate it.
No, not at all. Better efficiency combined with third generation bio-fuels are the way forward. If we really want to move forward right now then there should be a ban on ICE cars which emit more than 100 grams of CO2 per km. That will be way more effective compared toying around with EVs and hope these will work somewhere within the next 20 years. Also the changeover to 100% bio-fuels will be much easier with more efficient ICE cars. The solution to getting to zero CO2 emissions from cars is that simple.
Latest news on hird gen bio fuels is we have run into a severe technological stumbling block we don’t know how to solve. Maybe one day we might be able to figure it out, but right now it doens’t look promising. As a result I thought research money looking into third gen bio fuels was scaled way back making it less likely we will find a solution any time soon.
DSM is moving ahead and no mentioning of any cut backs in financing:
https://annualreport.dsm.com/ar2017/en_US/7-3-innovation-center.html#H4794108691
That’s just one data point.
Not seeing any specutacular growth in that area with this company either.
Appears what they are doing is developing yeats and enzymes to sell to biomass production companies to increase yields. Not on next gen bio mass production. (But then this is all marketing fluff anyway, so hard to tell). This company is into solar and a bunch of other technologies and just not focused on Net Gen Bio.
DSM Bio-based Products & Services
As the world increasingly seeks alternatives to fossil resources and progresses toward a more sustainable, bio-renewable economy, significant commercial opportunities are presenting themselves in advanced biofuels and renewable chemical building blocks such as bio-based succinic acid.
DSM Bio-based Products & Services pioneers advances in biomass conversion and seeks to demonstrate the commercial viability of sustainable, renewable technologies in collaboration with strategic partners in the value chain. In particular, DSM has developed patented bioconversion technologies (yeast and enzymes) for various feedstocks and processes (including starch-based and cellulosic) in the biofuels industry. DSM's strategy is to deliver unique and differentiating technologies that enable biofuel plant operators to optimize their processes and maximize their yield and co-product creation. This helps make the production of biofuels even more sustainable.