Mazda News
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Rotary power could could rev up a new electric sports car with a range of different fuels, Mazda suggests.
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2024 Mazda CX-90 plug-in hybrid makes the list of safest SUVs
A handful of other plug-in hybrids, including the Toyota Prius Prime, Lexus NX 450h, and Volvo XC90 Recharge, also made the Top Safety Pick+ list this year.
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Mazda MX-30 EV cut from US lineup, rotary version too
With its 100-mile EPA range rating, the MX-30 has been one of the lowest-driving-range EVs available in the U.S. market.
Bengt Halvorson -
Report: Future Mazda EVs may be made in Mexico
Mazda already has an assembly plant in Salamanca, Mexico, that builds models with internal combustion powertrains.
Stephen Edelstein -
Mazda looking to Panasonic for cylindrical EV batteries
Mazda's interest in cylindrical cells could follow Tesla and Lucid as the Japanese brand plans forthcoming electric vehicles.
Stephen Edelstein -
Review: Mazda MX-30 EV masquerades as an exotic, misses what matters
The MX-30 is an affordable electric vehicle, presented in a way that second-guesses its own priorities.
Bengt Halvorson -
Second-time EV owners will have different expectations and won’t be so focused on range, says the CEO of Mazda USA.
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2024 Mazda CX-90 plug-in hybrid beats Toyota Highlander to PHEV punch
The 2024 Mazda CX-90 ushers in the electrified era for the automaker with three rows and a plug.
Joel Feder -
Mazda MX-30 R-EV is a plug-in puzzle Americans might not get
Mazda is bringing its rotary internal-combustion heritage into an EV as a range-extender, but range-extender efficiency and actual range remain missing puzzle pieces.
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2023 Mazda MX-30 EV carries over, as range-extended rotary idles
Mazda confirmed that a rotary-engine range-extended version of the MX-30, called the MX-30 R-EV, is Europe-bound. But it appears that a U.S. debut has been delayed or canceled.
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Mazda boosts EV target to 40% by 2030, plans new hybrid system
Stepped-up targets for electric vehicles were backed up by new agreements with suppliers to develop and manufacture "electric drive units."
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Mazda CX-60 plug-in hybrid SUV will debut new platform, interior theme
Rather than a long-range electric vehicle, Mazda plans to introduce a plug-in hybrid SUV, with the production model due to bow March 8.
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The 2022 Mazda MX-30 is pleasant enough to drive, but even if it drove like a Porsche Taycan that wouldn't be enough to overcome range concerns (100 miles) and very limited availability.
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2022 Mazda MX-30 EV: 100-mile electric car will start at $34,645
Mazda has smartly decided to offer loaner cars with its MX-30 EV, which is priced above other short-range EVs but offers more flair.
Bengt Halvorson -
Is Mazda putting its rotary-engine range extender on hold?
Even after Mazda confirmed the comeback of the Wankel rotary engine for the U.S. market, a new report clouds its future as a range extender.
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Mazda plans dedicated EV platform in 2025, other EVs and plug-in hybrids before then
Mazda plans multiple electrified variants of its vehicles, such as the MX-30 that's to be offered with a rotary range extender—with a dedicated EV arriving in 2025.
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2022 Mazda MX-30: Rotary-ready freak of the future bucks big batteries
The Mazda MX-30 promises all-electric motoring for a relatively short range—although a gasoline-burning range extender is on the way.
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Mazda MX-30 EV is US-bound with rotary range extender, company confirms
The MX-30 will arrive in the U.S. as a rotary-supplemented plug-in series hybrid as well as a fully electric model.
Bengt Halvorson -
Mazda has confirmed that at least one of its upcoming products will use a rotary engine as an EV range extender.
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Mazda MX-30 electric car: Gas version shown before EV reaches target market
Mazda took some of the shine off its MX-30 electric car by showing that there will be a gasoline version.
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Mazda aims its new MX-30 EV at the European market
Mazda has revealed its first "mass production" EV at the Tokyo Motor Show; more on a rotary range-extended version is to come later.
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2019 Mazda CX-5 diesel, Mercedes-Benz EQC, more Karmas, more Nikolas: Today's Car News
Mazda will deliver the diesel CX-5, Mercedes' electric crossover, and hydrogen fuel trucks.
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About time! Mazda CX-5 diesel arrives in summer 2019
Will Mazda finally, after many years, put a new diesel vehicle on sale in the U.S.? If the announcement the automaker made today at the New York auto show is any indication, deliveries of the Mazda CX-5 diesel will start this summer. It’s been a long, long time since Mazda made the business...
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2020 Tesla Model Y, Mazda rotary, wider VW electric plans: The Week in Reverse
Which two companies announced expanded lines of plug-in hybrids this week? What big decision did Tesla take back? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 15, 2019. The big news this week was Tesla's unveiling of its...
Eric C. Evarts