Will the Miata go electric? Mazda’s considering it
Mazda is considering whether to electrify the MX-5 Miata, their most famous vehicle, according to R&D boss Ichiro Hirose and brand chief Ikuo Maeda, as reported by Autocar.
Mazda unveils their first EV, the MX-30; EU orders open now, delivery next year
Mazda has revealed their MX-30 EV, the first fully electric car in the company’s stable, earlier today at Tokyo Motor Show.
Earlier this week, we saw the first photo of the car, and most of its specs were known already. The only things left were pricing and availability, and more photos of the car from other angles.
Mazda’s first EV will be called MX-30, first photo leaked
Mazda’s first production EV is set to be unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show on October 23. In advance of that event, a photo has started to circulate on the internet that purports to show the vehicle in all its unveiled glory.
The photo seems to be taken from Japan Car Top magazine. It labels the car as a “concept,” but the design is one we haven’t seen before and shows significant changes from prototypes that have been spotted testing.
Update: The MX-30 has been officially revealed, click through and take a look.
Mazda will unveil their ‘brand new’ EV model at Tokyo Motor Show next month
Today, Mazda confirmed that they’ll be unveiling a new EV at the Tokyo Motor Show next month, according to Automotive News.
Mazda has been prepping a new EV, with prototypes recently spotted testing in a “CX”-style crossover body. But Mazda says that this new EV will be a “brand new model,” rather than using the CX-30 body that has been spotted on prototypes.
Mazda’s first electric car spotted testing, looks like a CX-5
Mazda is preparing to launch its first electric car, and it looks like we have the first images of the prototype spotted testing in Norway.
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Mazda to release first all-electric car in 2020
Mazda has been notoriously slow to embrace electric cars, but it now appears we’ll be seeing the company’s first all-electric model next year.
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Toyota-Mazda’s upcoming electric car factory is down to ‘3 or 4 locations’ in the US
Earlier this year, Toyota and Mazda announced their biggest electric vehicle commitment to date with a new $1.6 billion joint EV factory in the US.
Over 15 states have reportedly bid with incentive packages to get the project and we now learn that they are down to “3 or 4 locations” as Illinois was reportedly eliminated from the process this week.
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Toyota, Mazda, and Denso lay out electric car plans with new joint-venture
Earlier this year, Mazda and Toyota created a new joint-venture to develop electric vehicles and build a US factory.
Now the two Japanese automakers lay out their plans for EVs as Denso, an automotive component supplier, joins them.
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Mazda to reportedly only sell electric cars and hybrids by 2030
Mazda still doesn’t offer any electric vehicle and often talk down the technology publicly. Yet, they are reportedly planning to commit to the technology and announce that they will only sell electric cars and hybrids by 2030.
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Mazda and Toyota to create joint-venture to develop electric vehicles and build US factory
Mazda and Toyota, arguably the two major automakers least invested in electric vehicles, are working on a new joint-venture to develop electric cars.
There’s been a lot of consolidation in the auto industry over the years, but the interesting aspect of this case is that surviving the electric car revolution in the industry is at least partly the reason behind it.
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Mazda exec presents bold ‘let’s pretend the EV future will never come’ strategy
Mazda exec Robert Davis doubled down on Mazda’s anti-EV stance at a Michigan trade group convention this week, Automotive News reported. In a seminar, Davis stated that the “impending death of the internal combustion engine is overrated,” said governments shouldn’t “mandate” EVs, and said EV incentives should be eliminated.
Mazda currently makes no electric or plug-in hybrid models, though claimed last year that they were planning to offer EVs in 2019 primarily to meet ZEV regulations.
Robert Davis was a US senior VP of operations for Mazda until being reassigned to a smaller role earlier this year.
Mazda says it feels ‘no pressure’ from customers to make electric vehicles, burying its head back in the sand
Mazda announced last year that they will be forced to launch an electric car in California to comply with the zero-emission mandate around 2019, but that’s the only reason they are doing it.
The Japanese automaker is one of the last few major automakers with no interest in electric vehicles and it now explained why: demand.
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Mazda finally promises to add all-electric cars in its lineup by 2019
Mazda is one of the last few major automakers without any serious electric car program. It is betting on its fuel-efficient SkyActiv technology to meet increasingly stricter standards, but the Japanese automaker is apparently now coming to the realization that it will likely not be enough and it will have to turn to electric cars.
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