EV Sales Pause Opens Chance For Hybrids Like The Mazda MX30. “The drive to declare that electric cars are the best way to reduce global CO2 will waste valuable and proven resources” Mazda seems to have picked the perfect time to launch its plug-in hybrid MX-30, just as faltering sales from Tesla make the point […]
Mazda Revives Rotary Engine To Extend EV Range. “PHEVs provide the freedom to drive without tailpipe emissions in city centers while maintaining the flexibility and range of an internal combustion engine for longer distances Mazda’s revival of its iconic rotary engine as a battery-replenisher for its electric car provides an alternative to pure electric cars […]
Give PHEVs, Like Mazda’s CX-60, A Chance. “They are efficient, less pollutant, and usually less expensive than pure electric cars” The search for perfection often gets in the way of the good, French philosopher and writer Voltaire said, and green opposition to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) reminds some critics of the great man’s words. […]
Mazda’s Electrification Plan Insists On Big ICE Role. “Electric cars are cool, but they are still profit killers, at least for most manufacturers” As European automakers bow to the politicians and seek to rid themselves of carbon dioxide (CO2) spewing internal combustion engines (ICE), at least in their home markets, Mazda is doing its best […]
Electric Mazda Shows Automakers Still Failing To Cater For Mass Market. “Given its price, limitations, and slowness to the market why would Mazda even try and bring such a vehicle to market?” Auto makers continue to drive into a blind alley with their electric car designs by seeking to reinvent traditional vehicles rather than addressing […]
Toyota, Mazda To Build U.S. Plant, Swap Equity Stakes. Mazda Then Announces First Petrol Compression Ignition Motor. Toyota Motor and Mazda Motor created a stir with new developments, including an equity swap deal between the two, an agreement to build a joint factory in the U.S., and then Mazda topped it off with news it […]
Share Sales And Bank Loan Total Nearly $3 billion “Mazda’s dating again: anybody wanna snuggle” Mazda’s financial woes have suddenly made it the centre of takeover talk. After Mazda announced it would make a net loss of $1.29 billion in the financial year ending March 31, that it planned a $2 billion offering of shares […]
Mazda of Japan managed to survive and thrive despite the eccentric “Zoom Zoom” slogan, so fronting up its new approach to promoting fuel efficiency with the opaque SkyActiv handle isn’t likely to do it any harm. The question is though, will it work? Mazda, at a media briefing in Britain, said in the short to […]
