2022 Mazda MX-30 High e-Skyactiv

The main star at Mazda’s booth at the ongoing 2024 Bangkok Motor Show (BMS) saw the return of the fan-favourite rotary engine to a production vehicle. The Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV is the first rotary-powered Mazda model in more than a decade, giving the Wankel motor a new lease of life as well as extending the range of the Hiroshima company’s first battery electric vehicle (BEV). The MX-30 range extender has an 830-cc rotary engine that acts as a backup generator. Since this is a series-type

Mazda dealers in Japan are now accepting pre-orders for the rotary-powered range-extended Mazda MX-30 Rotary EV. Unlike the battery-only MX-30 EV that we have here, this new MX-30 Rotary EV adds a small, lightweight 830cc rotary engine for use as a back-up generator. It’s technically a series-type plug-in hybrid, with a 17.8 kWh battery (~half of the MX-30 EV’s 35.5 kWh). Note that unlike the more common parallel-type plug-in hybrid, the MX-30 Rotary EV’s series hybrid setup’s rotary engine has

Mazda and Toyota are reportedly co-developing a range of EV in-vehicle hardware and software control systems that will feature in the next generation models of both brands. The venture is said to reduce Mazda’s development cost by 80 percent and remain competitive against in-vehicle control systems from major US and European manufacturers as well as and tech giants such as Huawei and Google, according to Nikkei Asia. In-vehicle systems refer to software and network of hardware components that co

Mazda's CEO and President, Masahiro Moro surprised everyone at the ongoing Tokyo Auto Salon 2024 with an accidental tongue slip revealing that company was re-establishing a rotary engine development team after a hiatus of about six years. Likely, the specific purpose of the team would be to develop a high-performance rotary hybrid powertrain that was first announced with the Mazda Iconic SP concept, which received overwhelming response following its reveal at the Japan Mobility Show 2023. Also r

The Federal Government has agreed to give Sarawak 1,000 Approved Permits (APs) as well as tax exemptions to import battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hydrogen-powered vehicles (FECVs) into the state. According to Malay Mail, the APs were awarded to the state following a briefing by the state Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg to the Federal Cabinet and Prime Minister a few days ago. Also read: MITI: No intention to abolish AP system; no special treatment for Tesla According to Openg, these are

Mazda's only EV on sale in Malaysia Brilliant design, features and safety Limited range at 199 km but it's got Mazda soul In 2017, Mazda said that it felt no pressure from its customers to build EVs, even stating a year earlier, that if they ever made one, it was simply to comply with strangulating emissions laws in the most lucrative markets of the world. Yet here we are with the 2022 Mazda MX-30 – their first global EV model, more on it in a bit. Also in the same year, Mazda announced the revo