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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).
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The MX-30 range extender has an 830-cc rotary engine that acts as a backup generator. Since this is a series-type plug-in hybrid, the rotary engine does not send power to the wheels or transmission. It serves solely as a power generator for the 17.8-kWh battery.
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On electric power from the battery alone, the MX-30 only has up to 107 km range (WLTP) from a single charge but with the addition of the rotary range extender, it can go up to 600 km. It also has a 50-litre fuel tank.
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Though the MX-30 R-EV was unveiled in Thailand, no prices have been announced yet. The regular MX-30 is not even available in the Kingdom but it is offered in Malaysia by Bermaz. Unfortunately, checks with Bermaz representatives said that the MX-30 R-EV will not be making it to Malaysia.
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It seems that Bermaz’s BEV portfolio will concentrate on Kia and XPeng. Kia is set to launch the Kia EV9 in the country soon while the Chinese Tesla announced a few weeks ago that Bermaz was assigned as its Malaysian distributor.
Fully imported (CBU) from Japan, the Mazda MX-30 is only available with one variant, the EV High which starts from RM 199,000.
Also read: Review: Mazda MX-30 EV High - If you need to ask about range, then it's not the EV for you
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