They're saying that the MX-30 is expected to go on sale in Australia in 2021.
[ Edit: added "electric" to the title, since it seems all Mazdas will come in hybrid, PHEV hybrid, and electric in future. ]
Nissan Leaf 2012 with new battery May 2019.
5650 W solar, 2xPIP-4048MS inverters, 16 kWh battery.
1.4 kW solar with 1.2 kW Latronics inverter and FIT.
160 W solar, 2.5 kWh 24 V battery for lights.
Patching PIP-4048/5048 inverter-chargers.
The Mazda RX sports line with an electric turbo and hybrid drive to give it that outstanding launch off the mark the Tesla has, but not the weight, regenerative braking and long range per fuel and battery refill, could be the ultimate Bathurst 12 hr and 24 hr race machine.
The electric turbo doesn't require under sizing for a quick spin up, so it doesn't need work as hard so the early turbo failures that plagued racing rotaries in the past will no longer be an issue. The rotary is only fuel inefficient at part load, that can be eliminated by using it as a generator power plant as well as providing propulsion when needed via a similar planetary drive as the Prius uses now.
Maybe even a heavy vehicle hybrid powerplant, multiple quad rotor engines driving 200kW generators, only fired up as required. Far lighter than the monster cast iron diesel engines used now and could be distributed along the truck/trailer combination as required .... could be a whole different ball game in the near future, they will run on many different fuels as well ....
Not amazing in terms of economy even with mild hybrid and they didn't get anywhere near claimed economy 6.8 vs 5.5
As for the cost of the mx-30 I would say it wont be cheaper than an Ioniq/Leaf. That 3 above is $41k. Battery size is still 35.5, its just got terrible efficiency to get such low range.
Not amazing in terms of economy even with mild hybrid and they didn't get anywhere near claimed economy 6.8 vs 5.5
As for the cost of the mx-30 I would say it wont be cheaper than an Ioniq/Leaf. That 3 above is $41k. Battery size is still 35.5, its just got terrible efficiency to get such low range.
I can’t see many surviving against Chinese competition in the longer run in any case .
Not amazing in terms of economy even with mild hybrid and they didn't get anywhere near claimed economy 6.8 vs 5.5
As for the cost of the mx-30 I would say it wont be cheaper than an Ioniq/Leaf. That 3 above is $41k. Battery size is still 35.5, its just got terrible efficiency to get such low range.
My 5 year old Golf does 5.1 in a drive across town. There was daylight between it and the Japanese when I bought it, and it doesn't look like they have closed the gap in five years. Seeing as they can't get their ICE tech up to the mark they'd be better off changing to full electric and sending all their development that way, IMHO.
They really are one of the last.
