35 kWh, 100 mi range. What more could you ask for… In 2015. At the price they’re asking, I’m stunned they conned 66 people into buying these failed experiments.
Good luck to the owners getting they serviced by anyone even remotely competent.
I want to know how they managed to get such woeful efficiency. It should only need 23 kWh for 100 miles, the battery it has should be good for 150 miles.
Wouldn’t be surprised, if sometime in the future these 66 cars became rare collectibles for being Mazda’s first EV in the North American market. ;)
Japanese carmakers proving once again that they are laughably behind the curve in the shift to electrification.
Looking forward to the R-EV variant tho. That one looks cool. 85mile (or was it km? Doesn’t actually matter) EV range. Electric-only powertrain for simplicity. Tiny rotary engine purely to recharge the battery while driving. You don’t have to carry around a heavy battery. You don’t have to burn fossil fuels except on a longer trip. And best of all you get the opportunity to say “Wankel” to anyone who asks about the car.
I actually saw quite a few of them in Portugal this summer. I’m guessing Mazda dealers must have had some amazing financing deals over there to get rid of their stock.
