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.
That kind of efficiency is similar to the F-150 lightning!
Remember though, we can’t get the iD3 or Honda E because small cars don’t sell. Meanwhile this crossover sells in the double digits.
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.
cough Nissan Leaf cough
Nissan could have been ahead of the game there, but they squandered their initial lead. They could have been #2 in the EV game and now they are mostly an afterthought.
Great example. Their best EV, which beat others to market, has not kept up with the US and European manufacturers new offerings. Maybe their SUV will prove worthy though.
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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.
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What were the reasons they returned it?
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I’m from germany, not the US, but I got one and it works. We use it for everything local: get groceries, bring the kids to sports and friends etc. We charge it once per week, on the weekend when we need the big car to transport everyone at once (3 kids) and the electricity is cheap (10c/KWh). It has a nice interior and good features for that class and it’s cheap to lease (110€/month). But I suppose it’s not made for the distances in the US.
Where in Germany do you pay 10 cents per kWh?
Like, most people I know pay between 30 and 50 cents at home - and more on public chargers.
I use Tibber with a device that send my hourly power usage to them. That way I pay by the hour and the price goes down to about 10 cents on Sunday afternoon almost every week. I use that to charge of course. During the week and in the evenings I do pay around 25cent.
