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[Tex Murphy]

Oops ! Surprise:
the battery capacity is melting. It goes from 35.5 to 17.8 kWh.
With a full charge, the WLTP range is 85 km!

This can be charged via the socket, with 7.4 kW single-phase alternating current or 11 kW three-phase alternating current, or direct current at a maximum power of 36 kW.

The vehicle offers V2L reverse charging, which allows electrical devices up to 1500 W to operate through a socket in the trunk.

it has three driving modes (EV, normal and charging), but the European press release introduced the rotary engine operating conditions for power generation in each mode.

〇EV mode

・The motor only runs when the battery charge reaches 0%.

〇Normal Mode

・When the battery charge is 40% or more, the motor hardly rotates.

・If an acceleration force greater than the battery charge is required, the motor operates according to the throttle opening.

・When the engine is running, the battery charge is maintained at approximately 45%.

〇 Charging mode

・Desired battery charge can be set in 10% increments.

・The motor runs when the battery charge level is lower than the set level.

 

[seasidebaz]

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It’s a rotary engine with the letter “e” inside it so not that strange

 

[MXE]

Following the debut, TFL shared their take on the MX-30 R-EV:

 

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[Jannes]

I think this is a plug-in hybrid. Completely inferior in these times when we have to switch to fossil-free.
How Mazda can call this an electric car is a big joke to me. You have manufactured and sold an MX-30 with substandard charging capacity and are trying to excuse yourself from the fact that you are not capable of manufacturing an electric car. Do it again and do it right.

 

[h5n1xp]

I think this is a plug-in hybrid. Completely inferior in these times when we have to switch to fossil-free.
How Mazda can call this an electric car is a big joke to me. You have manufactured and sold an MX-30 with substandard charging capacity and are trying to excuse yourself from the fact that you are not capable of manufacturing an electric car. Do it again and do it right.

It takes nearly a decade to get a car from Concept to Public Roads, so car manufacturers have to plan a long time ahead where they think the car market will be when they start designing new cars (Hence Concept Cars to try and gauge/nudge the market).

What is clear is that Mazda (and also Toyota, Honda, etc) just didn't think consumer demands would be particularly strong for EVs until after 2025 (probably basing their plans on Euro legislation banning sales of combustion vehicles after 2030).

I believe the R-EV MX-30 was supposed to be the launch MX-30 and the car that would slowly and carefully lead the transition of Mazda's entire lineup to EV drivetrains over 10 years from 2020 to 2030... But they judged the market completely wrong (possibly not realising how aggressively the European and Chinese manufacturers were going to push their EV ranges ), so probably mid way through the MX-30 development cycle it was switched to prioritise the full EV version, only now are we seeing what the original vision was.

I personally don't think the market now will support the R-EV, 10 to 8 years ago it would have been perfect!

 

[Moser]

Great news

 

[Moser]

Nice!