Mazda Motor Corporation has laid out a roadmap to expand its global SUV offering from 2022 as well as completing the electrification of all its production vehicles by 2030.
In parallel, it will promote its first mass-production EV, the MX-30, and introduce models which incorporate multiple electrification technologies that use a rotary engine as a generator from the first half of 2022.
Mazda will also introduce a product line that uses an EV-dedicated platform from around 2025. Through the introduction of these models it plans to complete the electrification of all the models it produces by 2030.
In 2022 Mazda will introduce the new CX-50 crossover into the US market, where it says a strong SUV presence as well as off-road performance are in high demand.
The new CX-50 model belongs to the small product group which includes the Mazda3 and Mazda CX-30. The production of the CX-50 will begin in January 2022 at the new Mazda-Toyota joint venture factory, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. (MTMUS), built in Huntsville, Alabama.
In the meantime, it says the Mazda CX-5, which launched in 2012, will see its design evolve and its model line-up enhanced through continuous product improvement.
Mazda will introduce four new global SUV models from the large product group between 2022 and 2023.
It says markets with narrower roads and smaller parking lots such as Europe and Japan, will welcome the introduction of the two-row seat CX-60 and the three-row seat CX-80. Meanwhile, the CX-70 and CX-90 will hit the road in North America and other markets where larger models are preferred. Both models feature the wide body type, with the CX-70 having two rows of seats and the CX-90 having three.
The large product group models will offer a variety of choices of electrified powertrains to respond to each country’s electrification roadmap says Mazda.
The European market, where electrification is already in-full-swing, will primarily see the introduction of plug-in hybrid models with straight-four gasoline engines combined with a motor drive. The straight-six new generation Skyactiv-X petrol engine and Skyactiv-D diesel engine will also be introduced in combination with a 48V mild hybrid system. The aim being to achieve both high output and high environmental performance.
In North America Mazda will introduce both turbo-charged straight-six gasoline engine models and plug-in hybrid models to meet customer requirements and respond to environmental regulations. Due to the popularity of diesel engines in Japan, a straight-six Skyactiv-D diesel model with a 48V mild hybrid system and plug-in hybrid models will be introduced to the Japanese line up.
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