The Mazda EZ-6 sedan would be the automaker’s first global-market EV, though Mazda is not particularly discussing plans to promote it within the U.S.
Mazda unveiled the EZ-6 in April on the 2024 Beijing auto present, saying on the time that the sedan would go on sale in China by the tip of the 12 months with out asserting gross sales in different markets. On Tuesday the automaker clarified that the EZ-6 will go on sale this fall “as a world mannequin,” first in China after which in Europe. As soon as once more, U.S. gross sales weren’t talked about.
2025 Mazda EZ-6
The fashionable EZ-6 is a joint venture of Mazda and Chinese language automaker Changan Car, combining Mazda styling with Changan connectivity and powertrain tech. The latter consists of plug-in hybrid and all-electric choices, with the latter reaching a super 50:50 front-rear weight distribution and 373 miles of vary on the Chinese language testing cycle, Mazda stated on the time of the reveal.
The EZ-6 is the de facto successor to the Mazda 6 midsize sedan, but it surely’s based mostly on a rear-wheel-drive platform that, in line with Chinese language media stories, is shared with a Changan sedan known as the SL03. At 193.7 inches lengthy, the EZ-6 can also be about 4.5 inches longer than the final Mazda 6. Mazda withdrew that sedan from the U.S. after the 2021 mannequin 12 months.
2025 Mazda EZ-6
Mazda has been considerably skittish about EVs up to now. The Mazda MX-30 crossover was solely bought within the U.S. for a short while, leaving the automaker with out an all-electric mannequin on this market. The Mazda CX-90 three-row crossover and its new two-row counterpart, the CX-70, are each obtainable with plug-in hybrid powertrains. The smaller CX-50 crossover additionally positive factors a hybrid powertrain, mechanically much like the one used within the Toyota RAV4, for 2025.
Mazda additionally is not giving up on inner combustion. Earlier this 12 months the automaker entered into an alliance with Toyota and Subaru to develop new engines with applied sciences geared toward additional decreasing emissions, together with fossil-fuel alternate options like like liquid hydrogen and artificial fuels.