The primary technical particulars in regards to the electrical model of the Mazda EZ-60 — anticipated to be known as CX-6e in Europe and different export markets — have been revealed in China.
Particulars submitted by Mazda to China’s Ministry of Business and Data Expertise (MIIT) as a part of the automobile’s certification course of have printed by Automobile Information China.
Unveiled on the Shanghai motor present on the finish of April, the EZ-60 will go on sale in China later this 12 months. It could possibly be a breakout hit for the model because it has already garnered 20,000 refundable deposits.
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The EZ-60 can be out there as a pure electrical automobile (EV) with a 190kW motor driving the rear wheels, and a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery of unknown capability.
The identical 190kW electrical motor is used within the EREV model, and it’s solely accountable for driving the wheels. Below the bonnet there’s a 72kW 1.5-litre petrol engine that recharges the battery when it runs low, or on the driver’s behest.
A smaller 31.73kWh LFP battery is used on this mannequin, and is claimed to have a 160km electric-only driving vary below the beneficiant CLTC testing normal.
The EZ-60 is 4850mm lengthy, 1935mm large, 1620mm tall, and rides on a 2902mm wheelbase. This implies it sits someplace between the 4.74m CX-60 and 5.0m CX-80 by way of size, and is 45mm wider than each.
Boot house is rated at 350 litres with the rear seats, and grows to 2036L after they’re folded down. The EZ-60 EV additionally has a 126L storage space below the bonnet — a “frunk” if you’ll, or possibly a “froot” for us.
On the within there’s an enormous 26.45-inch 5K show serving because the infotainment touchscreen, in addition to a show for the entrance passenger. Apparently there’s a head up show rather than a extra conventional instrumentation display.
Co-developed with state-owned automaker Changan, the EZ-60 can be constructed at their three way partnership manufacturing unit. The EZ-60 rides on Changan’s EPA1 structure, which underpins numerous fashions from Changan and Deepal, together with the S07 SUV that went on sale in Australia on the finish of 2024.
The identical structure can be used within the Mazda EZ-6 sedan, which can be bought in Europe because the Mazda 6e and is an electrified, rear-wheel drive successor to the departed 6. The 6e has been confirmed on the market within the UK, a right-hand drive market like Australia.
There’s no phrase but if the EZ-60 can be bought on the Continent and the UK, however stories point out it would occur and the automobile can be rebadged because the CX-6e.
Neither the 6e/EZ-6 or the EZ-60/CX-6e have been confirmed for Australia. The final electrical automobile bought in Australia by Mazda was the quirky MX-30 SUV, which featured reverse-hinged rear doorways and cork inside trim.
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