Mazda recently revealed it was working on a new range of clean diesels to reduce its overall emission by 30 percent by the year 2015, but the Japanese automaker has announced its future lineup will also include hybrid and electric vehicles.
Mazda originally stated that it did not plan to offer a hybrid or electric vehicle before 2016 (other than the Tribute Hybrid), but Mazda CEO Takashi Yamanouchi told Automotive News at the New York Auto Show that the automaker will have electrified vehicles in its lineup by 2015. Yamanouchi failed to mention in what year Mazda will launch its new range of fuel efficient vehicles.
Yamanouchi also revealed that Mazda will soon unveil a new range of more fuel efficient gas and diesel engines. “Our new gasoline engines will achieve the same fuel economy as current diesel engines, and our diesel engines will achieve similar fuel economy as existing hybrids,” he said. The new technology will bow at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show.
Mazda’s new engine technology will not be shared with Ford , but Yamanouchi says the new powerplants will be affordable for “90 percent of the car-buying public.†Yamanouchi added he would not be opposed to selling Mazda’s new engine technology to Ford.
