The new Mazda 2 Hybrid will be released in Europe in the spring of 2022 and introduces for the first time the self-charging technology of a complete hybrid transmission system in the range of models of the Japanese brand.
Mazda has partnered with Toyota in its quest for state-of-the-art hybrid technology. Toyota is the first car brand to acquire the largest range of hybrid cars. Together with its Lexus subsidiary, it helps reduce hazardous car pollutants and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
Mazda’s new small car is based on the Toyota Yaris and will replace the existing Mazda 2. It is worth noting that the cooperation of the two Japanese brands includes the obligation of Toyota to build the new generation of Mazda 2, at its factory in Valenciennes of France.
The new Mazda 2 will be manufactured in parallel with the Toyota Yaris and will be produced only in a hybrid version.
The photos of the new Mazda 2 Hybrid show that it is largely the same as the Yaris. The most important external difference is the addition of the Mazda brand.
The new Mazda 2 Hybrid offers “easy handling, high ride quality, comfortable cab and the latest safety technology,” Mazda announced.
The Mazda 2 Hybrid is a self-charging, fully hybrid car that combines a three-cylinder 1,500 cc petrol engine. 93 horsepower output with a 59 kW electric motor. The total combined power is 116 hp.
The hybrid system comes from Toyota and is the same as the one used in the Toyota Yaris.
Mazda has announced that it will add a small car based on the Yaris during a presentation of its financial data in November 2020. This hybrid model will help the company comply with the strictest CO2 regulations of the European Union.
Mazda is working in other areas with other Japanese brands Suzuki and Subaru to avoid fines by losing CO2 reduction targets.
The existing Mazda 2 was released in 2014 and revised in 2019 to include mild hybrid technology.
European sales of the Mazda 2 increased by 16% in the first 10 months to 17,714 units, according to JATO. But the volume is much lower than the 37,112 Mazda 2s sold in Europe throughout 2019.
Toyota has not announced the amount of Mazda 2 it will manufacture annually. The Yaris was the second best-selling car in Europe in the 10 months to the end of October, according to JATO.
However, Toyota has warned that European sales will decline in the last quarter as a result of the lack of chips, notes Automotive News Europe.
Mazda will also use Toyota’s hybrid system in a new SUV for the US, which is expected to be the new CX-50, as well as a model for China, the company said in its November financial data report. 2020.
The new Mazda hybrid will accelerate from 0-100 km / h to 9.7 ΄΄ and CO2 emissions will be from 87-93 g / km. depending on the version and the wheels 15 “or 16΄΄.
At startup, the Mazda 2 Hybrid runs automatically in EV mode, offering smooth, seamless and quiet operation with electric motor power in urban environments, with zero CO2, NOx and particulate emissions. In normal driving, the power distribution is adjusted between the petrol engine and the electric motor for optimum efficiency and the best possible fuel efficiency. During deceleration and braking, kinetic energy is recovered as electricity for storage in the high-performance battery, the announcement said.
Although it is a compact class B vehicle, the 2,560 mm long wheelbase offers comfortable accommodation for up to four adults, as well as 286 liters of luggage space. Available throughout Europe in three versions, Mazda 2 Hybrid Pure, Mazda 2 Hybrid Agile and Mazda 2 Hybrid Select. It has the highest rating of five stars Euro-NCAP.
The new Mazda2 Hybrid is the latest result of a long-standing partnership between Mazda Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation.
The Mazda 2 Hybrid is an important car for Mazda to meet the goals set in “Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030”, its long-term vision for technological development.
In particular – according to the Paris Agreement – its goal is to reduce average corporate CO2 emissions by 50% by 2030 and, by accelerating the electrification of its fleet, to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
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