Mazda announced that the MX-30 electric SUV would be discontinued in the U.S. after 2023. The recently announced CX-90 and CX-70 plug-in hybrids are the company’s focus. The MX-30 is still used in several nations, and an R-EV range extender charges the battery with a revolving engine. The U.S. Mazda MX-30 was discontinued after two years. Mazda’s first electric car, the MX-30, will be broken in the U.S. in 2023. Japan and Europe will sell it. Already doomed The EPA’s 100-mile range limit killed the MX-30, despite its style and eco-friendly elements. The MX-30’s 32.0 kWh battery and front 143-horsepower motor took 8.7 seconds to reach 60 mph. Only offered in California, the MX-30 took a lot of work to buy. Thus, few believed. In 2021, they sold 181 MX-30s; in 2022, 324. Sixty-six sold through June. Mazda’s U.S. strategy is plug-in hybrids, not electric automobiles. A plug-in CX-70 will debut next year. This year’s CX-90 PHEV debuted—26 miles on electric power. MX-30 is available elsewhere. Outside Japan, the MX-30 is available as an electric car or the R-EV, a plug-in hybrid with a rotary engine that enhances range. A 74-hp 830cc rotary engine generator powers the electric motor. The R-EV’s 53-mile range decreases with a 17.8-kWh battery. The MX-30 is Mazda’s first rotary-powered car since the RX-8 sports car. The R-EV performs like the E.V. because the electric motor only develops 167 horsepower. Mazda stated the U.S. would get a rotary hybrid MX-30 by early 2021. The MX-30 R-EV is exclusively available in Japan and Europe, where demand is higher. “It doesn’t mean it’s a no for the U.S.,” Mazda North America CEO Jeff Guyton said of the MX-30’s return, but not as an electric car.
