Mazda

Mazda's great-looking new CX-90 replaces the aging CX-9. The latter was an excellent three-row crossover, but it was outdated compared to the rest of the market. By contrast, the CX-90 definitely has a more modern appeal.At a glanceAll-new design replacing the CX-9 completelyFun to drive for its sizeGreat interior with premium-level fitmentsStill a little cramped in the third rowI like vehicles of all sizes and shapes. I like trucks, muscle cars, sports cars, vans, sport utilities ... you name it. But my lifestyle…

Mazda is the latest automaker to announce that it will adopt NACS, Tesla’s open-source charging standard. It’s going to Mazda’s very few EVs access to Tesla Superchargers. Virtually all automakers selling electric vehicles in North America have announced that they will adopt Tesla’s NACS connector in future electric vehicles to take advantage of the Supercharger network. Most of them have said that the rollout will take the form of an adapter in 2024, followed by a direct integration in new…

Slow-moving Mazda, which currently sells one electric car, the MX-30 (and in limited quantities), says it will finally wake from its long slumber and crank out a few more EVs, seven or eight in fact, and sell them internationally by 2030. Here’s hoping that the promised electric Miata is part of the lineup. Of course, no precise information – where, what, when – is available, but Mazda CEO Masahiro Moro shared the tidbit with Automotive News in an interview. Moro, who took the helm earlier this…

The new funding, which includes conversion of a Future Fund note, willnenable Secondmind to scale key aspects of its business, including ramping up sales and marketing and accelerating development of the company’s award-winning, cloud-native Secondmind Optimization Engine.New Delhi: Secondmind has reported that it is expanding its long-standing strategic partnership with Mazda to drive AI-fuelled innovations that address the increasing engineering complexity in automotive…

The CEO of Mazda, a company that makes one very mediocre electric car, is still trying to make electrification sound like some strange one-off consumer fad. In an interview with Fortune, Masahiro Moro basically says that if an EV isn’t a Tesla, it’s sitting unsold on a dealer lot somewhere in America. Specifically, the quote from the interview is, “EV is absolutely important technology, and we are developing it. But EVs last year about 6% of the market. This year it is 8%. And out of that 8%,…

With interest rates continuing to rise, 0% APR car financing deals are getting pretty hard to find. It’s much more likely that you’ll find deals between 2 and 5% which, obviously, isn’t as good a deal as previously famous 0% offers. There are a few 0.99% deals around but who even wants to pay that, right? If you’re looking to buy a new car, you want to get a great financing deal. While 0% deals may be less widespread, we’ve still found a few that are worth checking out. Take a look below at what we’ve picked out.…

Japanese automaker Mazda Motor and Tesla’s primary battery cell supplier, Panasonic Energy, are in talks over establishing a battery partnership to power Mazda’s future EVs. Mazda and Panasonic discuss EV battery partnership The business leaders revealed Wednesday that they are discussing establishing a medium-to-long-term partnership to “meet demand for battery EVs and automotive batteries in a rapidly expanding market.” Mazda and Panasonic will enter “concrete discussions” for…

<!----> Mazda’s CX-60 PHEV engine Mazda Motor said it had joined the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels, an association based in Japan that aims to “promote technological research on the use of biomass and efficient production of bioethanol fuel for…

<!----> 2023 Mazda CX-50 Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) said it had begun to export its US assembled CX-50 crossover to Mexico. Mazda earlier this year started output of the CX-50 at the new Mazda Toyota Manufacturing (MTM) joint venture plant in Huntsville, Alabama and already exports the SUV…

Mazda Motor Corporation’s Board of Directors have announced a myriad of internal personnel changes today, the most prominent being current Representative Director President and CEO Akira Marumoto stepping down into a role as a senior advisor to make way for Masahiro Moro – a veteran of Mazda for 40 years. Mazda Motor Corporation is a Japanese automaker with over a century’s experience in autos. Despite its roots, 86% of Mazda’s sales come from outside of Japan and 36% come from North America…