After 11 years: Mazda resurrected rotor engine, plug-in mixed version of MX-30 model will carry

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues about the past. CTOnews.com, June 26, according to the Nippon Keizai Shimbun, Mazda recently announced mass production of the MX-30, a plug-in hybrid vehicle with a rotor engine. This is the first time in 11 years that Mazda has mass-produced models equipped with rotor engines.

▲ source: Mazda, the following report says that MX-30 will be produced at the Uppin No.1 factory in Hiroshima. At present, Mazda has begun to accept orders from MX-30 in Europe. The MX-30, which is sold in Europe, will be made in Japan and plans to go public in Japan, but did not disclose when.

CTOnews.com noted that, unlike the previous RX-8 sports car with a rotor engine, the PHEV version of MX-30 's rotor engine will be used to generate electricity and drive the wheels by electric motors. Mazda said the car has a pure electric mileage of 85km and a range of more than 600km when using a rotor engine to generate electricity.

Mazda pointed out that environmental pollution in the production process of MX-30 will also be reduced. By reducing the spray loss of the coating and adopting the newly developed low temperature drying coating, compared with the painting process on the ordinary coating line, the energy consumption is reduced.