- Mazda has opened pre-sales for the EZ-6 electrical sedan in China, which prices from $22,800.
- The EZ-6 is out there as each a pure EV and a variety extender and every has two accessible battery pack sizes.
- The EZ-6 can be coming to Europe, the place it would possible be significantly dearer than in China.
Mazda has opened the order books in China for its new EZ-6 electrical sedan, and it’s a really reasonably priced proposition. It will not be a worth proposition when it goes on sale in Europe, with the extra import tariffs and duties imposed on Chinese language-made vehicles.
CarNewsChina stories that the EZ-6’s beginning value in China is equal to $22,800, going as much as $28,550 for the highest model. The supply notes that there’s some uncertainty relating to the pricing, and it hasn’t been formally confirmed but. On condition that the EZ-6 is an in depth rework of Changan’s Deepal SL03 electrical sedan, which prices from $21,800, the pricing for the Mazda is probably going right.
It rides on a 114-inch (2,895 millimeters) wheelbase and measures 193.7 inches (4,921 mm) in size. This makes it barely longer than the Tesla Mannequin 3 and the BMW i4, which can be amongst its primary rivals when it reaches Europe. It’s barely smaller than its different European rival, the Volkswagen ID.7, which, like the opposite two, has a a lot larger battery and extra vary than the Mazda.
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The EZ-6 EV has a single 258 horsepower motor driving the rear wheels, sufficient for a 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) time of 6.2 seconds and a fairly fast sprint to its restricted prime pace of 105 mph (170 km/h). Two battery pack sizes can be found: 56.1 kilowatt-hours and 68.8 kWh. The latter gives a CLTC vary of 373 miles (600 km), so the WLTP numberino Europe can be a lot nearer to the 300-mile mark.
The extended-range model has a barely weaker 218 hp rear motor and both an 18.9 kWh battery good for 81 miles (130 km) or a bigger 28.4 kWh battery with 124 miles (200 km) of CLTC vary. To maintain the battery from operating out, the automotive will fireplace up its 93-hp 1.5-liter engine, which extends the vary to over 800 miles (1,300 km) on a full tank of gasoline.
Taking a look at its proportions, the form of its greenhouse, and the higher a part of its doorways, it is simple to identify the similarities with the Deepal SL03. Nevertheless, Mazda has finished an incredible job giving the EZ-6 its personal identification—you can be in little doubt that you just’re a Mazda once you see this car. It seems like an evolution of the Mazda 6, the trendy BMW 3 Sequence rival that was discontinued within the U.S. in 2021 and 2024 may very well be its final 12 months as a world mannequin.
The inside is straightforward and minimalistic and it seems nothing just like the SL03. The one main shared part is the 14.6-inch infotainment touchscreen, which is a really uncommon sight in a Mazda because the producer has saved screens small and bodily buttons for his or her management. The EZ-6 doesn’t seem to have any bodily buttons, so all the pieces can be finished via the touchscreen, even manually elevating and decreasing the rear spoiler (which works up by itself at 55 mph).
Regardless that Mazda sees the EZ-6 as “really international,” there are not any plans to convey it to the U.S., in all probability as a result of it was inbuilt China by Mazda’s three way partnership associate Changan, so it is topic to excessive tariffs. Even its availability in Europe doesn’t look like a certain factor proper now provided that the continent’s automotive shopping for tastes are shifting extra in the direction of crossovers and away from sedans and its value may rise an excessive amount of after taxes and import duties from China—Mazda might not convey it to Europe if it doesn’t suppose it’s going to achieve success.
