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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Mazda CX-5 bumpers. Mazda Motor Corporation has developed , jointly with Japan Polypropylene Corporation, resin material for vehicle parts that maintains the same rigidity as parts made with conventional materials while achieving significant weight reduction. Top: Front bumper, Bottom: Rear bumper. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 17, 2018

Mazda Motor Corporation has begun accepting pre-orders for the updated Mazda CX-3 at dealerships throughout Japan. The redesigned model adopts parts of Mazda’s next-generation SKYACTIV-Vehicle Architecture. liter gasoline engine adopts the same innovations as in the updated Mazda CX-5 ( earlier post ).

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) signed an agreement to enter a business and capital alliance, with the aim of further strengthening their partnership. As part of the new alliance, Toyota and Mazda have agreed to explore establishing a joint venture plant in the U.S.

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JULY 12, 2017

All US 2017 Mazda models tested by the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ( IIHS ), including the all-new Mazda CX-5, have been awarded the nonprofit organization's highest safety rating, Top Safety Pick+, when equipped with optional front crash prevention and adaptive LED headlights.

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MAY 29, 2024

Toyota, Subaru, and Mazda commit to a new generation of engines. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The 2025 Cadillac Optiq EV arrives later this year, and Green Car Reports recently got up close with it. VW gets on board with affordable EVs. And Cadillac’s most affordable EV makes its debut.

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AUGUST 8, 2011

In addition to the new gasoline and diesel engines ( earlier post ), Mazda’s SKYACTIV technology portfolio includes new transmissions (automatic and manual), body and chassis technology. At a media workshop last week in Vancouver, Canada, Mazda engineers stepped through the highlights of the new SKYACTIV systems. SKYACTIV-Body.

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MARCH 6, 2019

Mazda Motor Corporation staged the world premiere of the second model in its new-generation lineup, the Mazda CX-30 compact crossover SUV, at the Geneva International Motor Show. The powertrain lineup consists of Mazda’s latest Skyactiv-X, Skyactiv-G and Skyactiv-D engines.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

With the announcement of its SKYACTIV-X engine ( earlier post ), Mazda claims to have developed a novel control system for HCCI combustion that extends the HCCI range out to a much larger percentage of the load map. The capability to completely control the compression ignition is Mazda’s original technology.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

A look under the hood of Mazda’s future includes a patchwork of “what if” possibilities and a series of juggled timelines. Mazda is in a tough spot right now with regulators and in finding its place across many global markets.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Mazda Motor Corporation will begin testing its advanced safety vehicle, the Mazda Atenza ASV-5, on public roads from September 2013. Hiroshima ITS Research Unit is composed of the University of Tokyo, Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima Electric Railway Co., Mazda; Hiroshima Electric Railway Co.

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APRIL 7, 2012

Mazda Motor Corp. plans to convert by 2015 a plant that currently makes engine parts for commercial vehicles into a production site for parts used in fuel-efficient Skyactiv engines for light-duty vehicles. Mazda recently decided to exit the struggling commercial vehicle business.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

At the end of September, Toyota and Mazda announced they would form a joint venture with parts maker Denso to design, test, and build components for a shared electric-car platform.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2023

For the most part, these were electric conversions of small cars—the Fiat 500. It embodies a unique package not shared with any gasoline model and its design details transcend its sub-$40,000 price tag. Yet it sends out some of the disappointing signals of the so-called compliance cars from a decade earlier.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

and Mazda Motor Corp. But with automobile sales in Europe undershooting year-earlier levels since last autumn, the Japanese firms are reviewing tie-ups in areas that could be impacted by the sales slump, such as the supply of parts and finished vehicles. The Nikkei reports that Isuzu Motors Ltd., Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

When Toyota and Mazda said last September they would form a joint venture to produce electric-car parts, that answered the question of where Mazda's future plug-in vehicles would get their electric running gear. But it sparked another question: Where did that leave Subaru, another small automaker in the Toyota orbit?

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

At the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda is introducing the KAI CONCEPT compact hatchback ( earlier post ), powered by the next-generation SKYACTIV-X spark-controlled compression-ignition (SPCCI) gasoline engine ( earlier post ), SKYACTIV-Vehicle Architecture and a more mature expression of the KODO design language. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 4, 2011

Mazda’s roadmap to the ideal internal combustion engine. From a powertrain frame of reference, Mazda is planning a building block strategy—i.e., From a powertrain frame of reference, Mazda is planning a building block strategy—i.e., Click to enlarge. SKYACTIV at Powertrains, Fuels & Lubes.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

How Mazda plans to integrate plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles into its range of increasingly efficient gasoline and diesel models is a topic that interests parts of the global auto industry.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

Mazda CX-5 SKYACTIV body. Mazda Motor Corporation, in collaboration with Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. The super-strength steel will debut in the new Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV that will commence its global launch in early 2012. Click to enlarge. and Aisin Takaoka Co., The bumper bars are 20% stronger and 4.8

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Mazda Motor Corporation unveiled the all-new Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV. Mazda announced it will offer the SKYACTIV-D diesel in North America from the second half of 2017. The fully redesigned model, on display at AutoMobility LA, will be launched in Japan in February before being rolled out to global markets. diesel engines.

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MARCH 24, 2012

Mazda reportedly will cease the in-house development and production of commercial vehicles at the end of the current line-up’s life-cycle. The irony is that Mazda started in 1931 with a 3-wheeled truck called the Mazda Go, so parting ways with the commercial vehicle business is a painful departure from its historical roots.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

Mazda Motor Corporation has become the world’s first automaker—according to Mazda’s data as of 22 August—successfully to recycle scrapped bumpers from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) into raw material for new vehicle bumpers.

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

Mazda Motor Corporation has launched its SKYACTIV next-generation technologies—including engines, transmissions, vehicle bodies and chassis—that will begin appearing in Mazda products from 2011. The Mazda Demio SKYACTIV-G will achieve fuel economy of 30 kilometers per liter (70.6 Earlier post.) mpg US, 3.3

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JANUARY 4, 2013

Mazda Motor Manufacturing de Mexico S.A. V (MMMdM), a joint venture production company owned by Mazda Motor Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation, will increase the production capacity at its plant currently under construction in Salamanca, Mexico in the fiscal year ending March 2016.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Among its several North American vehicle debuts at the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show, Mazda will introduce the 2014 Mazda6 mid-size sedan featuring a new SKYACTIV-G 2.5-liter Among its several North American vehicle debuts at the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show, Mazda will introduce the 2014 Mazda6 mid-size sedan featuring a new SKYACTIV-G 2.5-liter

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JUNE 11, 2011

Mazda began taking pre-orders for the facelifted Mazda Demio (known overseas as the Mazda2) at all Mazda, Mazda Anfini and Mazda Autozam dealers throughout Japan; the sales launch is scheduled for 30 June. ” —Takashi Yamanouchi , Mazda president. Demio SKYACTIV-13. Click to enlarge. Price (US$).

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MARCH 26, 2010

The Nikkei reports that Mazda Motor Corp. The hybrid systems for Mazda will be supplied by Toyota group parts manufacturers at an initial rate of tens of thousands of units a year. Mazda plans to combine the components with a new gasoline engine and create the hybrid version of a mainstay midsize passenger car.

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JULY 16, 2009

will supply core components for the hybrid vehicle Mazda Motor Corp. Mazda, which is plotting to break into the booming hybrid market, approached Toyota with the request for the parts. On top of pocketing revenue from Mazda, Toyota expects to reduce costs for components used in its own hybrids by improving economies of scale.

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APRIL 24, 2009

Mazda Motor Corporation has built the first Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle with Norwegian specifications, developed specifically for participation in HyNor, Norway’s national hydrogen project. Norwegian-specification Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

A survey ranking Japan’s “Eco Cars” for the Japanese magazine Nikkei Trendy by research group SC-Abeam Consulting of 500 people involved in vehicle manufacturing, parts supply or sales has found a significant shift from pure economy and environmental friendliness to the more practical concern of cost.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

sales volume increase in July thanks in part to the hot-selling Prius hybrid. The Demio subcompact helped boost Mazda Motor Corp.’s Automakers “are stepping up marketing activity, urging customers who are still driving old vehicles to buy new ones before the subsidies expire,” says an official at Mitsubishi Motors Corp. enjoyed a 19.1%

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

This is part of a voluntary effort by automakers in collaboration with NHTSA to equip almost all new passenger vehicles with low-speed AEB, including forward collision warning, by 31 August 2023.

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MARCH 25, 2009

Transparent view of Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid. Mazda Motor Corporation has begun commenced commercial leasing of the Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid ( earlier post ), a hydrogen hybrid vehicle that offers substantially improved performance due to the addition of a hybrid system. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

GWh deployed onto roads globally (22% of the global total), up 72% over 2020 due in large part to Tesla in China, plus a handful of European and North American automakers. South Korea’s LG Energy Solution claimed a distant second place with a record 63.5 Japan’s Panasonic rounded off the top three with a record 41.4

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MAY 12, 2010

Itochu Corporation, Mazda, Family Mart, EnerDel and 11 other partners have launched a 3-year project in Tsukuba City, Japan—the “Green Crossover Project”—designed to showcase a real-world integration of the smart grid, stationary lithium-ion grid storage, electric vehicles, rapid recharging and renewable energy technologies.

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APRIL 17, 2010

The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) presented by Tequila Patrón unveiled its “Green Dream Team”, a collection of five drivers who will serve as ambassadors for its green racing initiatives. The drivers comprising the Green Dream Team represent five distinct voices of varying initiatives in a movement that began in 2006.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In large part, Mazda hasn't strayed far from the internal-combustion path while looking for ways to improve the efficiency of its vehicles. The Japanese carmaker has delivered notable fuel-economy gains using its SkyActiv line of efficiency-focused powertrains and new vehicles developed around them.

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