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'MMVO,' Mazda's Production Base in Mexico Marks its 10th Anniversary

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Monday, February 26, 2024

MMVO employees and dignitaries from the United Mexican States, the state of Guanajuato, and the city of Salamanca attended the ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary.

Key Points: 
  • MMVO employees and dignitaries from the United Mexican States, the state of Guanajuato, and the city of Salamanca attended the ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary.
  • In order to realize Mazda's commitment to manufacturing in Mexico, our bases in Japan and MMVO have constantly engaged in communication and interactions across all areas, including production engineering and quality.
  • In 2020, MMVO achieved cumulative production of one million units, and over the past ten years, it has grown into an indispensable and important base for Mazda's global business.
  • In 2023, MMVO's production volume reached 202,506 units, and Mazda's sales in Mexico posted a record high of 76,017 units.

MAZDA INNOVATION SPACE TOKYO Opens

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Friday, February 16, 2024

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Feb 16, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - On Friday, February 16, Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) opened MAZDA INNOVATION SPACE TOKYO (Roppongi, Minato City, Tokyo).

Key Points: 
  • HIROSHIMA, Japan, Feb 16, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - On Friday, February 16, Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) opened MAZDA INNOVATION SPACE TOKYO (Roppongi, Minato City, Tokyo).
  • That is why we established this new space in Tokyo so that we may reach far beyond the conventional framework of the automobile business, encounter a diverse range of talented individuals and business partners, and accelerate our co-creation activities.
  • Then, from here at Mazda Innovation Space Tokyo, that positive energy will transcend the automobile industry, encouraging new business partners, prospective new graduates and others wishing to make a career at Mazda as well as other future partners to accelerate collaboration generating innovation.
  • Location: Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 33rd Floor 6 Chome-10-1 Roppongi, Minato City, Tokyo

Mazda Accelerates R&D of Rotary Engines Adapted to New Era

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

This time, 36 engineers will gather in one group to make a breakthrough in the research and development of RE.

Key Points: 
  • This time, 36 engineers will gather in one group to make a breakthrough in the research and development of RE.
  • The rotary engine is an engine with a unique structure that generates power by rotating a triangular rotor.
  • In June 2023, the company resumed mass production of vehicles with rotary engines for the first time in approximately 11 years since the end of production of the Mazda RX-8 in 2012.
  • Currently, the Mazda MX-30 e-SKYACTIV R-EV, the 12th model that mounts a rotary engine, has been introduced in Japan and Europe.

Premiere of New Mazda CX-70 Crossover SUV

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Jan 31, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation ("Mazda") announced that Mazda North American Operations, which oversees operations in North America, unveiled the Mazda CX-70, the company's newest crossover SUV, on January 30 (Pacific Standard Time).

Key Points: 
  • HIROSHIMA, Japan, Jan 31, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation ("Mazda") announced that Mazda North American Operations, which oversees operations in North America, unveiled the Mazda CX-70, the company's newest crossover SUV, on January 30 (Pacific Standard Time).
  • This two-row crossover SUV was developed for the strategic North American(2) market.
  • (5) Currently, the SUV lineup available in the United States includes the Mazda CX-90, Mazda CX-50, Mazda CX-5, and Mazda CX- 30.
  • (10) To use of the Trailer Hitch View requires the installation of a Mazda genuine trailer hitch.

Mazda Adopts North American Charging Standard (NACS) for North American BEVs

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Jan 17, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation ("Mazda") today announced an agreement was reached with Tesla, Inc. ("Tesla") to adopt the North American Charging Standard ("NACS") for charging ports on the company's Battery Electric Vehicles ("BEVs") launched in North America from 2025 onward.

Key Points: 
  • HIROSHIMA, Japan, Jan 17, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation ("Mazda") today announced an agreement was reached with Tesla, Inc. ("Tesla") to adopt the North American Charging Standard ("NACS") for charging ports on the company's Battery Electric Vehicles ("BEVs") launched in North America from 2025 onward.
  • Mazda will drive adoption of NACS to provide customers with a broader range of charging options.
  • This addition will provide Mazda BEV customers with greater charging convenience through access to more than 15,000 Tesla Superchargers across North America.
  • Mazda will continue to pursue the 'Joy of Driving' under its core value, "Human Centric", and aim to deliver 'Joy of Living' by creating moving experiences in customers' daily lives.

Mazda specifies medium-term targets and roadmap towards achieving carbon neutrality

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

Mazda positions the achievement of carbon neutrality as one of its key initiatives of management policy up to 2030.

Key Points: 
  • Mazda positions the achievement of carbon neutrality as one of its key initiatives of management policy up to 2030.
  • To achieve carbon neutrality at all of its plants around the world, Mazda will be focusing on three pillars: energy conservation, shifting to renewable energy, and introducing carbon neutral fuels.
  • Along with the details of these three pillars, Mazda specified the roadmap for its domestic plants and operational sites which have a strong effect on its ability to achieve carbon neutrality.
  • *2 Mazda will use internal carbon pricing to create frameworks for promoting low carbon investment and low carbon policies.

Mazda Rotary Engine Vehicle Total Production Volume Surpasses Two Million Units

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Oct 31, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation today announced that total production volume of rotary engine vehicles has surpassed two million units.

Key Points: 
  • HIROSHIMA, Japan, Oct 31, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation today announced that total production volume of rotary engine vehicles has surpassed two million units.
  • The rotary engine is an engine with a unique structure that uses rotational movement of triangular rotors to generate power.
  • The first vehicle Mazda equipped with a rotary engine was the Mazda Cosmo Sport (Mazda 110S), introduced in 1967.
  • In June this year, Mazda resumed production of rotary engine vehicles for the first time in eleven years after having ended production of the Mazda RX-8 in 2012 and is set to begin sales of their twelfth rotary engine vehicle, the Mazda MX-30 e-SKYACTIV R-EV, in the coming days.