Video Summary
- Mazda, like other smaller legacy auto companies, faces competition from new electric car companies, like Tesla, that sell more vehicles globally.- Automakers in China, like BYD, exclusively make plug-in cars and outsell smaller legacy companies.
- Major auto markets are setting deadlines to end the sale of internal combustion engine cars in ten years.
- Mazda has continued investing in internal combustion engine development.
- Mazda has updated the MX-30 electric car for 2023.
- The price and specs are slightly different.
- Mazda's MX-30 is compared to America’s most popular electric car.
- The 2023 MX-30 does not have a battery pack with a different size than the previous version.
- It has 100 miles of EPA range. It has 220 kilometers of range in Australia, while it has 160 kilometers of range in America.
- Mazda made some improvements to the EV compared to last year.
- The 2023 MX-30 has 8.8-inch center display, Mazda connect system, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, 7-inch digital gauge display, moon roof, eight-way power driver seat with power lumbar support and memory, and rearview camera with rear parking sensors.
- The 2023 MX-30 features heated front seats, faux leather seats with gray fabric, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, a shift knob, a frameless auto-dimming rearview mirror, heated power-folding door mirrors, and a memory function and turn signal lamps.
- The 2023 MX-30 is $35,000, only $8,000 less than a Tesla Model 3, which has three times the range of this car.
- It comes with active sense safety features, like radar cruise control with stop and go, blind spot monitoring, smart brake support, lane departure warning, lane keep assist, driver attention alert, and high beam control.
- The electric car has a gloss black front grill and grill shutters. It has 18-inch alloy wheels.
- The 2023 MX-30 has a 35.5-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery.
- It has poor efficiency.
- At almost $35,000, this car may be the worst electric car for value in the USA or even the world.
- There is a range extender version only available in Europe.
- In the USA, the electric car can only be purchased in California.
- Resale value of the car is pretty low.
- It was just meant to be a niche model or compliance car.
- Mazda sold 505 MX-30s in the USA in 2022.
- There have only been eight sold in the US as of January 2023.
- The company is still investing in internal combustion engines.
- There may not be a future for Mazda.
