Mazda postpones launch of next-generation electric vehicles to 2028 – report

Although Mazda While the company is in the process of launching the 6e and CX-6e electric vehicles (EVs) in Australia and Europe, the upcoming range of electric vehicles being developed internally has reportedly been delayed again.

The SkyActiv scalable EV architecture was announced in 2021, and Mazda said at the time that the first model based on the platform would launch in 2025, but this was later pushed back to 2027.

According to documents viewed by AutoExpressThe schedule has shifted again, as the debut of the first electric vehicle on the architecture is now scheduled for 2028 at the earliest.

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Christian Schultze, deputy general manager of research and development at Mazda Europe, told the British magazine that developing the architecture was challenging because “EV technology is not something stable,” meaning that “things change as you develop.”

He also pointed out that Mazda, as a relatively small manufacturer on the world stage, had problems with “availability of resources and expertise.”

Mr Schultze is glad Mazda was able to use its Chinese partner Changan to launch the 6e sedan and CX-6e SUV in the Chinese, European and Australian markets, as it gives the automaker “some relief and the opportunity to get it right” for its in-house electric vehicles.

Both the 6e sedan and CX-6e SUV are based on Changan’s EPA1 platform, which serves as the basis for the closely related Deepal S07 electric SUV.

Until now, the MX-30 was the only electric vehicle that Mazda developed internally. The MX-30 was sold in Australia between 2021 and 2023, but sold poorly locally and globally.