Range extended electric vehicles (EREVs) are currently all the rage in China Mazda is not interested in bringing its own vehicles of this type here.
The new Mazda 6e limousine and CX-6e SUVs developed by China’s Changan Mazda joint venture are set to go on sale here with electric powertrains this year, but their EREV counterparts will not be launched.
“At the moment we have no plans to introduce the range extender versions of the 6e and CX-6e models,” Hiroshi Ozawa, general manager of Changan Mazda technical development center and program manager of the 6e and CX-6e, told Australian media Daily Sparkz through an interpreter.
“The reason for this is… as I talked about the multi-solution (strategy) at Mazda earlier, we have enough (products in the) lineup that can compensate for the range extender models. When we thought about the Mazda portfolio, we decided to introduce only battery-electric versions.”
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With the 6e and CX-6e, Mazda will again offer electric vehicles (EVs). There are also plug-in hybrids (CX-60 and CX-80), with regular hybrids (CX-5) on the way to join a host of petrol-powered models as well as the diesel BT-50 ute.
Not only does Mazda offer a variety of powertrains, but EREVs remain a rarity in Australia.
EREVs are designed to function primarily like electric vehicles, but have a small internal combustion engine that is used to charge the battery.
However, unlike series hybrids such as Nissan’s e-Power models, they can be plugged in and charged. Essentially, they’re similar to plug-in hybrids – like Mazda’s CX-60 and CX-80 – but have more of an EV feel to the driving experience.
After BMW discontinued its i3 EREV here, only one has appeared since then: the Leapmotor C10 REEV.
However, they have increased significantly in China. According to the China Passenger Car Association, EREV sales rose 6.0 percent to 1.17 million units in 2025.
To put these numbers in perspective, PHEV sales rose 8.8 percent year-over-year to 3.4 million units and electric vehicles rose 24.4 percent to 7.88 million units. Nevertheless, it is a growing market segment.
Mazda offers two EREVs in China based on the 6e and CX-6e; Its MX-30 R-EV, which the company developed without Changan’s support, is not offered in China. Like their electric counterparts, both are offered exclusively with rear-wheel drive.
The EZ-60 (also known as CX-6e) EREV swaps the electric model’s 78kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery for a smaller 31.73kWh pack, reducing the CLTC range from up to 600km to just 200km.
It has the same 190kW/290Nm electric motor, but also has a 1.5-litre petrol engine.
Instead of a 56.1 kWh or 68.8 kWh LFP battery like the electric variants, the EREV variants of the EZ-6 (aka 6e) liftback use an 18.9 kWh or 28.4 kWh battery. The range is reduced from 480-600 km to 130-200 km.
Like its SUV sibling, the EREV liftback also has a 1.5-liter gasoline engine that serves as a generator. Mazda claims a combined range of over 1300 km.
Customer deliveries of the all-electric 6e in Australia will begin in July, with the CX-6e expected to follow in the third quarter (July to September) of this year.
They will offer Mazda EV options for the first time since the MX-30 was scrapped in 2023.
Mazda’s exclusion of EREVs for Australia comes after the company effectively closed the door on more PHEVs.
The CX-70 and CX-90 large SUVs are offered as PHEVs in North America, but only with mild hybrid petrol and diesel powertrains in Australia.
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