The Mazda MX-30 extended-range model already has an arrival date, but it won't be as expected

One of the biggest fears faced by users who are interested in the new mobility based on the use of electric energy as a power source for new-era vehicles is that of running out of electricity in the electric car batteries. Something that, once you drive an EV regularly, is just as likely to happen as running out of gas or diesel in a traditional car.

Still, it is true that depending on the intended use of the vehicle, an electric car may offer limited autonomy for medium and long distance journeys.

Something that seems to be a stumbling block for those interested in the new Mazda MX-30 is its autonomy of 200 kilometers It is insufficient for a vehicle that can be considered versatile for use on fast roads and for journeys of more than a couple of hundred kilometres.

This fact seems to have encouraged the managers of Mazda to accelerate rotary engine development much rumoured in recent years and, despite the fact that it will be a device as Mazda has traditionally been proud of, it will be the motor/generator of electric power in charge of charging the electric battery which will allow the Mazda MX-30 to increase its autonomy.

This is, in the style of what we have seen in other brands, such as the Opel Ampera, the electric car that is now in fashion as a second-hand vehicle, has a gasoline engine that supplies electricity to the driving force which is of an electric nature and acts as a generator for the battery, which in itself only has about 60 km of autonomy as a pure EV.

That is, Mazda will use the rotary gasoline engine to extend the range of the Mazda MX-30 which will maintain its nature as an electric car but would need gasoline to increase its capacity to move beyond what the recharge of its 35,5 kWh accumulator would be able to store with a single charge for this SUV.

The longest-range Mazda MX-30 will arrive in 2022

La Test phase This new engine will begin before this year ends and this has been announced in a video published on the official channel of the Japanese brand, announcing this inclusion.

The first units of the Mazda MX-30 with rotary gasoline engine As a complement to the electric propulsion, they will be tested in a fleet of development vehicles that will be responsible for validating this technological proposal.