When we'll see the next Mazda EV

Mazda has confirmed when it will launch its first electric vehicle (EV) on a new, dedicated electric platform.

The as-yet unspecified model is due in 2027, helping fill a gap in the lineup of the Japanese brand which has been called a laggard in the EV space.

The company is also studying offering plug-in hybrid vehicles on this platform, utilising a “high-level common structure” to help reduce investment costs.

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Beyond vehicles on this new platform, Mazda is also leveraging its partnership with its Chinese partner Changan.

It will launch a new SUV between 2025 and 2027, likely resembling the Arata concept revealed earlier this year.

This new SUV will join the EZ-6, a revised Deepal L07, which went on sale in October. For now, it’s available only in China, offered with both electric and range-extender powertrains.

Mazda says it has split its electrification journey into three phases.

Phase 1 (2022-24) saw it introduce mild- and plug-in hybrid large SUVs like the CX-90 to drive profits, while Phase 2 (2025-27) will see the “transition to electrification” ahead of Phase 3 (2028-30) when it will have a “full-scale launch” of EVs.

Mazda’s EV plans appear to have changed somewhat over the past few years.

In 2021, it announced it would launch three electric vehicles between 2022 and 2025 on what it called its Skyactiv Multi-Solution Scalable Architecture, designed to also support hybrid and plug-in hybrid models.

No such EVs have eventuated yet, and Mazda still has only one in-house EV – the MX-30, no longer offered in Australia – plus the EZ-6.

In 2021, Mazda also said it planned to launch a new Skyactiv EV Scalable Architecture in 2025 with several products being rolled out by 2030 using these underpinnings.