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Mazda Accelerates EV Future with $Battery Plant and New Platform Development

Mazda is building a new battery plant in Japan, aiming for a full-scale electrification era with advanced EV platforms and battery technology.

Green Car Reports · 6h

Mazda plans to build an EV battery factory in Japan

Located in Iwakuni City, in Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture, the plant targets 10 GWh of annual production, Mazda said. Cells will be supplied by Panasonic under an agreement between the two companies announced in June 2023 and approved by Japanese regulators in September 2024.

Forbes · 2d

EV Holdout Mazda Builds New Battery Plant In Japan

The company that famously declared it would be the last automaker in the world to field an EV-only fleet has just commissioned a lithium-ion battery plant in Japan.

Electrek · 1d

Mazda finally reveals plans to build its first dedicated EV: Here’s what we know so far

The new plant will use Panasonic Energy’s battery cells to produce modules and EV battery packs. Mazda plans to have up to 10 GWh of annual capacity at the facility. The battery packs will power Mazda’s first dedicated EV, which will also be built in Japan using a new electric vehicle platform.

Reuters · 3d

Mazda to build module pack plant in southwest Japan

Mazda Motor said on Monday that it will build a new module pack plant for automotive cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells in Iwakuni City in southwest Japan.

Japanese woman returns beloved RX-7 to Mazda after 25 years

Not so for 80-year-old Naoko Nishimoto of Nagasaki, whose sole choice of transportation for 25 years was a Mazda RX-7. A ...

I drove a $42,000 Mazda CX-50. These 14 features made it one of my favorite hybrid SUVs.

I drove a 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid SUV in its Premium Plus trim and was impressed by its peppy hybrid engine, athletic looks, ...

Motor Trend12h

2025 Mazda CX-70 Long-Term Arrival: A Better Five-Seater Turbo?

We’re going to spend the next year behind the wheel of the 2025 Mazda CX-70 powered by a turbo-six engine. Will the five-seater midsize SUV deliver a better experience than the CX-90 we had?

Nikkei Asia1h

Mazda to export China EVs to Europe, choosing tariffs over CO2 fines

TOKYO -- Japan's Mazda Motor will export Chinese-made electric vehicles to Europe starting this summer, in a sign of how automakers are choosing between paying European Union tariffs or fines for ...