The Mazda EZ-60 has been revealed in China and could be sold in the UK as an electric counterpart to the existing CX-60.
As with the Mazda EZ-6, which is due in UK showrooms early next year as the Mazda 6e, it has been developed in collaboration with Chinese firm Changan. As such, the EZ-60 uses the same underpinnings as the Changan Deepal S07, a Tesla Model Y rival that is itself due to arrive in the UK later this year.
Mazda has yet to reveal technical specifications for the EZ-60, but the S07 packs an 80kWh battery and a 214bhp rear-mounted motor, delivering a range of 295 miles. It can charge at 93kW, giving a 30-80% recharge in 35 minutes.
For reference, the closely related EZ-6 gets a 254bhp motor and a battery pack of the same capacity, yielding 345 miles between charges.
The EZ-60 also draws on the new design language introduced with the saloon, with thin LED daytime-running lights mounted high on the fascia above smaller main-beam headlights. The lower portion of the grille is outlined with LED lighting.
It is notably more angular than the 6e, however, with a prominent chin spoiler on the front bumper and a pronounced shoulder line.
The interior is set to be revealed at the Shanghai motor show later this month but is likely to draw heavily on the 6e, with a large centrally mounted infotainment touchscreen and bucket-style seats up front.
Mazda has yet to officially confirm whether the EZ-60 will come to the UK, but it would give the brand a much-needed boost in its electric car sales, and in one of the most popular classes of car. It confirmed UK launch plans for the saloon earlier this year.
The Japanese brand previously said it would follow the 6e with a new electric SUV developed independently of Changan, using batteries designed in collaboration with Panasonic. The new model, due around the same time as the next iteration of the combustion-engined Mazda CX-5, will also be assembled in Japan.
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Fantastic looking car in a well suited colour. Charging speed is slow but then that can be improved on.
Just wish Mazda were a little more serious on their BEV projects as I THINK the MX30 BEV model has been quietly dropped, superb looking car but had a stupidly small battery, obvious to everyone at the time except the UK Mazda management.
The new 8-speed automatic uses multiplate clutches, yet it shifts slowly. Maybe they should have just used Toyota/Aisin's 8 or 10-speed transmission instead, or licensed the ZF 8HP. I wonder what they could've developed EV-wise if they had spent £1B on engineering hyper efficient electric motors or battery cell production instead.
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SuffolkProf 10 April 2025
Charging rate too slow. What's going to be key for EV's going forwards is rate of charge. Unless you only use it to drive from home, and never need a roadside charger to top up. Unknown actual efficiency, though 80kWhr battery and sub 300 mile range, means a claimed "test cycle" efficiency of 3.75miles/kwHr. Which isn't brilliant when one factors in sensible reduction for real world.
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