Mazda, EV and Japan

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.
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.
Mazda Is Building A Battery Plant In Japan To Supply Its Future EVs
Mazda will build a battery factory in Japan in partnership with Panasonic Energy. The new plant will supply battery packs for Mazda's first ground-up electric vehicles The new Mazda EV debuts in 2027,
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.
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.
Mazda to build battery pack plant in Japan for upcoming EVs
The new facility will be equipped to produce modules and packs for automotive cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells.
Mazda finally reveals plans to build its first dedicated EV: Here’s what we know so far
Mazda is finally stepping up with plans to build its first dedicated EV. The upcoming Mazda EV will be made in Japan and based on a new in-house platform. Here’s what we know about it so far. Although Mazda isn’t the first brand that comes to mind when you think of electric vehicles,
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Mazda Miata Getting 200 HP For The First Time Ever, But Only 100 Will Be Built
Power outputs have finally been confirmed for the Mazda MX-5 Miata 's new performance variant, the Mazda Spirit Racing MX-5, ...
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Mazda is bringing this $20,000 Chinese EV overseas, but prices will be much higher
The electric Mazda 6 predecessor is headed for Europe this summer. Mazda’s EV starts at around $20,000 in China, ...
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 ...
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Japan's 2025 Mazda Roadster 35th Anniversary Edition Is Limited to 1,000 Units
By comparison, Australia will get a mere 50 examples of the special edition that celebrates 35 years of all things Mazda MX-5 ...
Japan vehicle sales fall 9% in December
Japan’s new vehicle market finished 2024 on a weak note, with sales falling by over 9% to 329,786 units in December from ...
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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 ...