Mazda CX-6e – A $17,000 Electric SUV: Nearly half the price of Tesla Model Y
Well, guys, Mazda doesn’t have any electric cars to sell. So, what they’ve done is partnered with a Chinese car company. Basically put the Mazda body shell on a Chinese EV and it looks good and they’re selling it at a very cheap price. They’ve gotten 20,000 pre-orders. They’re going to sell these around the world, many countries around the world. Very smart strategy from Mazda. It’s a good-looking car. Specifications aren’t great, but definitely going to be a winner. I think this is going to sell extremely well. Here’s why. There’s two versions. Well, not two. There’s actually more than two, but two sort of different types of car. There’s an e-revy electric car. I think this could be the bestselling car globally for Mazda within a couple of years time. YouTube’s new algorithm means that you’re often not getting all of our videos in your feed. There’s 7,500. I’m pretty sure you’re probably not seeing a lot of them. In the description, there is a link to our newsletter. Click on that and you can get an update every day of all the latest news in the electric car industry. Hello, my friends. Welcome to the channel. I’m Sam Evans. You’re watching the Electric Viking. This new Mazda has just gone on sale in China. It is going to be a global car. Mazda have confirmed. starts at well the electric version starts at $17,000. The e-rev starts at $16,000. It’s going to be targeting Europe and well sources are saying North America. I don’t know how they’re going to send this in North to North America because of the obviously, you know, the taxes on Chinese EVs. Maybe they have some strategy of building them in in Mexico or something. I haven’t heard yet, but anyway, that’s what people are saying. It’s going to come to North America. Most likely though, it’ll be Europe, Southeast Asia, China, Australia, the UK, etc. that will get this vehicle. The EZ60, it comes in two versions, E-Rev and pure battery electric. The E-Rev pairs a 1.5 L petrol engine, which works only as a generator. It does not push the car forward. It just generates power to recharge the battery. It has an electric motor as well and it produces 190 kW which is 255 horsepower and 350 N me of torque which is 258 lb feet. Not super powerful but it’s all you really need. Let’s be honest. There is a 31.7 so let’s just say a 32 kWh LFP battery providing 200 km or 124 miles of CLTC range. Really real world you’re looking at probably 160 kilometers of WLTP range maybe maybe 150 so probably about 95 miles of range combined petrol electric system extends the range though to 1,000 km or 620 mi theoretically that’s CLTC though really probably combined range might give you about 800 km which is still good charging speeds not awesome but better than a lot of models in this sector 70 kW DC charging. And remember, this is an affordable car. So, I think at that affordability price, $16,000, that’s fair enough for 70 kW. That means you can charge the battery from 30 to 80% in 25 minutes. I personally hate this statistic, 30 to 80%, it’s ridiculous. Car manufacturers should not be using it. Uh, but they do, and I don’t have any data for 10 to 80%. So, sorry, I don’t know. But anyway, that’s what the charging speed is. The EV version, which is the only version you should consider, I think, because why not? The EV version is better for sure. Anyhow, that has 190 kW, 255 horsepower, and it uses a much bigger battery. It’s a 78 kWh lithiumion phosphate battery, 600 km of range, CLTC. That’s 373 mi. WLTP range will be approximately 500 km. So about 310 mi of range WLTP. As you can see, not a super efficient car, but I think for the the price point, that’s still pretty good. It has 150 kW DC fast charging. Certainly not quick enough in my opinion, but for the price, once again, pretty good. It can add 300 km of range or 186 miles in 26 minutes. Uh, and also the EV does give us the 10 to 80% charge rate. 10 to 80% takes 40 minutes. So quite slow. It’s definitely one of the slower charging EVs, but um, assuming it comes in at a similar price point to what it is in China or maybe just like 10 to 20% more expensive, then it will undercut a lot of its rivals. And this is interesting in terms of its size, what it compares to. First of all, though, before we get to that AC charging, which is important, it’s 11 kW. So, not bad, but not great. Four levels of regen braking are available, but I don’t think it will have full one pedal driving like a Tesla Model Y. To be honest, not many cars actually do. Size 4,850 mm. It’s a tiny bit bigger than a Tesla Model Y or an Xpang G6 or a Zika 7X. 191 in long, 1,935 mm wide, 76 in wide, and it is 1,620 mm tall. Yeah. So, it’s slightly longer, but slightly lower than a Model Y. Interior space will be similar to a Model Y. Put it that way. To be honest, Mazda’s packaging of their cars is absolutely horrendous. They have the worst packaging of any car manufacturer in the world, period. And I’ve studied this more than you can possibly know. I have spent many hours for many years trying to work out why Mazda’s cars have so little interior space considering their external size. What you can be what what you can be thankful for here though is that this is not really a Mazda. It looks like one. It looks great, but it’s yeah, it’s not really a Mazda. But anyway, interior space is probably going to be slightly smaller than a Tesla Model Y considering look at the dimensions of the bonnet length, etc. Anyhow, the weight is around 2,000 kilos, so approximately 4,000 lb, which is reasonable for a battery pack of that size. The exterior has Mazda’s latest Soul of Motion design language with a revised Mazda logo, slim LED headlights, full width light bar, and 19 or 20-in wheels. 20-in wheels, you get a bit less range than the 19s. Speaking of range, um 500 km, is that good enough for you guys? What do you think about that? Let us know if you think that’s I think it’s enough. But my personal EV right now, the XPing G6, has 570 km of range. And there’s some EVs coming out now with even more than that. So yeah, I mean there’s quite a lot of available in this segment. It’s a very tough segment. The toughest EV segment is this size. There’s so many options. Interior and tech. Let’s have a look at that. There is a massive 26.5 in floating infotainment screen. It dominates the dashboard. It’s the largest in its class. It has a 50in artificial reality heads-up display, which doesn’t look 50 in, but that’s just how they measure them. And a groundbreaking 100in naked eye 3D heads-up display available in China as an option. I’ve never used a 100 in naked eye 3D heads-up display. I’m curious to know what that would be like. I don’t think it’s going to be an option outside of China, though. Anyway, other highlights, there’s a 12.3 in digital instrument cluster right in front of the driver. Honestly, with those heads-up displays, I don’t think you’d bother looking at it. There’s wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a 15watt wireless phone charger, a premium 410 watt Harman Carden 9 speaker sound system on the more expensive versions of this car, which is pretty good at this price point. Speaking of price point, what are the prices? Okay, $16,800 for the base e-rev version. Base EV version is $19,000. And the most expensive version, the most expensive EV version with the most uh best speakers and, you know, best added features is $22,000. That’s very, very cheap. Much cheaper than a Tesla Model Y. In fact, it’s much cheaper than an XP G6. Even Model Y price starts $13,000 more expensive than this car in China. So, big difference. Market reaction. um it got 10,000 pre-orders in 24 hours and 20,000 orders within 3 weeks. Mazda said um that it its orders have exceeded 40,000 units. So, a lot of pre-orders for this car in China, but to be fair, there’s actually quite a few brands that have gotten more than 100,000 pre-orders in China this year. Not really spectacular numbers. They’re pretty good, but not spectacular. That said, I personally very doub much doubt the pre-order numbers from Chinese car makers. I believe that many of them are made up and I’ve got evidence for that and I’ll do a video on that. But anyway, I actually think this is probably going to sell quite well. Good price. It looks good. The specs are not amazing, but at that price point, they’re pretty good. Changan Mazda uh they plan to export the EZ60 starting in 2026 rebadging it as the Mazda CX6E in overseas markets with a combination of affordability you know good price point decent range and really actually high-tech interior features the EZ60 does give the Tesla Model Y I mean does give Mazda a rival for the Tesla Model Y in even though in software and range it’s definitely not a rival But it does mean Mazda would be should be able to price this lower than the Model Y as they are in China. Much lower for this car than in China. I mean, think about the base model. It’s nearly half the price of a Model Y. I mean, imagine if this was 30% cheaper than a Model Y in the US, in Australia, in Europe. It would sell incredibly well. What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments. Thanks for watching the Sydney EV International Motor Show. 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Mazda CX-6e – A $17,000 Electric SUV: Nearly half the price of Tesla Model Y
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The all-new Mazda CX-6e is here—a $17,000 electric SUV priced at nearly half the cost of a Tesla Model Y! With impressive range, efficiency, and affordability, Mazda is set to disrupt the EV market by delivering one of the most budget-friendly electric SUVs in the world. This game-changing release positions Mazda as a strong competitor against Tesla, BYD, Hyundai, and other global EV giants, redefining the future of affordable electric mobility.
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