Mazda hopes to achieve 56% thermal efficiency with gasoline engine

Re:Mazda hopes to achieve 56% thermal efficiency with gasoli... by ams6110 on Saturday February 03, 2018 @05:09PM (#16299974)

> Mazda could have been selling a kick-ass electric model of Mazda in 2019.

And I would not have purchased one, because no matter how great it was, the practical limitations of EVs make them a non-starter for me.

I would be much more interested in a highly efficient ICE (assuming it is reliable, affordable, etc.)

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Re:Mazda hopes to achieve 56% thermal efficiency with gasoli... by kjksf on Saturday February 03, 2018 @06:36PM (#16300340)

If that's a statement of your personal preferences, then there's no disagreement. You do you.

If you claim that Mazda could not sell well made electric car then:

* Tesla has 500 thousand pre-orders for Tesla 3

* Mazda sold 290 thousand cars in US + Mexico in 2017 (https://insidemazda.mazdausa.com/press-release/december-2017...)

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Re:Mazda hopes to achieve 56% thermal efficiency with gasoli... by petre on Sunday February 04, 2018 @02:10AM (#16301756)

Pre orders are not the same as cars sold. The preorder costs 1k and you can cancel it, while a new model 3 starts at 35k. The Mazda CX5 which accounts for 128k units sold in '17 costs $25 to 28k.

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