In a world that’s quickly (de)volving into EVs, depart it to Mazda to carry again the rotary engine and add some pleasure to our lives. Certainly, Mazda has simply introduced that it’ll introduce a brand new rotary powertrain choice for its MX-30 mannequin on the Brussels Motor Present 2023.

Cool beans, proper? But put together your self for the deflation as a result of the rotary engine will probably be powering an electrical generator as a part of a brand new plug-in hybrid.

Likelihood is you will not be too conversant in the MX-30 as a result of it’s not one of many core Mazda fashions that seems in American dealerships. Based mostly on the CX-30, the MX-30 is a crossover that’s out there as a light hybrid and EV, with the latter being the one model out there to Individuals and solely offered in California. The main bone to select has been its “laughably brief driving vary” (100 miles), with Automotive and Driver journal saying that “Mazda’s first entry into the EV market is compelling from a designer and driving standpoint, however it wants a a lot bigger battery pack to be aggressive.” In some methods, the MX-30 EV seems to be the reply to the query that was by no means requested.

Nonetheless, a brand new plug-in hybrid model, christened MX-30 R-EV, ought to hit a candy spot for each lovers and commuters because of the introduction of a rotary engine. The brand new automobile will probably be unveiled within the flesh at 10 am Brussels time on January 13, 2023, upon which we will study extra about its engineering, driving vary and attainable American availability.