Mazda’s New Premacy Hydrogen Hybrid Rotary Engine Car Takes to the Road
Mazda’s newest hydrogen rotary engine will take to public roads in Japan for testing this year. The company says the vehicle is the world’s first hydrogen hybrid car with a dual-fuel system, enabling the use of either hydrogen or gasoline.
The Japanese government has given Mazda Motor Corporation permission to test the Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid minivan on public roads in that country. The next step will be commercial leasing in Japan during this fiscal year.
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The engine’s hybrid system increases power by 40 percent, and is said to increase hydrogen fuel range to 200 kilometers, (135 miles). This is accomplished with the addition of an electric motor to enhance performance.
Mazda plans on debuting the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid alongside the RX-8 Hydrogen RE at the G8 Hoddaido Toyako Summit in July.
Plant-derived materials used for some of the vehicle’s interior plastic parts and seat covers are also featured in the new car, a part of what Mazda calls its Sustainable Zoom-Zoom environmental plan.
Click here for more details on the Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid,
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Dude, Mazda has always been a step ahead of the rest with that rotary motor!
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That is because Mazda owns patents for rotary engines. The basically shelfed rotary engines for years and now it is just resurfacing…. suprise…
one more step in the right direction.
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I thought the RX series always had rotary engine including the RX8
They did not shelve rotary technology but there was a gap between the RX-7 which stopped being sold in 1997 until the RX-8 debuted in 2004. In that time frame Mazda made a lot of general improvements to the rotary engine and the first announcements of the RX-8 as well as the concepts started surfacing around late 1999 or early 2000.
Having owned a fully loaded 2006 model RX-8 I can tell you it is a boss of a machine. The only problem is that that it’s not exactly environmentally friendly and my manual transmission likes to be driven at high RPM and prefers shifting in the 6k to 8k RPM range which cause it gulp rather than sip the recommended premium fuel.
Well maybe it’s just my driving habits in that care makes me like to shift at that high an RPM range.
sunder, you obviously missed the sarcasm.
Shame on you.
The engine wasn’t shelved….they were still producing them in Japan. The emissions standards is what “shelved” them over in the US.
I blogged about this car, and Mazda’s hyrdogen development back in February of 2007: http://morriesmazda.blogspot.com/2007/02/15-years-of-hydrogen-development.html
I think that they are ahead because they do what we USED TO DO. To think outside the box and with inovative ideas.
And they are not only encouraged, but supported by their governments in this pursuit. Look at the difference. We have a government run by oil and for oil. We have a government that is anti-science or discovery of any kind.
We are becoming a second rate country.