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Mazda officially confirmed that it will unveil its first electric car, or e-TPV, at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, which opens in October, according to media reports. Mazda said the e-TPV has a new battery power system and the car is expected to be in the SUV style.

Judging from the exposed pictures of the new car, the new car basically continues the design language of Mazda CX-30. The front grille uses a dense dot matrix design, the chrome strip is connected to the narrow headlights on both sides, and two rib lines protrude at the front hood. Unlike the fuel version, there is also a charging port on the rear wing of the new car, and the side of the body is also marked with the e-TPV logo to show the identity of the pure electric model.

On the power side, the Mazda e-TPV will be driven by pure electricity, with a maximum power of 141hp (about 104kW), a peak torque of 264N.m, and a 35.5kWh battery pack.

In recent years, Mazda has shunned the development of electric cars and focused on improving engine efficiency. At the launch of the latest Mazda 3, the company promised to "combine the economy and torque of diesel engines with the performance and lower emissions of gasoline engines".

However, from a long-term point of view, the development of electrification is the trend of the future, and many European countries cannot issue a timetable for banning fuel vehicles. China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a relevant statement on the ban on combustion a few days ago. In most car companies, they have also increased the development in the field of electric vehicles, whether independent car enterprises / traditional car enterprises / joint venture car enterprises are also new forces in car manufacturing.

Under the trend of global electrification development, Mazda has also begun the layout of electrification. Earlier, Mazda also said that it would launch an electric vehicle framework in 2019, and pure electric vehicles and additional electric vehicles would be launched based on the new structure.

It is understood that before Mazda cooperated with Toyota to develop new energy production models, the two sides jointly developed basic technologies and control systems, and jointly invested 1.6 billion US dollars in the construction of a new factory in the United States, while Mazda's first pure electric model will appear as the first result of the cooperation, while the new car will also be based on the new EV dedicated platform.

As for the power range, according to Mazda officials, the mileage of the Mazda e-TPV may be between 120 and 150 miles, which, according to Mazda officials, can fully meet the needs of urban transportation.

Generally speaking, as a pure electric model, the battery life of the Mazda e-TPV is short, but in spite of this, the first step towards electrification of Mazda has been taken, and its strategic significance will be far greater than the significance of the product to improve Mazda sales. The new car will be officially unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show, which opens in October.

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