It’s official: the Mazda CX-60 and CX-90 have been recognized by the Department of Energy as a hybrid electric vehicle or HEV. With that, it gets all the benefits under the Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act or EVIDA, including exemption to the number coding scheme and priority registration. See the updated list below.
It must be remembered that during the CX-90’s launch, Mazda Philippines revealed that the 48-volt M Hybrid (Mazda Hybrid) system fitted in the CX-60 and the CX-90 is different in that it doesn’t use a belt-driven starter generator. Instead, engineers actually managed to fit a small electric motor between the combustion engine and the eight-speed automatic. As a result, it has its own quoted outputs: 16.6 horsepower (16.9 PS) and 153 Nm of torque.
The presence of the electric motor is one of the reasons why Mazda shifted from a traditional torque converter gearbox to a multi-plate clutch with a planetary gearset. The clutches—there are two of them—control the operation between the engine and motor. Most important of all, the 48-volt M Hybrid system enables the CX-60 and CX-90 to run on pure electric power in certain circumstances.
Aside from coasting to a halt with the combustion engine shut off, a typical ability of hybrids, both the CX-60 and CX-90 can run up to 40 km/h for 50 seconds on electric power alone. Mind you, that’s with the 0.33-kWh lithium-ion battery topped up to at least a 70 percent charge. This sets it apart from other so-called mild hybrid electric vehicles which had their EVIDA benefits removed.
Now, the Philippine government as agreed. Both the CX-60 (diesel and gas) and CX-90 are classified as a Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) with an M1 classification. The CX-60 carries a gross vehicle weight between 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms, while the CX-90 has a gross vehicle weight above 3,000 kilograms.
More on the CX-60 and CX-90 below:
Hopefully the Suzuki Ertiga and XL7 (should it be released in PH soon), as well as Geely Azkarra and Okavango would be next.
ReplyDeleteIf they can be proven to run on electric motor alone which is a requirement (apparently) of the EVIDA law. So far, they can't and that's why they were removed from the initial list:
Deletehttps://www.carguide.ph/2023/09/why-did-department-of-energy-remove.html
No chance they are not real hybrid systems on those vehicles you mentioned that allows them to run by the electric motor alone. It’s important you appreciate the differences in hybrid systems before buying.
DeleteThese Mazda vehicles deserve to be on the list.
ReplyDeleteI know the rules state that electric motor must ba able to move the car on its own, but for less than a minute? This is going against the spirit of the law Mazda shouldnt be proud. Anyway I technically it qualifies
ReplyDeleteI agree Mazda shouldn’t be jumping up and down, sly dog.
DeleteThe only thing that the reclassification of the 2 Mazda vehicles above as HEVs proves is that Mazda Philippines has good lobbyists with a big budget.
DeleteThe terms within the law state clearly what is acceptable and what isn’t. This is not about brand fan boys, but is purely down to the way the law was written. Blame the law makers.
DeleteI think there should be a reviewer who can explain to regular folks how these systems work with diagrams and models. Also i'd like to see a reviewer that uses lifts to show the underbody of the car especially these new chinese cars like how savagegeese does to show suspension components
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