Japanese automaker Mazda said on Tuesday that all of the vehicles it produces by 2030 will incorporate electrification, while 5 per cent of its cars will be all-battery electric vehicles (EVs).
The Hiroshima-based firm joins a growing number of global automakers who are planning to reduce emissions by producing more gasoline-hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and battery EVs, reports Reuters.
“By 2030, Mazda expects that internal combustion engines combined with some form of electrification will account for 95 percent of the vehicles it produces and battery electric vehicles will account for 5 percent,” the automaker said in a statement.
Mazda has said that it plans to market an all-battery EV in 2020. On Tuesday it said it would develop two battery EVs, one which will be powered solely by battery and another which will pair a battery with a range extender powered by the automaker’s rotary engine.
