Mazda, EV and Japan

Mazda Accelerates EV Future with $Battery Plant and New Platform Development
Mazda is building a new battery plant in Japan, aiming for a full-scale electrification era with advanced EV platforms and battery technology.
EV Holdout Mazda Builds New Battery Plant In Japan
The company that famously declared it would be the last automaker in the world to field an EV-only fleet has just commissioned a lithium-ion battery plant in Japan.
Mazda Is Building A Battery Plant In Japan To Supply Its Future EVs
Mazda will build a battery factory in Japan in partnership with Panasonic Energy. The new plant will supply battery packs for Mazda's first ground-up electric vehicles The new Mazda EV debuts in 2027,
Mazda to build module pack plant in southwest Japan
Mazda Motor said on Monday that it will build a new module pack plant for automotive cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells in Iwakuni City in southwest Japan.
Mazda plans to build an EV battery factory in Japan
Located in Iwakuni City, in Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture, the plant targets 10 GWh of annual production, Mazda said. Cells will be supplied by Panasonic under an agreement between the two companies announced in June 2023 and approved by Japanese regulators in September 2024.
Mazda finally reveals plans to build its first dedicated EV: Here’s what we know so far
The new plant will use Panasonic Energy’s battery cells to produce modules and EV battery packs. Mazda plans to have up to 10 GWh of annual capacity at the facility. The battery packs will power Mazda’s first dedicated EV, which will also be built in Japan using a new electric vehicle platform.
Mazda to build battery pack plant in Japan for upcoming EVs
The new facility will be equipped to produce modules and packs for automotive cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells.
Japanese woman returns beloved RX-7 to Mazda after 25 years
Not so for 80-year-old Naoko Nishimoto of Nagasaki, whose sole choice of transportation for 25 years was a Mazda RX-7. A ...
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Mazda is bringing this $20,000 Chinese EV overseas, but prices will be much higher
The electric Mazda 6 predecessor is headed for Europe this summer. Mazda’s EV starts at around $20,000 in China, ...
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Japan's 2025 Mazda Roadster 35th Anniversary Edition Is Limited to 1,000 Units
By comparison, Australia will get a mere 50 examples of the special edition that celebrates 35 years of all things Mazda MX-5 ...
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New Mazda 6e revealed as an all-electric rival to the Tesla Model 3
The MX-30 is currently the only all-electric Mazda on sale in the UK, but the Japanese’s EV line-up is to be bolstered by a ...
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Mazda to export China EVs to Europe, choosing tariffs over CO2 fines
TOKYO -- Japan's Mazda Motor will export Chinese-made electric vehicles to Europe starting this summer, in a sign of how automakers are choosing between paying European Union tariffs or fines for ...