Mazda electrifies lineup, akā ʻaʻole e haʻalele ʻo BT-50 i kahi manawa

E hoʻopololei ʻo Mazda i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona ponoʻī, akā ʻo ka BT-50 hou i kūkulu ʻia e Isuzu e lele i kēlā. Kiʻi: Generation BT-50.

ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Mazda ma ka Tokyo Motor Show ma ka makahiki 2030 e hoʻopili ʻo ia i kekahi mana o kāna ʻenehana uila uila e-Skyactiv i kēlā me kēia kumu hoʻohālike i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ua ʻōlelo maikaʻi ʻia no ka haʻalele ʻana i ka lumi wiggle hui a puni ka BT- kanalima. Ute.

Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻōlelo a ka luna nui o Mazda, ʻo Ichiro Hirose, aia kahi ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā kaʻa āpau a ka hui "hana" a me nā kaʻa a pau e kūʻai aku ai.

"Ua ʻōlelo mākou ma ka makahiki 2030 e loaʻa iā mākou kekahi ʻano o ka electrification i kā mākou huahana āpau - ʻo nā kaʻa uila maʻemaʻe a me nā kaʻa ʻenekini puhi ahi - a e komo pū kēia i kahi hybrid haʻahaʻa, kahi plug-in hybrid a me kahi rotary stock extender. ke holo nei mākou i kēia manawa," wahi āna.

"ʻAʻole kēia he kuleana no nā huahana i hoʻolako ʻia e nā OEM ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ke kumu i kāpae ʻia ai ka BT-50 mai nā hoʻolālā e-Skyactiv. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i nā huahana i kūkulu ʻia i loko. "

ʻO ka mea like ʻole, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Toyota i kāna mau hoʻolālā e hoʻolauna i ka HiLux hybrid pickup truck, ʻoiai ʻaʻole a hiki i ʻehā makahiki ma hope.

ʻO ka BT-50, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka mea i hui pū me Ford - ʻo ia ka hoʻolālā hou ʻana o ka Ranger - akā ʻo ka Mazda ute e loaʻa i kahi kahua Iapana hou a me kahi hiʻohiʻona hou i hāʻawi ʻia e Isuzu ma ke ʻano o kāna D aʻe. -max.

ʻOiai e hoʻomaka ana ka hui mai kahi kumu ʻē aʻe me ka styling Isuzu, hiki iā ʻoe ke pili e hana ikaika ia i ka styling tweaks i mea e nānā ʻokoʻa ai, e noi ana i kāna grille ponoʻī a me nā kukui LED, a hoʻohui e like me ka nui o kāna kaulana, a lanakila loa. ka ʻōlelo hoʻolālā Kodo e like me ka hiki.

Ua nīnau mākou i ka mea hoʻolālā nui ʻo Mazda ʻo Ikuo Maeda i ka paʻakikī o ka hana ʻana i kahi kaʻa kaʻa nui e nānā maikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia e kekahi mea hana kaʻa.

"ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke hana nei mākou i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka pickup a ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻonani," wahi āna.

"ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma ka ʻōlelo hoʻolālā Kodo, manaʻo mākou i ka ikaika a me ka paʻakikī, a no laila ʻaʻole pono mākou e hana i kahi hoʻolālā ʻokoʻa loa e hana i ka BT-50 e nānā paʻakikī, no ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokūpaʻa i kēlā ʻano. mana mai ka ʻōlelo Kodo."

No ke ʻano o ka ʻokoʻa o ka Mazda ute mai ka Isuzu, ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Mr. Maeda e ʻōlelo a hoʻokuʻu i ka nīnau iā Mazda Australia Managing Director Vinesh Bhindi.

“E ʻike ʻoe i ka pae like o ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka BT-50 a me ka Ranger; ʻokoʻa a hiki i ka nui like, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole lilo ka electrification i ʻāpana o ka paepae BT-50, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho e hoʻāʻo nei ʻo Mazda e lawe mai i kahi mea hoʻokūkū hybrid i ka Toyota RAV4 Hybrid lanakila nui i ka mākeke.

Ma ka pane ʻana i kēia nīnau, ua hōʻole ʻo Mr.