Mazda MX-30 and its charging curve - ups, it is weak [video] • CARS

There is a huge advertising campaign for Mazda MX-30 on the Internet. Promotional items are tempting with their hardware and good price, which is in the old subsidy threshold, while the poor range of the model, caused by low battery capacity, discourages buying. Turns out the charge curve is bad too.

Mazda MX-30 is an electric car for the city and its environs rather than off-road

When we drive an electric car on the road, the most important thing is a big battery. The smaller the size of the battery, the more important the maximum charging power and the charging curve, because the car drains quickly, but also quickly restores energy. That is why the Hyundai Ioniq Electric with a 28 kWh battery was able to compete on a par with the Nissan Leaf 37 (40) kWh.

meanwhile Mazda is doing absolutely everything so that its electrician does not accidentally ruin the sale of combustion models.... She placed the Mazda MX-30 in a compartment where it is tightly positioned between the Mazda CX-5, CX-30 and CX-3. The electric MX-30 is based on the CX-30 internal combustion engine, so there is little chance of taking advantage of the electric drive (shorter front hood, larger cab, etc.).

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But that's not all: Mazda MX-30 is equipped with a 35,5 kWh battery, which allows it to cover 200 units of WLTP, that is, up to 171 kilometers in mixed mode and up to 200 in the city. In the C/C-SUV segment, a battery of this capacity might have impressed in 2015, but today the minimum is 40+ kWh and a reasonable optimum is around 60 kWh.

However, as we mentioned, a tiny battery isn't all that bad if it lets you charge it quickly. And then the Mazda MX-30 fell across the line. At a charging station with a capacity of 50 kW, the electric crossover is charged at 1 C, that is, for 1 battery capacity. Even a Nissan Leafy with a 21 (24) kWh battery released a few years ago did not perform so badly (source):

The car uses a starting voltage of approximately 340 volts and does not exceed 100 amps. This also applies to Ionity charging stations, which can operate at much higher voltage and current. The car not only does not reach 40 kW, but also slows down the charging of about 55 percent of the battery capacity. Thus, after half an hour of inactivity on the charger, we gain about 100 kilometers of power reserve:

To summarize: when buying a Mazda MX-30, let's realize that we will become car owners for the city. It's also worth remembering that there are alternatives in this segment, such as the Nissan Leaf or the Kia e-Niro 39 kWh, which have slightly larger batteries and allow shorter stops on the chargers.

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