Extra proof of the Mazda 6 going electrical has emerged, with a trademark submitting in Europe suggesting the model’s mid-sized passenger automotive will undertake battery energy.
Mazda has filed a pair of trademark purposes within the European Union Mental Property Workplace for ‘6e’, retaining the present 6 sedan and wagon’s mannequin quantity however with the addition of a letter that has change into synonymous with an electrical powertrain for a lot of manufacturers.
Its submitting comes shortly after Mazda trademarked the EZ-6 title in China.
Changan Mazda is predicted to supply an electrical Mazda sedan beneath this nameplate, and the Chinese language three way partnership has stated it’s trying to analysis abroad cooperation alternatives with different carmakers.
It’s unclear whether or not this Chinese language-built mannequin may very well be exported to markets like Europe.
Given the latest European trademark submitting additionally consists of a picture of the proposed 6e badge, it seems that is greater than a case of Mazda merely defending future concepts, as an alternative suggesting there are plans in place for a manufacturing mannequin.
There have been rumours of the Mazda 6 going electrical or not less than adopting mild- or plug-in hybrid expertise in latest months, with hypothesis that the next-generation mannequin may very well be based mostly on the model’s rear/all-wheel drive Massive Platform.
With gross sales of sedans declining globally, nevertheless, Mazda has so far used this new platform solely for SUVs just like the CX-60 and CX-90.
The Mazda 6 on sale in Australian showrooms proper now was launched again in 2012, and has obtained two facelifts to increase its lifecycle – although it’s nonetheless basically the identical automotive beneath because it was greater than a decade in the past.
Whereas the Mazda 6 will now not be offered in its house market of Japan, manufacturing of the petrol-powered sedan and wagon is persevering with for Australia.
Mazda doesn’t promote an electrical automotive in Australia, having taken its MX-30 small SUV off sale in the direction of the top of 2023 attributable to low gross sales – pushed partly by its excessive value and restricted vary.
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