New Mazda EZ-60 revealed as sleek Tesla Model Y rival

The Mazda EZ-60 – which could come to the UK arsenic an electrical counterpart to the existing CX-60 – has been revealed successful China.

As with the Mazda EZ-6 that’s owed successful UK showrooms aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth arsenic the Mazda 6e, it has been developed successful collaboration with Chinese steadfast Changan. As such, the EZ-60 uses the aforesaid underpinnings arsenic the Changan Deepal S07, a Tesla Model Y rival that is itself owed to get successful the UK aboriginal this year.

Mazda has yet to uncover method specifications for the EZ-60, but the S07 packs an 80kWh artillery and a 214bhp rear-mounted motor, delivering a scope of 295 miles. It tin complaint astatine 93kW, giving a 30-80% recharge successful 35 minutes.

For reference, the closely-related EZ-6e gets a 254bhp centrifugal and a artillery battalion of the aforesaid capacity, yielding 345 miles betwixt charges.

The EZ-60 besides draws connected the caller plan connection introduced with the saloon, with bladed LED daytime moving lights mounted precocious connected the fascia, supra smaller main-beam headlights. The little information of the grille is outlined with LED lighting.

It is notably much angular than the 6e, however, with a salient chin spoiler connected the beforehand bumper and a pronounced enarthrosis line.

The interior is acceptable to beryllium revealed astatine the Shanghai centrifugal amusement aboriginal this period but is apt to gully heavy connected the 6e, with a ample centrally-mounted infotainment touchscreen and bucket-style seats up front.

Mazda has yet to officially corroborate whether the EZ-60 volition travel to the UK, but it would springiness the marque a much-needed boost successful its electrical car sales, and successful 1 of the astir fashionable classes of car. It confirmed UK motorboat plans for the saloon earlier this year.

The Japanese marque antecedently said it would travel the 6e with a caller electrical SUV developed independently of Changan, utilizing batteries designed successful collaboration with Panasonic. The caller model, owed astir the aforesaid clip arsenic the adjacent iteration of the combustion-engined Mazda CX-5, volition besides beryllium assembled successful Japan.