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This article is very biased: the author clearly loves high torque that move to electric motor gives by default. Mazda did something very smart here - emulate c

This article is very biased: the author clearly loves high torque that move to electric motor gives by default. Mazda did something very smart here - emulate current days experience, so presumably ordinary people swap to ordinary EV, because "it's a thing now".* * - it's a thing now - aka goverments give subsidiares, aka it may be less CO2, it's cleaner, etc... is it? I don't know. I don't care. I do understand Mazda's move though.

WhompingWindows 7y ago
electrek is basically a Tesla/EV bull, they own shares in TSLA and get tons of free EV-kickbacks and perks... you should look at everything on that site with a skeptical eye.
- rasz 7y ago
  When talking about electrek kickbacks you should always start with half a $million in roadsters https://electrek.co/2019/01/17/tesla-roadster-free-killed-referral-program/ https://electrek.co/2019/01/17/tesla-roadster-free-killed-re...
mdszy 7y ago
>goverments give subsidiares 1. pretty sure you mean subsidies 2. not all, wisconsin actually charges an extra tax if you drive an EV
- bagacrap 7y ago
  That fact about Wisconsin seems crazy so I looked it up and it's $100/yr which I can only assume is meant to recapture lost gas tax revenue. Hardly in the same ballpark as the federal subsidy which is $2500-7500.
  - mdszy 7y ago
    yes, that is the reasoning, doesn't make it any less bullshit
jsight 7y ago
As an owner of a few Mazdas, I am also biased, but that gives me a similar opinion to the article. Trimming torque intentionally is really not consistent with Mazda's past behavior. Emulating slower cars shouldn't be a thing at a company that trademarked "Zoom-Zoom".
otherme123 7y ago
From 2020 Europe is fining car makers if they don't have EV vehicles available (https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/vehicles/cars_en https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/vehicles/cars_...). The easiest way to a car maker to avoid the fines, even if they don't want to make EVs like Mazda, is to put a couple of EVs that lows the average emissions of the fleet.

WhompingWindows 7y ago

electrek is basically a Tesla/EV bull, they own shares in TSLA and get tons of free EV-kickbacks and perks... you should look at everything on that site with a skeptical eye.

rasz 7y ago
When talking about electrek kickbacks you should always start with half a $million in roadsters https://electrek.co/2019/01/17/tesla-roadster-free-killed-referral-program/ https://electrek.co/2019/01/17/tesla-roadster-free-killed-re...

mdszy 7y ago

>goverments give subsidiares 1. pretty sure you mean subsidies 2. not all, wisconsin actually charges an extra tax if you drive an EV

bagacrap 7y ago
That fact about Wisconsin seems crazy so I looked it up and it's $100/yr which I can only assume is meant to recapture lost gas tax revenue. Hardly in the same ballpark as the federal subsidy which is $2500-7500.
- mdszy 7y ago
  yes, that is the reasoning, doesn't make it any less bullshit

jsight 7y ago

As an owner of a few Mazdas, I am also biased, but that gives me a similar opinion to the article. Trimming torque intentionally is really not consistent with Mazda's past behavior. Emulating slower cars shouldn't be a thing at a company that trademarked "Zoom-Zoom".

otherme123 7y ago

From 2020 Europe is fining car makers if they don't have EV vehicles available (https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/vehicles/cars_en https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/vehicles/cars_...). The easiest way to a car maker to avoid the fines, even if they don't want to make EVs like Mazda, is to put a couple of EVs that lows the average emissions of the fleet.