Mazda MX 30 EV opinions

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Trickster

Discussion Starter · 2 mo ago

Just curious if any forum members here have any experience or first hand knowledge (test driven)
one of these?
I find it interesting to some degree and the biggest knocks against it are the low range and pricing.
Otherwise most online reviews seem to think it’s a good driving vehicle that’s well put together and nicely equipped.
Another 100 miles of range and about $5000 less would be appealing to me as a city daily driver.
I could do my weekly commute back and forth to work M-F on a single charge and plug it in my household 120V plug-in overnight and be good for another week with its current range…but…
Thoughts?

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Wunsch

· #2 · 2 mo ago

With an EV, you just plug it in every night when you get home. So it sounds like the range is perfectly fine for your commute. The only issue is that it's a bit pricey for a car that you would use only as a commuter car.

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Trickster

Discussion Starter · #3 · 2 mo ago

Well then there is the winter scenario here in Alberta when I go to work in the winter and it sits for 8 hours at -30C on occasions. How will it perform then I ask myself?
Being it’s a first generation is a big deal breaker though, and with the possibility of Canada getting the rotary range extender version maybe sometime, it may be best to wait. Oh then the price goes up again and it’s just really badly overpriced even with the $5000 credit from the Feds. So…..
ICE it is until they are proven and maybe one day less expensive than a gasser, but I have my doubts about that happening…..ever.

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Wunsch

· #4 · 2 mo ago

Trickster said:
Well then there is the winter scenario here in Alberta when I go to work in the winter and it sits for 8 hours at -30C on occasions. How will it perform then I ask myself?

I'm just one province over from you in Saskatchewan, and I've loved having an EV this winter (not the MX-30, however). What you're describing is exactly a situation where I'd want to commute in an EV

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Trickster

Discussion Starter · #5 · 2 mo ago

Wunsch said:
I'm just one province over from you in Saskatchewan, and I've loved having an EV this winter (not the MX-30, however). What you're describing is exactly a situation where I'd want to commute in an EV

Okay so I have to ask which EV do you have and how is it in our prairie winters?

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Wunsch

· #6 · 2 mo ago

Trickster said:
Okay so I have to ask which EV do you have and how is it in our prairie winters?

I have a BMW i4 - not a short-range EV like the MX-30, but it certainly is wonderful for commuting on cold days. I can set a planned departure time, and it'll have itself all warmed up and ready for me by that time. I just took delivery in early February, and most fo the weather since then has been abnormally warm, so I haven't had as much cold weather experience as I expected to have, but during the cold snaps, it's been great. The biggest problem has been getting used to the idea that it actually warms up to the temperature I set it for, so I've had to turn that down to avoid cooking myself in my winter jacket! 🤣 That's a problem I've never had with a gas car, except on long highway drives.

Yes, the efficiency goes down in the cold (so does a gas car, although not by quite as much), but when you're just talking about in-city commuting, that really doesn't matter.

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