Toyota Hybrid Technology To Be Seen In Mazda Future Vehicles
Mazda announces that it will utilize Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive system paired with its own new generation of highly efficient Sky engines. The Japanese automaker will use the same technology that Toyota has used in its Prius, Camry Hybrid and Highlander Hybrid vehicles – among others.
This isn’t the first time that Toyota has allowed another automaker access to its Hybrid Synergy Drive system, which powers all of its hybrid vehicles. Nissan’s Altima hybrid car has been using the licensed Hybrid Synergy Drive technology since 2007, although the four-door sedan is sold in only a few of North American markets.Mazda says it will launch a hybrid vehicle in Japan by 2013 and North American sales are likely to follow. It is not yet finalized whether Mazda will pair the hybrid system to both its Sky gasoline and diesel engines. The Sky diesel engines have been boasted by its manufacturer that it has equal existing hybrid fuel economy and emissions outputs.
Mazda hasn’t confirmed which models will get the Toyota-licensed hybrid powertrain in North America, but sales seem likely to begin in 2014.
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