Mazda RX:

Mighty Morphin’ tire technology on future Mazda RX-9

The Mazda RX-9 is an advanced concept that came out on top in this year’s Michelin Design Challenge. Mazda’s tires will feature Electroactive Polymers (E.A.P.) that with varying levels of voltage from the vehicle’s electrical system can actually change the shape and depth of their tread pattern. The rubber donuts can go from flat and smooth to knobby and grippy, or even ride high on their centers for ultra-low rolling (...
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Mazda Delivers RX-8 Hydrogen RE Vehicles to Corporate Customer Fleets

Mazda Motor Corporation has delivered one RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle each to its first two corporate customers for this model, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, and Iwatani International Corporation in Osaka, Japan. RX-8 Hydrogen RE cars are equipped with a rotary engine and feature a dual-fuel system that allows the driver to select either hydrogen or gasoline with the flick of a switch. The vehicles that have been leased to Mazda’s first two corporate fleet customers are based on Mazda’s (...)
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