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 MAZDA EYES 2008 ROLLOUT FOR HYDROGEN-USING HYBRID MINIVAN
Publication Date:18-October-2005
11:25 PM US Eastern Timezone 
Source:Asia Pulse

TOKYO,--Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. (TSE:7261) plans to start offering a hybrid minivan powered by a hydrogen-gasoline dual-fuel rotary engine and an electric motor around 2008, President Hisakazu Imaki told a news conference Wednesday at the Tokyo Motor Show.

The Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid's engine switches to gasoline once the hydrogen runs out, and the electric motor helps improve fuel economy and power output. The current prototype can be driven just 200km on a tankful of hydrogen, but the automaker intends to improve the performance.

Because hydrogen pumps are unlikely to become widely available by 2008, the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is expected to be mostly leased to government agencies and others at first.

Imaki also said Mazda will likely start leasing the RX-8 Hydrogen RE, a vehicle based on a hydrogen-gasoline dual-fuel rotary engine, next spring.

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