Mazda Motor Corporation today delivered the first Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid (earlier post) to Iwatani Corporation, an energy development company based in Japan. The Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is Mazda’s latest hydrogen rotary engine (RE) vehicle which uses hydrogen as a fuel and features a unique hybrid system.
The Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid can run on both hydrogen and gasoline thanks to a dual-fuel system that was developed for the current RX-8 Hydrogen RE. The addition of a new hybrid system significantly enhances the vehicle’s performance and contributes to its increased hydrogen fuel range of 200 kilometers; double that of the RX-8 Hydrogen RE.
The Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is the second hydrogen rotary engine vehicle to be leased to Iwatani Corporation, following an RX-8 Hydrogen RE that was delivered in March 2006. The new model will be used for business purposes at the company’s offices in Western Japan, before being located at the Japan Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Demonstration Project’s (JHFC) Kansai Airport Hydrogen Station, where it will be used at the Kansai International Airport in Osaka and for a variety of other purposes.
Akihiro Kashiwagi, Mazda’s program manager in charge of hydrogen RE development, said, “Mazda is delighted to deliver our newest hydrogen rotary engine vehicle to Iwatani, which has been engaged in advancing the further uses of hydrogen energy for many years. Mazda will use the feedback we receive from Iwatani to further improve the performance of hydrogen-fueled rotary engine vehicles as we wish to do our part to achieve a hydrogen energy society in the future.”
Based on its Sustainable Zoom-Zoom plan, Mazda is committed to pursuing harmony between driving pleasure and environmental and safety features. Mazda constantly strives to offer vehicles that “look inviting to drive, are fun to drive, and make you want to drive them again.”
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Source: Mazda Global Web Site
The Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid can run on both hydrogen and gasoline thanks to a dual-fuel system that was developed for the current RX-8 Hydrogen RE. The addition of a new hybrid system significantly enhances the vehicle’s performance and contributes to its increased hydrogen fuel range of 200 kilometers; double that of the RX-8 Hydrogen RE.
The Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is the second hydrogen rotary engine vehicle to be leased to Iwatani Corporation, following an RX-8 Hydrogen RE that was delivered in March 2006. The new model will be used for business purposes at the company’s offices in Western Japan, before being located at the Japan Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Demonstration Project’s (JHFC) Kansai Airport Hydrogen Station, where it will be used at the Kansai International Airport in Osaka and for a variety of other purposes.
Akihiro Kashiwagi, Mazda’s program manager in charge of hydrogen RE development, said, “Mazda is delighted to deliver our newest hydrogen rotary engine vehicle to Iwatani, which has been engaged in advancing the further uses of hydrogen energy for many years. Mazda will use the feedback we receive from Iwatani to further improve the performance of hydrogen-fueled rotary engine vehicles as we wish to do our part to achieve a hydrogen energy society in the future.”
Based on its Sustainable Zoom-Zoom plan, Mazda is committed to pursuing harmony between driving pleasure and environmental and safety features. Mazda constantly strives to offer vehicles that “look inviting to drive, are fun to drive, and make you want to drive them again.”
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マツダ株式会社（以下、マツダ）は、ハイブリッドシステムを搭載し、水素を燃料として走行する新型水素ロータリーエンジン車『マツダ プレマシー ハイドロジェンRE ハイブリッド』を、エネルギー関連企業の岩谷産業株式会社にリース販売を行い、本日納車いたしました。
『マツダ プレマシー ハイドロジェンRE ハイブリッド』は、従来の『RX-8 ハイドロジェンRE』で開発した水素とガソリンの両方を燃料に使えるデュアルフューエルシステムに加え、新しくハイブリッドシステムを採用することにより 大幅に走行性能を向上させるとともに、水素での航続距離も2倍の200kmを実現しています。
岩谷産業 株式会社への水素ロータリーエンジン車のリース販売は、2006年3月に納入した『RX-8 ハイドロジェンRE』に続いて2台目となります。今回納車された車両は、岩谷産業株式会社中国支社にて業務等に活用された後、JHFC関西空港水素ステー ションを中心として関西国際空港などで使用される予定です。
開発担当主査の柏木 章宏（かしわぎ あきひろ）は、「長年にわたりクリーンな水素エネルギーの普及に取り組んでこられた岩谷産業株式会社殿に、新たな水素ロータリーエンジン車を納車できたこ とを大変嬉しく思います。お客様からのご意見を参考に、今後も水素ロータリーエンジン車のさらなる改善を進め、水素エネルギー社会の実現に貢献していきた いと思います」と語りました。
マツダはこれからも『サステイナブル“Zoom-Zoom”宣言』に基づき、走る歓びと環境・安全性能が調和した、進化する“Zoom-Zoom”の世界を追求し、『見て乗りたくなる、乗って楽しくなる、そしてまた乗りたくなる』クルマづくりを目指していきます。
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Source: Mazda Global Web Site
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