Mazda plans to lease electric car fleets in 2012 in Japan

We’ve heard of Nissan’s plans to kick off an EV rental program for its electric car, the Leaf before. Mazda is now following closely behind in Nissan’s footsteps with plans to lease EVs in Japan by next year. The automaker is busy lining up a fleet based on the Demio/Mazda2 that will use the SKYACTIV powertrain technology and will be up for lease. The car will have a range of almost 200-kilometer driving (124 miles) and the program will start in the spring of 2012. Mazda is targeting local government groups and fleet customers for this lease program, and aims to gather knowledge of electric vehicles, EV requirements and powertrain technology, for future electric technology.

We love the initiative taken up by Mazda and hope other automakers are inspired and come up with such green steps towards cleaner transportation too!



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