{"id":489750,"date":"2010-03-30T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/?p=17868"},"modified":"2010-03-30T12:29:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T16:29:00","slug":"mazda-to-license-hybrid-tech-from-toyota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/489750","title":{"rendered":"Mazda to License Hybrid Tech from Toyota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mazdalogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17874\" title=\"Mazda logo\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mazdalogo-220x134.jpg\" alt=\"Mazda logo\" width=\"220\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a>What do you do if you\u2019re an automaker in 2010 without  any of your own hybrid technology? If you\u2019re Mazda, you work out a licensing  deal to use Toyota hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement announced  yesterday, Mazda plans to launch a hybrid vehicle in Japan in 2013  using technology from the Toyota Prius. Mazda is inexplicably late to the hybrid  party; Nissan went the licensing route with Toyota for the Altima in 2007 and even Porsche sells a  hybrid in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, Mazda  will use Toyota  battery, electric-motor, and controller systems paired to one of Mazda\u2019s next-generation efficient engines. The new engine families, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/efficient-mazda-sky-engines-and-transmission-to-debut-in-tokyo\/\">called SKY-D (for diesel)  and SKY-G (for gasoline)<\/a>, promise between 15 and 20 percent improvements in fuel  efficiency. We\u2019re expecting an announcement at this week\u2019s New York auto show  regarding what SKY engines will be available in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/2010-toyota-prius-plug-in-hybrid-concept-official-photos-and-info\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Concept &#8211; Official Photos and Info'>2010 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Concept &#8211; Official Photos and Info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/2009-toyota-camry-hybrid-review\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid &#8211; Review'>2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid &#8211; Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/2009-toyota-highlander-hybrid-review\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid &#8211; Review'>2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid &#8211; Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you do if you\u2019re an automaker in 2010 without any of your own hybrid technology? If you\u2019re Mazda, you work out a licensing deal to use Toyota hardware. Under the agreement announced yesterday, Mazda plans to launch a hybrid vehicle in Japan in 2013 using technology from the Toyota Prius. Mazda is inexplicably [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6412,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6412"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}