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No Matter What Color You Buy, Your Mazda is Green

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GREEN ENEGY
    Mazda’s are fun to drive, easy on your wallet and some of the best looking cars on the road. They’re also environmentally friendly. You love how far you can go on one tank of gas, but do you know how your car makes that happen?

How Mazda Evaluates

  In order to reduce the amount of CO2 each vehicle emits, Mazda is gradually shifting from a “tank-to-wheel” evaluation system to a “wheel-to-wheel” assessment. It’s a higher standard.   Traditional CO2 emission evaluation measures efficiency from the moment drivers transfer gas to their vehicle. Wheel-to-wheel starts measuring at the oil well and includes CO2 emissions from refining the gas or producing electrical power.   Mazda intends to cut those numbers in half by 2030 with a long-term goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 90 percent in 2050.   GREEN FLOW CHART

Your Mazda’s Green Technology

  When you drive a Mazda, you contribute to a healthier environment by using the following technology:  
  • Your brakes – The Mazda brake energy regeneration system transforms the energy created by your moving vehicle and turns that back into electricity. You stop safely and your car stores the electricity to be used later by your headlights, climate control, sound speakers or other electrical components.
 
  • Your car’s SKYACTIV technology – Mazda’s team created a series of technologies that make every vehicle both more fuel efficient and powerful. If your car was made after 2011, your engine, transmission, body and chassis have SKYACTIV technology that makes your Zoom-Zoom more sustainable.
 
  • Mazda’s Earth friendly plastics – Mazda worked with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation to make many of the plastics used in vehicles out of plant-derived materials. Less carbon dioxide is released creating those plastics. Bio-based materials can also be dyed instead of painted, which means fewer volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are released into the air.
 

Mazda’s Long Term Vision

  Mazda thinks long-term, believing people will experience more driving pleasure if the future holds a healthy planet. Innovators seek to contribute to a more beautiful Earth by perfecting the internal combustion engine and start producing electric vehicles in 2019.   Mazda also focuses on improving society by adding safety technology that reduces the risk of accident. Most importantly, Mazda invests in people. Their Jinba-Ittai philosophy seeks to connect driver and vehicle, making each owner one with their environment. That connection creates a joy that enriches life at every level.   If you’ve never experienced that connection, you should. Browse our inventory or schedule a test drive today.     Sources: http://www.mazda.com/en/innovation/technology/env/http://www.mazda.com/en/innovation/technology/env/policy/http://www.mazda.com/en/csr/environment/sustainable/http://contentbymissy.com    

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