Will Mazda's affordable electric car come to Australia? 2025 Mazda EZ-6 pricing and details revealed for its home market of China - report

Details and pricing have firmed up for Mazda’s Chinese electric car, the EZ-6, and it seems the Tesla Model 3 rival is affordable indeed.

With pricing looking to start from 160,000 yuan according to reports - or about AU$33,000 - the electric spiritual successor to the Mazda6 would seem to be a pretty affordable thing, at least at home in China where carmakers are able to offer their products at relative basement prices.

If the EZ-6 makes it to Australia (which is possible, the EZ-6 is reportedly also Europe-bound), it’s likely the price would jump a fair margin, though just how willing Mazda would be to bring an electric sedan to a nation where sedans have fallen out of favour and EV hesitancy remains is yet to be seen.

Built by Changan Mazda, a joint venture between (you guessed it) Mazda and Changan, the Mazda EZ-6 uses underpinnings from the latter - it shares its architecture with the Changan Deepal SL03.

Coming in at 4921mm long, 1890mm wide and 1485mm tall, the EZ-6 retains a fair bit of Mazda’s design cues despite looking ‘chunkier’ and more aggressive than many of the Hiroshima brand’s global models.

The electric EZ-6’s battery will reportedly allows it a 600km driving range, though a plug-in version with a range of 1000km is also on the cards, while an EREV range-extender plug-in hybrid version with a range of as much as 1300km (and able to charge up in 20 minutes from 30 to 80 per cent) could come along.

These ranges are under China’s lenient CLTC testing procedure, so if the EZ-6 hits Europe or even Australia, expect them to shrink somewhat.

While Europe getting the EZ-6 is a good sign for other global markets, Mazda Australia remains quiet on the matter, and the change to right-hand drive is an extra barrier on top of the existing market pressure on EVs and sedans.