From what I understand...skyactiv never made it to the USA. It did not meet is trumpeted goals in real life. What Mazda did was just give conventional gas engines in USA....which were ok...but no big deal..I was very interested in the concept...but it did not happen in USA...
“Skyactiv” appears to be a blanket designation that covers a variety of technologies. Regardless of what technology actually arrives in the US, a Skyactiv badge will be on the back of the car.
Skyactiv did make it to the US. Skyactiv-G with its enhanced MPG has been here since the 2012 model year.
Skyactiv-D was slated, but was just a hair over the EPA’s coming pollution standard, without any added emissions equipment. Adding the equipment added thousands of dollars of cost and reduced MPG quite a bit, so it didn’t make it.
It was believed Skyactiv-X would be here, by now, but with mandated electric expectations, it is not what Mazda sees it can sell for long.
I was very interested in the concept...but it did not happen in USA...”
Same here. Skyactive-X is the term for the new technology. As I understand it, they were looking for the best of diesel and internal combustion engine (ICE) technology. Sort of a diesel/ICE hybrid. It seems they were never able to pull it off satisfactorily. Besides, Democrats are hell-bent on getting rid of so-called fossil fuels.
I have no objection to CO2 as it is plant food that is necessary for life on earth. I don’t think it causes global warming or climate change. However, a warming of the oceans would cause a release of CO2 into the atmosphere.
I have no objection to advancing automotive technology. Reducing fuel consumption is fine when it makes sense. I think the hybrid idea of breaking by turning a dynamo to make electricity makes some sense, to the extent that it is feasible.
An “all electric” car gets its electricity from somewhere else, perhaps coal, perhaps nuclear. So, it is really a sham for the most part. However, an all-electric car might make sense for a city that has a smog problem. It would move the smoke someplace else where there are fewer people.
Their cars are being sold here in the USA with that skyactive wording on the trunk deck area. My friend’s hatchback definitely says that on the back and he is in the lower midwest.