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Developing and Popularizing Vehicles that Contribute
to Cleaner Air and the Prevention of Global Warming
Mazda is committed to realistic, effective measures to ensure that the environmental burden resulting from the use of
cars is reduced. To this end, we have incorporated many environmental technologies in our cars, and have set
objectives, which we are on target to meet, to further promote environmental automobiles.
Reducing exhaust emissions
Promoting the wider use of SU-LEV
Mazda is engaged in constant research and development on the
combustion, control and catalyzing technologies that go to reduce
exhaust emissions, and is proactively increasing the number of cars it
produces that comply with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and
Transport's Emissions Gas Approval System. FY 2004 was a particularly
good year, in that we introduced an increasing number of SU-LEV cars
(75% lower than 2005 exhaust emissions standards). SU-LEV is
currently the most stringent emissions level operated in Japan. The
Verisa, which was released in June 2004, and the Premacy, which was
released in February 2005, both achieved SU-LEV approval for all model
types. With this, Mazda raised the percentage of its cars attaining SU-
LEV status to 49.2% of all cars produced for the domestic market, a
significant step in standardizing the use of such vehicles.
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Trends in introduction of low-emissions approved passenger cars for the Japanese market
18.1
1.9
40.5
9.3
12.0
52.8
25.2
71.2
16.7
8.6
49.2
38.1
2.8
2.6
FY 2000 FY 2001
FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004
(2004.4-2005.3)
SU-LEV: 75% lower than 2005 exhaust emissions standards
U-LEV: 50% lower than 2005 exhaust emissions standards or 75% lower than 2000 exhaust emissions standards
E-LEV: 50% lower than 2000 exhaust emissions standards
T-LEV: 25% lower than 2000 exhaust emissions standards
New cars introduced in FY 2004, which meet SU-LEV requirements in all model types
Axela (Mazda3)
Verisa
Premacy (Mazda5)
Demio (Mazda2)
Atenza (Mazda6)
NOTE : Axela and Atenza both also have models that are not SU-LEV compliant.
No. of low-polluting cars sold during FY 2004
Passenger Cars
Trucks
Standard / Compact micro-mini Standard / Compact micro-mini
Total
Electric vehicles
0
0
0
0
0
Low-polluting
Hybrid vehicles
0
0
0
0
0
vehicles
CNG vehicles
0
0
18
0
18
Methanol vehicles
0
0
0
0
0
SU-LEV: 75% lower than 2005 exhaust emissions standards
112,925
4,222
0
0
117,147
Vehicles approved
for high fuel
efficiency and
low emissions 1
U-LEV: 50% lower than 2005 exhaust emissions standards
U-LEV: 75% lower than 2000 exhaust emissions standards
E-LEV: 50% lower than 2000 exhaust emissions standards
31,208
4,061
0
32,232
4
0
3,415
150
0
435
0
7,763
67,290
4,215
7,763
T-LEV: 25% lower than 2000 exhaust emissions standards
0
142
0
0
142
Diesel alternative LPG vehicles
124
124
Total
148,194
36,600
3,707
8,198
196,699
1Cars which achieved fuel efficiency standards, according to the Energy Saving Act, at an early stage, and which are approved as low-emissions vehicles based on the low-emissions vehicle approval guidelines.
Social & Environmental Report 2005