The current Mazda MX-5 has soldiered on for more than 10 years, almost becoming the antithesis of increasingly heavy electric sports cars by retaining its simple, naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine.
However, this could change soon, because Auto Express has uncovered patents of an MX-5 with electric power – and our exclusive images show how it might look.
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The patents, filed in April in the United States, show batteries located in the transmission tunnel section in what is clearly an MX-5-sized vehicle. This is at odds with the conventional ‘skateboard’ architecture seen on most pure-electric vehicles, which would make it difficult to create the low-slung driving position associated with Mazda’s roadster.
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