Mazda Motor Corp. launched an electric vehicle model of its MX-30 compact SUV in Japan, its first mass-produced electric vehicle at home. The automaker aims to sell 500 units a year. The new model can travel 256 kilometers on a single charge. With the aim of reducing carbon dioxide emissions, the battery capacity was designed to cut CO2 emissions from the production stage as much as possible. The price ranges from JPY 4.51 million to JPY 4.95 million. The model went on sale in Germany and other European countries in September last year, with some 10,000 units sold so far. In an effort to reduce CO2 emissions, the government has decided to limit all new vehicles to be sold in Japan to electrically driven ones by 2035.