Mazda Australia says it isn't focusing on importing mild-hybrid (MHEV) versions of its top-selling models, and instead is focusing its homologation investment on upcoming hybrid (HEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and battery-electric (EV) models.

Mazda Australia managing director Vinesh Bhindi told CarExpert that while the Japanese brand is committed to reducing its fleet CO2 emissions and complying with Australia's New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), which penalises and credits models that exceed increasingly stringent CO2 limits respectively, the focus for its so-called Multi-Solution Approach is EV, PHEV and HEV – not MHEV.

"Our view is no technology is banned, which means there are two ways to comply: by limited technologies to the one that gives zero fines or some credits; o

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