This is the fifth Mazda vehicle to be fitted with a hydrogen wankel rotary engine.

The car can be switched from gasoline to hydrogen mode using a button in the cabin.

Running in hydrogen mode, it produces no emissions other than water vapor and has a range of around 100 km (62 mi).

The following year, the first vehicles were leased to customers in Idemitsu and Iwatani at a price of 420,000 JPY per month.

[3] In November 2007, Mazda announced the delivery of 30 RX-8 HRE to the Norwegian hydrogen project Hynor.