But not this efficient. Which is the point.

That is not what they are doing.

The “holy grail” of a gasoline combustion engine would be to cause combustion to start purely from compression/heat at a pre-determined and controlled time/location.

The whole advantage of SPCCI is that it is both more powerful and more fuel efficient than a standard SI engine. The electric motor is to help with refinement. You’re drawing disingenuous conclusions.

As near as I can tell, SPCCI is still different. In a stratified charge engine, the lean mixture is ignited by the flame front of the richer mixture. In Mazda’s implementation, the lean mixture ignites spontaneously and homogenously due to the extra compression introduced by the sparked rich charge, not by the flame…

Apparently works best with regular.

Well, if it’s any help, the last few Mazda redesigns/refreshes have prioritized NVH and have made those vehicles (CX-5/CX-9/Mazda 6) among the quietest vehicles in their respective classes. I’m guessing the new 3 will be the same.

You’re using a lot of weasel words to describe something that’s already proven to work.

I’m guessing it’s more to reduce those transient instances where the engine is between full spark and SPCCI modes.

Don’t blink. Blink and you’re depreciated.

Two USB-C ports.

I’m pretty sure it’s not the facial recognition that’s magical per se, but the use of an IR dot projector and neural net to get an accurate 3D record of the user’s face.

Absolutely right.

RIP Every Frame a Painting. Gone too soon.

Name checks out.

This feels like listening to a bootleg of a Led Zeppelin cover band.

Just because I like a thing doesn’t mean there can’t be too much of it. These Netflix shows are almost univerally hurt by being longer than the narratives require. There’s too much filler.

Oh thank God, I came to post this same thing.

It’s such a clean, clean design.

Transitioning to an also-ran?