MITSUBISHI HAS PULLED a pair of new MiEV branded concepts out of its hat this week, the new concepts due to appear alongside the production i-MiEV electric vehicle at next month’s Tokyo Motor Show.

Built on the same technology as their i-MiEV sibling, the i-MiEV Cargo and PX-MiEV concepts represent Mitsubishi’s vision of how its hybrid and [...]

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Mitsubishi President and CEO, Robert McEniry has given an upbeat assessment of Mitsubishi Australia’s position, which will be further strengthened by a full product launch program over the next six months.

Soon to join the rampant Triton - which has all-but sold out its ‘09 model allocation - is a new Challenger and Mitsubishi’s landmark electric [...]

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MITSUBISHI HAS LAUNCHED the all-electric i MiEV in Japan this week, with corporate and government fleet buyers the first customers. Private buyers will have to wait until April 2010 before they can snap one up for themselves.

Priced at just over 4,599,000 yen ($58,000) - $15,000 more than than the $43,000 starting price last reported - [...]

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THE ALL-ELECTRIC VERSION of the Mitsubishi “i” kei car, the i-MIEV, is nearing its July release onto the Japanese market, with prices set to begin at AU$43,000 – nearly twice the price of the petrol/electric hybrid Honda Insight which starts at about AU$26,000 in Japan.

Developing 47kW and 180Nm of torque from its lithium-ion battery powered [...]

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While Mitsubishi showcased a left-hand-drive version of its all-electric i MiEV city car at New York, the Federal Government this week confirmed that the battery-powered vehicle was officially road-legal for Australia.

The i MiEV has satisfied all of the relevant Australian Design Rules to be road-registerable and, while it doesn’t guarantee we’ll see it come our [...]

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Mitsubishi’s electric i MiEV is about to become a part of a NSW government test program to assess its ability to reduce carbon emissions from the State’s 26,000 strong vehicle fleet.

NSW Minister for Climate Change and Commerce, Carmel Tebbutt, announced that the i MiEV evaluation vehicle  currently touring the country would be evaluated for potential use [...]

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After conducting a feasibility study into an electric vehicle partnership back in June 2008, Mitsubishi Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen have today announced that a formal joint venture will be formed with the goal of sharing the development, manufacture and distribution of electric cars.

The biggest deal brokered as part of the agreement will be that [...]

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While not quite as funny as putting policemen on Segway scooters, the decision by the Kanagawa police department to introduce a battery electric Mitsuibishi i MiEV to their fleet must have still been met with some degree of mirth by Kanagawa’s finest. After all, with a top speed of just 130kph and a maximum range [...]

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Some interesting post World War II collaboration is continuing to evolve with the news that PSA Peugeot Citroen and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) have agreed to begin a feasibility study on an extended technical collaboration in the field of electric powertrains.

This project, which will run over several months, relates to the development, the manufacture and [...]

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