Posts Tagged ‘Mitsubishi’

  • Mitsubishi, Endesa Partner on Electric Cars
    Mitsubishi and Spanish utility Endesa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch a feasibility study on the development of recharging infrastructure and promote electric cars in Spain. Under the agreement Mitsubishi will introduce its i-MiEV electric car in Spain while Endesa, owned by Italy’s largest power company Enel, would build EV related infrastructure...
    by at September 22nd, 2010 at 12:09 am
  • Nissan, Mitsubishi to Join Kyoto Electric-Car-Sharing Project
    Nissan and Mitsubishi will join the Japanese city of Kyoto in a pilot electric-car-sharing project. A total of seven Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric cars will be used in the project, the Nikkei reported. Charging stations set up in Kyoto will be networked so that participants in the electric-car-sharing project will be able to find the charging points. Local...
    by at July 17th, 2010 at 03:07 am
  • Toshiba Working with Mitsubishi on Electric Car Batteries
    Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. said Friday is working jointly with Mitsubishi to develop lithium-ion battery system for use in automaker’s electric cars. Toshiba has developed a fast-charging long life lithium-ion battery called SCiB (Super Charge ion Battery), which it plans to adapt for electric cars. The use of new oxide-based materials in the current SCiB...
    by at July 2nd, 2010 at 11:07 am
  • PSA and Mitsubishi Expand Electric Vehicle Partnership
    Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot Citroen have extended their collaboration in the field of electric vehicles for the development and supply of powertrains for EVs, initially focusing on for small commercial electric vehicles. The automakers have launched a feasibility study for the development and supply of powertrains for electric vehicles, including an analysis on the packaging...
    by at June 30th, 2010 at 10:06 am
  • Mitsubishi Partners with Danish Government on Electric Cars
    Mitsubishi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Danish government regarding the popularization of its i-MiEV electric car in Denmark. Under the MoU, the Danish government will consider introducing i-MiEVs into its fleet in or after 2011, conducting EV promotional activities and implementing EV infrastructure. The Danish government, in order to reduce...
    by at June 25th, 2010 at 03:06 am
  • Mitsubishi to Cut Price of i-MiEV Electric Cars
    Mitsubishi plans to bring the price of its electric vehicles down some 30% to around 2 million yen ($21,890) by fiscal 2012, the Nikkei business daily reported. The carmaker aims to cut the price of its key i-MiEV electric car to 2 million yen by lowering output costs to promote the still-pricey vehicle. The i-MiEV electric car was priced at 4.59 million yen when it was...
    by at June 18th, 2010 at 10:06 am
  • First Phase of UK Electric Car Trial Complete
    The first three-month period of an electric car trial in the UK is complete and it turns out the fleet of 25 Mitsubishi iMiEVs has been running an average of 23 miles a day and have been parked 97 percent of the time. Electric vehicle drivers used their electric cars like the typical UK driver – the majority of journeys were less than five miles (at similar distances,...
    by at June 17th, 2010 at 04:06 am
  • Mitsubishi Announces Shipment of i-MiEV to Australia
    Mitsubishi announced today the shipment of its i-MiEV electric car to Australia starting from July. Mitsubishi, along with its Australian distributor Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited, has been conducting EV promotional activities aimed at electric power companies and other entities since February of this year with 2 i-MiEVs. Forty i-MiEVs will be shipped starting from...
    by at June 2nd, 2010 at 11:06 am
  • Mitsubishi Starts Private i-MiEV Sales in Hong Kong
    Mitsubishi has started individual sales of the i-MiEV electric car in Hong Kong. Universal Cars Ltd. (UCL), Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC)’s importer and distributor for Hong Kong, will start selling the Mitsubishi i-MiEV on Friday (21 May) priced at 395,000 Hong Kong dollars (50,000 US dollars). The company aims to sell 50 of the i-MiEV electric cars in Hong...
    by at May 21st, 2010 at 06:05 am
  • Mitsubishi i-MiEV Priced at £33,699 in UK
    Mitsubishi Motors UK announced that the on-sale price of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric vehicle will be £33,699 including VAT when it will be eligible for a £5000 government grant for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Currently, the price has been set at £38,699 including VAT. Mitsubishi is highlighting the low running costs of the i-MiEV as a key advantage...
    by at March 23rd, 2010 at 02:03 pm