Mitsubishi iMiEV gets 20-30 percent more range from new battery

Posted Oct 14th 2007 at 4:57PM by Sam Abuelsamid

The Mitsubishi i MiEV stores energy for propulsion in a lithium ion battery pack that now has twenty to thirty percent more capacity than the last version. The battery is produced by a new joint venture company owned by GS Yuasa and Mitsubishi. With these latest cells, the i MiEV has had its range bumped from 81 miles to about 99-106 miles per charge. The battery company is not exclusive to Mitsubishi and they will make there energy storage systems available to any car-maker that's interested. Mitsubishi hopes to have a commercial launch of an electric car using these new lithium batteries by 2010.

[Source: Green Car Congress]

Tags: electric-car, i-miev, lectric-vehicle, lithium-ion-batteries, miev, mitsubishi-electric-car, yuasa-mitsubishi-joint-venture

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

10-14-2007 @ 6:37PM

bioburner said...

Are we sure these numbers are right? Autobloggreen postings on Sept.28 and again on October 6 both show a range of 100 miles and a top speed of 80 MPH. With a 20 to 30% increase in the battery capacity I would expect to see a new cruising range of 120 to 130 miles.

10-14-2007 @ 8:57PM

Dave said...

I like it...better than expected range. Now how much, and which markets will this thing be available?

5-12-2008 @ 8:10PM

alfalfa said...

"they will make there energy storage systems available"

Don't you mean "their energy storage systems?"

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