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Nikkei: Mitsubishi and Peugeot will work together on electric cars

Posted Jun 16th 2008 at 7:52AM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi, PSA, Peugeot



The iMiEV, the production car based on the Nissan Mixim, (EDIT: badly worded and wrong), and who knows what other goodies became a little bit more real today with the report in the Nikkei business daily newspaper that Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot Citroen will work together on electric vehicles. The two companies will share technology, particularly about next-gen lithium-ion batteries. Nikkei said that Mitsubishi will offer PSA information on how best to convert electricity to drive power and how to prevent overheating in the batteries. According to Reuters, the two companies may also form a joint venture to build EVs. Mitsubishi had no official statement for Nikkei, but we do know that PSA and Mitsubishi recently announced a joint plant in Russia.

[Source: Reuters]

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Tags: mitsubishi-electric-car, mitsubishi-ev, mitsubishi-peugeot, pegeot-ev, peugeot-electric-car, psa, psa-electric-car

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New Mitsubishi business plan includes focus on "greener" technology

Posted Mar 3rd 2008 at 6:09PM by Sam Abuelsamid

Filed under: Diesel, EV/Plug-in, MPG, Mitsubishi



Mitsubishi has updated their business plan for the next few years and greener cars are a big part of the where the company wants to go. One important element is the desire to release the iMiEV electric car into the marketplace ahead of competitors. The company's forthcoming product plan also includes emphasis on developing clean diesels and dual clutch transmissions. They also want to adapt their mini-cars to oversea's use and export them globally. Earlier this year, Mitsubishi debuted their Concept-RA in Detroit which was powered by a new 2.2L four cylinder diesel. Given Mitsubishi's struggles in recent years, it will be interesting to see if this specific emphasis on cleaner, more efficient vehicles makes a difference.

[Source: Mitsubishi]



Tags: business-plan, clean-diesels, electric-cars, mini-cars, mitsubishi-concept-ra, mitsubishi-electric-car, mitsubishi-i-miev, mitsubishi-miev, mitsubishi-ra

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

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

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi



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]

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

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