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Developing The Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Battery

Benji Jerew — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:49:25 +0000

This may sound like stale news, but the next-generation lithium-ion battery could come from a Bosch / Yuasa / Mitsubishi partnership. Various companies and governments have set goals and predictions for the adoption of electric vehicle, but it seems that we’re still somewhat behind on most of these goals. There are at least a couple […]

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Mitsubishi’s Electric Vehicle False-Start, And Now We Wait

Benji Jerew — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:15:18 +0000

The i-MiEV, Mitsubishi’s first plug-in electric vehicle, seemed like a good opener for Mitsubishi, but we haven’t heard much from them regarding any new plug-in models. True, the Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric vehicle hasn’t been a huge hit with consumers, selling just 149 units in 2012. The technology is promising, but it does have us wondering […]

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Mitsubishi Hybrid Vehicles Delayed by High Demand and Poor Infrastructure

Benji Jerew — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:49:04 +0000

Looking at the diminutive and somewhat underwhelming Mitsubishi i-MiEV, you might come to the conclusion that Mitsubishi isn’t pushing hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles that much. Really, the problem boils down to high demand and poor infrastructure. Mitsubishi’s hybrid vehicles are actually very popular where they’ve already been released, such as in Japan and the […]

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Mitsubishi GR-HEV Concept Truck at Geneva Motor Show, Hybrids Getting Bigger

Benji Jerew — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:32:57 +0000

The first hybrid vehicles to appear on the scene were tiny little things, specifically the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius. Hybrid vehicles are among the best-selling in recent times, if not for concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, then at least for the high-floating price of fuel. Some, though, think that perhaps automakers should have started […]

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Mitsubishi Leases Electric i-MiEV at $69 per Month! Too Good To Be True?

Benji Jerew — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:43:47 +0000

If there is one thing that might stand above all else when considering an electric vehicle [EV], on top of range and recharging concerns, it must be cost. The battery technology in an EV doesn’t come cheap, and this raises the costs associated with buying an EV. Don’t forget to add the home charging station […]

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Mitsubishi Launches M and G i-MiEV Versions for All Pocket Sizes

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:51:22 +0000

I didn't actually think this would happen, but some electric car manufacturers such as Mitsubishi reduce the range of their cars by reducing battery capacity to meet consumer demands. The Japanese car maker will soon release two new variations on the i-MiEV model: the cheaper M version and the more expensive, but more grid-independent G version.

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Mitsubishi Proposes Highway Mobile Chargers for Electric Vehicles

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:36:26 +0000

The Vehicular Technology Conference, hosted in Ottawa, Canada, next week, will be the place where Zafer Sahinoglu at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his colleagues will present an innovation aimed to patch the issues electric cars and their limited battery range have: the mobile battery charger.

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Toyota Launching EV Charging Station at Tokyo Motor Show

Cristi — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:45:31 +0000

This year's Tokyo Motor Show was dominated by the Nippon market, Alpina and Lotus being the only foreigners with a stand at the show. Big companies like Daihatsu, Honda, Toyota, Suzuki, Nissan and Mitsubishi presented a lot of new concepts and hybrid or electric cars.

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Highly-Integrated Organic Photovoltaic Modules Developed by Mitsubishi

Mike Sandru — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:32:12 +0000

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokki Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), have created a new highly-integrated organic photovoltaic module.

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Fuel Cell Powered Wheelchair by Mitsubishi

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:56:40 +0000

From now on, the people with motion disabilities will go green. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical exhibited last week a fuel cell power unit suited for small applications, such as powering an electric wheelchair. It has the size of a microwave oven, weighs 22 kg, and outputs 300W.

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