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Mitsubishi to produce Minicab-MiEV in Indonesia in 2024; first local production of the vehicle outside Japan

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Mitsubishi Motors will begin production of the Minicab-MiEV, a onebox kei–car-class commercial electric vehicle (EV), at PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia (MMKI), MMC’s factory in Indonesia. The Minicab-MiEV, which will be produced overseas for the first time, is equipped with an EV system proven in the i-MiEV.

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Mitsubishi reports fire in i-MiEV battery pack, melting in Outlander PHEV pack

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Mitsubishi Motors reported two separate incidents with Li-ion battery packs: one, a fire in a i-MiEV battery pack at the Mizushima battery pack assembly plant; the other, heating and melting in a pack installed in an Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Earlier post.).

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Nissan, Mitsubishi unveil jointly developed new all-electric mini-vehicles in Japan

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In addition to the EV production technology that the Mizushima Plant has honed through the i-MiEV as well as Minicab MiEV, the plant has achieved high quality and cost competitiveness through the investments for on-site battery pack integrated production, EV platform production line, and more.

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Report: Battery Suppliers for i-MiEV Boosting Production Plans by 50%

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and others will boost production of large lithium ion batteries for Mitsubishi Motors Corp.’s s i-MiEV electric car by 50% from previous plans. are partners in Lithium Energy Japan, a joint venture set up to develop, manufacture and sell large lithium ion batteries. The Nikkei reports that GS Yuasa Corp.

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RIP Mitsubishi i-MiEV: lowest-range, slowest electric car departs U.S. market

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The Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car deserves a place in history. Pre-production i-MiEVs were operating in test fleets in Japan as early as 2007, and it was on sale in that country even as Tesla struggled to get its Roadster.

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ACEEE ranks i-MiEV as “Greenest” car in US, Civic Natural Gas ties for second with LEAF

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Mitsubishi’s i-MIEV battery electric vehicle took the top spot from the Honda Civic Natural Gas on the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 14 th annual environmental ranking. Mitsubishi I-MiEV. The natural gas Civic had held first place for 8 years running. ACEEE 2012 “Greenest” Rankings.

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Report: Mitsubishi Motors resuming production of Outlander PHEV after battery problems; 18,000 vehicle backlog

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(MMC) is restarting production of the Outlander plug-in hybrid after about a five-month suspension due to battery problems. Mitsubishi Motors’ investigation found that batteries that had been improperly dropped as part of the screening process were included in supplies from Lithium Energy Japan. Earlier post.).