Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2013
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.). Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
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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FEBRUARY 19, 2012
will bring a new automotive Li-ion battery factory in Shiga Prefecture online next month, with the aim of reducing production costs. billion (US$471 million), will be enough to equip 50,000 Mitsubishi Motors i-MiEV electric vehicles. GS Yuasa Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. at a cost of ¥37.5 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
Green Car Congress
MAY 25, 2009
earlier post ), plans to construct a battery factory in response to Mitsubishi Motors’ plans to boost production of its i MiEV electric vehicle. The joint venture will spend ¥2-3 billion (US$21-32 million) to build the lithium-ion battery factory in Kyoto. Lithium Energy Japan, a joint venture between GS Yuasa Corp.,
Green Car Congress
APRIL 14, 2010
million cells a year, enough to equip 50,000 Mitsubishi i-MiEV EVs with their 16 kWh packs. i-MiEV battery pack equivalents. Lithium Energy Japan (LEJ), the joint venture between GS Yuasa Corp., Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp, will build a new Plant in Ritto City, Shiga Pref., billion (US$401 million).
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
are planning to set up a joint venture for the European production of automotive Li-ion batteries. Costing 40 billion yen [US$466 million] or so, their factory will likely be one of the largest electric-vehicle lithium ion battery plants in Europe and is to be built in Spain or Austria. The Nikkei reports that GS Yuasa Corp.,
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 21, 2011
’s lithium-ion batteries for the MMC Minicab MiEV. The Minicab MiEV. The SCiB is Toshiba’s rechargeable lithium-ion battery that combines high levels of safety with a long life and rapid recharging. to produce lithium-ion batteries for its i-MiEV electric passenger vehicle. Earlier post.).
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