Mitsubishi Canada celebrated their 5000 Outlander PHEV sold by December 2018 – that makes the Outlander plug-in the most popular hybrid vehicle in Canada. The Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid accounted for 21.4% of total Mistubishi sales for the entir brand during the year so far in Canada. Mitubishi credits the high sales volume to the… Continue reading Mitsubishi sells more than 5000 Outlander PHEVs so far in 2018
Mitsubishi Motors North America has confirmed the lowest-range electric car will depart the USA. It was on sale before the Nissan LEAF arrived in 2010, and was launched in the USA in 2012, but it never caught on. The small Japanese KEI style car only ever sold around 2500 units in North America (it did… Continue reading Mitsubishi will stop i-Miev in US, and Outlander is coming soon…
Mitsubishi Motors North America executive vice president Don Swearingen has again confirmed the Outlander Plug-in Hybrid is coming to the USA in the first quarter of 2016. After that, with no specific dates given, Mitsubishi will bring the plug-in hybrid version of the smaller Outlander Sport Plug-in Hybrid (called the ASX PHEV in some markets).… Continue reading Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV and smaller Outlander Sport PHEV coming in 2016
Currently available in Japan and Europe, Mitsubishi has decided to delay the US launch of the Outlander Plug-in Hybrid until 2015. Some amount of delays were expected because of the 5 month production shut down due to battery fire incidents. The delay was hinted at when Mitsubishi changed the wording around the 2014 release date… Continue reading Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV delayed until 2015 in the US
Last month, Mitsubishi had to halt production of its i-Miev and Outlander PHEV after a battery pack caught fire and another overheated causing the Outlander plug-in inoperable. The batteries in the Outlander PHEV, and in some of the Mitsubishi i-Miev electric vehicles are made by Lithium Energy Japan.Lithium Energy Japan is owned by a joint-venture… Continue reading Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV battery problems have been identified
