2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid
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Aside from the all-electric Toyota RAV4 EV, there's a distinct lack of plug-in crossovers and SUVs on the market right now. Mitsubishi was hoping to change that with its Outlander Plug-In Hybrid, but battery issues and legislative delays mean it could be early 2016 before the car hits American roads. Thankfully for us, it's already available elsewhere--and we've grabbed half an hour with the car at an event in the UK to bring you our first impressions. The Outlander Plug-In Hybrid (or PHEV) makes use of a 2.0-liter gasoline four-cylinder engine and twin electric motor setup, drawing on...
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Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid SUV Now Delayed Til 2015 In U.S.The Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid has generated a fair bit of attention, as the only plug-in hybrid sport utility vehicle thus far that will be offered for sale in the U.S. But potential buyers will have to wait a little longer, it turns out, due to high demand in other parts of the world and...
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Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid: U.S. Sales In Fall 2014, Maybe
The Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid promises to fill an empty niche in the new-car market: a mid-size crossover utility vehicle with up to 30 miles of all-electric running, plus a plug-in hybrid powertrain for unlimited range. But a U.S. Mitsubishi executive says that high demand in other...
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Mitsubishi Issues Second Recall For Outlander Plug-In Hybrid In Japan
Mitsubishi has recalled 4,313 of its Outlander Plug-In Hybrids in Japan to fix a potential defect that it identified last month. The company resumed production of the plug-in hybrid Outlander after discovering the cause of a fire in one lithium-ion battery pack at a dealership in Japan. The first...
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2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Makes World Premiere In Paris
We’ve known about it for many months, but Mitsubishi has finally unveiled the production version of the 2013 Outlander Plug-in Hybrid at the 2012 Paris Auto Show. Referred to by Mitsubishi as being a ‘no-compromise’ vehicle, the Outlander PHEV is a series-parallel, full hybrid...
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Mitsubishi Aims To Plug In Entire Range Within 4 Years
In the automotive world, there are automakers who ignore plug-in vehicle technology, those who experiment with it, those who do it because they have to, and those for whom it is part of the company future. With its 2012 i electric minicar already on sale in the U.S., and its Outlander plug-in...
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Mitsubishi is only the second global volume carmaker to sell a plug-in electric car in the U.S., but battery electric minicars like its 2012 'i' won't be a high-volume segment any time soon--if ever. The company sells far more Outlander crossover utilities than 'i' electric cars, so the launch of the Outlander Plug-In Hybrid model at this fall's Paris Motor Show is eagerly anticipated. Now Mitsubishi has teased a few details of that car, releasing a ghosted cutaway drawing of the vehicle's powertrain. It's based on the all-new 2013 Outlander, which will also be offered with a gasoline engine...
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Mitsubishi Confirms 2013 Outlander Plug-in Hybrid: Geneva Motor Show
For some time now, it’s been no secret that Mitsubishi has been planning on bringing a plug-in hybrid SUV to market. Now we know it will arrive this year, in the form of the 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid, a car Mitsubishi first promised us back in 2009. The Outlander plug-in hybrid...
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