Mitsubishi Motors’ 16-car display at the 41st Tokyo motor show later this month will include two concepts developed to a ‘The EV: its dawn and future’ theme: the Concept PX-MiEV and the i-MiEV Cargo.
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The show opens to media on 21 and 22 October.
Powered by a new plug-in hybrid system, which significantly extends the range a hybrid vehicle is driven in EV mode, the Concept PX-MiEV returns fuel economy in excess of 50 km/litre, MMC said.
Front and rear wheels are powered by two permanent magnet synchronous motors and the car is also fitted with a 1.6 litre petrol engine which can power the front wheels as well as work as a generator.
It has differential motors and new S-AWC (super all wheel control), that utilizes E-AYC (electric-powered active yaw control) which transfers torque to the rear left and right wheels.
Derived from the production i-MiEV, the cargo concept adds a generous amount of rear free space to extend the range of uses to which it can be put by corporate users and self-employed operators in particular.
The result, MMC said, is a concept for an EV that meets user needs for a variety of situations: from business use, where maximum payload space is required, to leisure and other individual owner uses.
