Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Sales Commence In Europe

October 31st, 2013 by Nicholas Brown

Sales of the Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid have finally commenced in Europe. Production of the vehicles started in late August at Mitsubishi Motor Corporation’s (MMC) Okazaki plant in Nagoya, Japan.

The first units were available in The Netherlands, and Mitsubishi plans to sequentially launch this product throughout Europe to help cope with large demand, starting with The Netherlands and Nordic countries (e.g., Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland). Mitsubishi has actually received more than 10,000 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV orders already.

According to HybridCars, The Outlander PHEV has some decent specifications, including fuel economy up to 123 MPG! (1.9 L/100 km)

Mitsubishi Outlander App.
Image Credit: Mitsubishi.

Maximum driving range: 519 Miles (824 km).
Range on battery alone: 32.3 miles (52 km).
The top speed is only 105 MPH, but you can’t legally drive that fast in most countries.
Charge time can be as little as 30 minutes (to 80% of its capacity) using CHAdeMO, or it can be fully charged in 5 hours using a normal 230 volt outlet at 10 amps.

As for North America, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV you will not be available for purchase before 2015.

“The reason for this vehicle being introduced in 2015 rather than in 2014 is because we have received overwhelming demand from Japan and Europe and the battery supply unfortunately cannot keep up with the demand,” said Mitsubishi communications representative Amanda Savercool in our September 24 update.

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Tags: Amanda Savercool, CHAdeMO, Europe, Japan, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Outlander, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, MMC, Nagoya, Nordic Countries, Okazaki, the Netherlands, united states

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Nicholas Brown writes on CleanTechnica, Gas2, Kleef&Co, and Green Building Elements. He has a keen interest in physics-intensive topics such as electricity generation, refrigeration and air conditioning technology, energy storage, and geography. His website is: Kompulsa.com.

Wayne Williamson

Looks like Panasonic or EverReady or Duracell or who ever should be building some new plants….
Frank S

I’d love to know if Mitsubishi is sticking to launching the PHEV in Australia in 1st quarter of 2014. Looking forward to it.
Others

Mitsubishi is not selling well, so they can bring this Outlander PHEV and have a game changer.
http://electrobatics.wordpress.com/ arne-nl

The reason why the first deliveries go to The Netherlands is a change in tax regime for company cars. The tax code forces drivers of a company car to add a certain percentage of the list price to their income. The private use of the vehicle is seen as a form of salary.

For electric cars and plugin hybrids, that percentage now is 0, until 31-12-2013. Company car drivers will enjoy this tax free driving for the duration of the lease contract. So all cars registered before 1 January will enjoy the 0% tax for a maximum of 5 years (depending on the duration of the contract).

For cars registered on or after 1 January, the percentage will be 7% for plugin hybrids and 4% for fully electric vehicles. This is very low. Compared to ordinary cars that run on petrol only, there are 3 tax rates: 14%, 20% or 25%, depending on ghg emissions.
- SirSparks
  
  Thank you Arne.
Matt

Too much demand for our PHEV so we will have to limit where we sell it for now. We got trouble in river city! That is the kind of trouble everyone wants for their product.
Is battery production going to ramp up fast enough to keep up with the switch to PHEVs, EVs and storage? Suppliers not keeping up with your production line, is not the kind of trouble you want.