Mitsubishi Plans Plug-in SUV for 2013

Mitsubishi Plug-in SUV

 Mitsubishi said it plans to launch a plug-in hybrid Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) in 2013. The company noted that the SUV will be similar to the Px-MiEV concept car, which it had shown at the 2009 Tokyo auto show. The company also added that the plug-in hybrid is in its final stages of development.
The four-wheel-drive Px-MiEV concept was powered by a 1.6-liter four cylinder mated to a hybrid system with two electric motors, with one for the front wheels and one for the rear. The Japanese car maker noted that at the time the Px-MiEV could travel up to 30 miles in electric mode before switching to gasoline-electric mode.
The company said that it also plans to launch its i-MiEV electric vehicle in just three West Coast states and Hawaii as the U.S. sales is expected to begin in November 2011. Mitsubishi has changed the name of the vehicle for the U.S. market from i-MiEV to the “i powered by MiEV.” The i will be a 2012 model when it goes on sale, added the Japanese automaker.