Monday, 2 April 2018

Mitsubishi Outlander Hybrid Arrives In America After Wowing Europe

It’s not an exaggeration when Mitsubishi calls their Outlander the best-selling crossover vehicle in the world: they’ve sold over 100,000 units in Europe alone, have dominated that market in the plug-in hybrid niche, and has sold better than the Tesla Model X and any Chinese competitors. It has the longest electric range, has an all-wheel drive, and offers Level 3 fast charge. And it just dropped in America in March 2018. Time will tell if it will make the same impact on the American market as it did abroad.   Mitsubishi’s technology flagship, the Outlander plug-in hybrid, has arrived in the United States nearly five years after it was originally due. The vehicle itself might look rather dated (as does the rest of the Outlander lineup), but the technology within is most definitely not. As a testament to how far ahead of its time the Outlander PHEV was a half-decade ago, it remains the plug-in SUV with the longest electric range, the only plug-in hybrid from a nonluxury brand with all-wheel drive, and the only plug-in-hybrid model of any kind to offer Level 3 fast charging. So why hasn’t the Outlander PHEV been offered in America if it’s such hot stuff? Partly because Mitsubishi is a struggling carmaker trying to capitalize on a successful model. To paraphrase a former company spokesman, somewhat exasperated over several years of it’s-coming-next-year delays: Why sell them here when Mitsubishi is selling every one it can build, in Europe, at full price, where the company can get 10 grand more than it could in the U.S.? Click Here to Continue Reading

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