Sales of locally-made Mitsubishi L100 begin in Indonesia On February 15, 2024, PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Sales Indonesia (MMKSI) announced the start of sales of the Mitsubishi L100 in Indonesia, priced from IDR 320 million OTR Jakarta (Special price until April 2024). Its local production began in December 2023. Known as the Minicab EV in Japan, the new Indonesia-made L100 is a 2-seaters electric blind van. Normal charging at AC200V (15A)...

News  Updated at: 2024/02/19

Mitsubishi Minicab EV’s production in Indonesia begins, first country outside Japan Announced on December 15, 2023, Mitsubishi Motors has started production of the new Minicab EV at PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia plant. This kei-car (Micro-car) class electric commercial vehicle will go on sale in Indonesia in Q4 of FY 2023. Known as the L100 EV in Indonesia, the Minicab EV is a monobox design vehicle equipped with the EV system prov...

News  Updated at: 2023/12/15

Fierce competition anticipated in commercial mini-EV market, with many Japanese automakers introducing new models The competition among Japanese automakers will likely start in the commercial mini-electric vehicle (EV) market. In December, Mitsubishi Motor Co., Ltd. (Mitsubishi Motor) will launch a significantly improved version of the Minicab-MiEV, renaming it the Minicab EV. In the first half of 2024, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda), Suzuki Motor...

News  Updated at: 2023/11/27

Japanese OEMs to roll out mini vehicles overseas on back of electrification There is a growing trend to roll out mini vehicles overseas. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation will begin producing the Minicab MiEV mini electric vehicle (EV) in Indonesia in 2024, and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. will begin the verification of a mini EV. Suzuki Motor Corporation already introduced a gasoline-powered vehicle with engine displacements below 660 cc in Pakistan. The J...

News  Updated at: 2023/08/30

Five Yamada Denki stores to start Mitsubishi EV sales On July 29, Mitsubishi Motors (Mitsubishi) and Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (Yamada Denki) announced that Mitsubishi Motors' electric vehicles (EVs) will go on sale from July 4 at five Yamada Denki stores in Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures. Although the two companies partnered on EV sales in 2010, sales did not grow, and full-scale sales did not take off. The companies first plan to propose it to c...

News  Updated at: 2023/06/30

Mitsubishi Motors, Thailand Post, OR to run 2nd phase of project to use Minicab MiEV as commercial logistical solution Announced on February 14, 2023, Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co., Ltd. recently collaborated with Thailand Post Co., Ltd. and PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc. (OR) for the 2nd phase of their project to use the Mitsubishi Minicab MiEV BEV as a commercial logistical solution, aiming to bolster Thailand Post’s operational transfor...

News  Updated at: 2023/02/17

Mitsubishi Minicab-MiEV Kei-car class Commercial EV’s first overseas production to start in Indonesia in 2024 Announced on February 16, 2023, Mitsubishi Motors will commence production of the Minicab-MiEV, a onebox Kei–car class commercial electric vehicle at PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia (MMKI) in 2024, marking this model’s first time to be produced overseas. The Minicab-MiEV’s system includes a drive battery and a compact, ...

News  Updated at: 2023/02/16

Business opportunities grow for Chinese-made EVs including; focus on competition with Japanese makers Business opportunities for small electric vehicles (EVs) made in China have gradually grown in Japan. In addition to logistics companies such as Sagawa Express Co., Ltd. and SBS Holdings, Inc., logistics venture Willport Co., Ltd. (Willport, Chuo Ward, Tokyo) will procure EVs from China's SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd. and has started negoti...

News  Updated at: 2022/11/11

Mitsubishi Motors to resume sales of MINICAB-MiEV mini commercial EV in Japan Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors) will resume sales of its MINICAB-MiEV, which is the sole mini commercial electric vehicle made by a Japanese automaker, to the general public. The reason behind the full-scale marketing of this model, which was first introduced in 2011 and then discontinued, is the growing demand from delivery companies and others who ar...

News  Updated at: 2022/10/14

MMKSI joins Pos Indonesia, Haleoya Power, Gojek, DHL Supply Chain to conduct pilot study on EVs’ commercial usage Announced on March 14, 2022, PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Sales Indonesia (MMKSI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 4 companies in Indonesia to conduct a pilot study on commercial usage of a kei–car (microcar) class electric commercial vehicle (EV), Minicab–MiEV, a model currently marketed in Japan.Under this M...

News  Updated at: 2022/03/15

Mitsubishi Motors, Thailand Post, OR to jointly conduct pilot study on BEVs in local logistics operations Announced on March 7, 2022, Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co., Ltd., signed MoU with Thailand Post and PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc. (OR) to conduct a 1-year pilot study on the commercial use of BEVs, namely Minicab MiEV, in delivering parcels in order to explore the potential of a widespread adoption of electrified vehicles in Thailand, an...

News  Updated at: 2022/03/10

Mitsubishi Motors to make global debut of two concept cars at Tokyo Auto Salon 2022 On January 11, 2022, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced it will exhibit a total of seven models including two concept cars — the K-EV concept X Style1 and the Vision Ralliart Concept — at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022, which will be held from January 14 to 16.The K-EV concept X Style is a new generation all-electric microcar with Mitsubishi Motors-ness, which...

News  Updated at: 2022/01/11

Mitsubishi Motors resumes sales of Minicab MiEV in 2022 Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors) will resume the production and sales of the suspended mini commercial electric vehicle (EV), Minicab MiEV in 2022. It will be remanufactured with the exact same specifications as the vehicle was manufactured with until March 2021, revising the price only. Efforts toward carbon neutrality have accelerated in Japan, pushing the trend to utilize...

News  Updated at: 2022/01/05

2021 Indonesia Electric Motor Show held from November 24-26 On November 24-26, 2021, the Indonesia Electric Motor Show (IEMS), with the theme 'Innovation for Better Future e-mobility', was held in South Tangerang, Banten, organized by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). The event featured exhibitions, talk shows, as well as product presentations on the BEV category. Various types of electric mobility ranging from electric bicycles...

News  Updated at: 2021/11/26

Mitsubishi Motors to participate in verification testing using commercial EVs to achieve carbon neutrality Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors) announced that it will participate in verification testing in Tochigi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture conducted by Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd., Japan Post Co., Ltd., and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. to achieve carbon neutrality. Mitsubishi Motors will acquire and analyze d...

News  Updated at: 2021/11/01

Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima Plant shows confidence in EV production In an interview by the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun and other media, Mr. Ken Hamazaki, the head of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Mizushima Plant (Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture), said that the plant has the know-how of electric vehicle (EV) production and the strength of local automotive parts suppliers. He is confident that the new mini EV (engine displacements below 660 cc) that ...

News  Updated at: 2021/09/22

Mitsubishi Motors Thailand joins Eternity Grand Logistics to conduct pilot study on commercial usage of compact EVs Announced on July 15, 2021, Mitsubishi Motors Thailand Co., Ltd. (MMTh) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 9 with Eternity Grand Logistics Public Co., Ltd. (Eternity), a logistics company of the Hitachi Transport System Group, to conduct a pilot study on commercial viability of compact EVs in Thailand.Under this MoU,...

News  Updated at: 2021/07/15

Mitsubishi Motors to establish Mini EV Promotion Office in domestic sales division Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors) will establish the “Mini EV Promotion Office”, which will develop sales strategies for electric vehicles (EV), in its domestic sales headquarters effective from July 1. The company will establish the department dedicated to comprehensively assuming the responsibility of selling the Minicab-MiEV mini (kei) commer...

News  Updated at: 2021/06/30

Mitsubishi Motors to double sales of EVs and PHVs in FY 2021 Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors) will double sales of electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHV) in Japan in fiscal year 2021 (ending in March 2022) from the previous year. Sales of the new Eclipse Cross PHEV, which was launched in December 2020, remain favorable, and the number of inquiries about the Minicab-MiEV mini commercial EV, sales of which had bee...

News  Updated at: 2021/05/27

Mitsubishi Motors to end production of i-MiEV at the end of March Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi Motors) announced that it will end the production of its i-MiEV electric vehicle (EV) at the end of March. It has been about 12 years since the i-MiEV was released as the first-ever mass-produced EV in 2009. In the future, Mitsubishi Motors will focus on a mini EV jointly developed with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. The cumulative global sales of ...

News  Updated at: 2021/02/05