Mitsubishi will only sell hybrids and EVs by 2035

Mitsubishi engine is the latest brand to set an end date for production of gasoline- or diesel-only vehicles.

According to Mitsubishi, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles will account for 50% of its sales by 2030 and all sales by 2035.

It’s a different approach from that of many automakers around the world, which have ordered the complete end of internal combustion engines by a similar date.

That’s probably where Mitsubishi sells most of its vehicles. Unlike its Alliance partners, it currently focuses on Southeast Asia and Australia as its core markets, and considers Latin America and South America as potential growth markets.

Unlike more developed markets, many of which are still associated with gasoline and diesel power and are not guaranteed to have the infrastructure to support the pure electric range by 2030 or 2035.

Leading the shift from petrol and diesel to electric vehicles will be the flagship feature of Mitsubishi’s current lineup of plug-in hybrids in Australia. foreigner PHEV.

Mitsubishi has committed to offering the vehicle in more markets globally as a first step, before launching a range of electric vehicles.

It plans to offer an electric ute as part of its range, along with a two-row electric SUV and a new “Alliance BEV” built on a platform shared with the brethren. surnames of the companies Renault and Nissan.

The shape of the ute will not be obvious. The car is hidden under a cloth in a different product roadmap than the Triton silhouette on display, suggesting that the EV ute could be a version of Mitsubishi. Nissan Surf-Out Concept which we saw earlier in 2023.

Both SUVs are likely candidates for the Australian rollout; not what we can say for the electric kei also revealed as part of Mitsubishi’s latest product roadmap.

In terms of internal combustion engines, the most suitable vehicles revealed in the latest roadmap are the Triton ute (coming soon) and the related “PPV”, or passenger vehicle, capable of replacing the current vehicle. sports pajero around 2025.

The current Triton received an overhaul in 2019, but was originally launched in 2015. The new model will share more with Nissan Navaraas Nissan and Mitsubishi look to work more closely together on next-generation vehicles.

There’s also a new three-row SUV in production for 2024 or 2025.

Unlike the Ute-based Pajero Sport, this mysterious seven-seater is said to be a rival to Toyota Kluger And Mazda CX-9 – potentially sharing its platform with the Nissan Pathfinder.

A hybrid two-row SUV will debut at some point in 2023 or 2024, along with a new Colt city hatchback based on the Renault Clio. We’ve seen the Mitsubishi ASX replaced in Europe with a revamped Renault Captur, but its global outlook is unclear.