Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
Only the news, but a potential step with Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution to provide a diesel-hybrid powertrain interesting for several reasons.
First of all, Mitsubishi is not afraid to be first in innovative green technologies. Mitsubishi i-MiEV is the all-electric vehicles first hit the mainstream market. It was in Japan last year, but it’s headed to North America next year. Given the size of a smart-like and normal-sized price tag, the i-MiEV is likely to be a niche car for urban dwellers. That’s all right. This is a solid choice for EV buyers. Micro-cars are cute and fun and can even develop a cult-like following. Even if it does not sell in large numbers, the i-MiEV could catapult the Mitsubishi brand in front of U.S. consumers.
Lancer Evolution is also a niche vehicle icon with fanatic followers. The “Evo,” which has existed for nearly two decades, economic change-performance compact car to ride height by adding a powerful turbocharged engine, the all-wheel-drive and a lot of tweaks to improve handling and braking.
Mitsubishi engineers have to change the formula again in the green direction-if Evo would pass strict CO2 regulations in Europe and the United States beat combining clean diesel technology and hybrid gas-electric drivetrain in the next-generation Evo to cut CO2 emissions less than 200g/km, while providing 00-60 performance under five seconds.
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
Of course, this is one more example of a hybrid that puts fuel efficiency performance of the first and second. 291-horsepower version of the U.S. when Evo only manage an average 20-mpg combined. We suspect that the double-whammy of diesel and hybrid to improve mileage over 30 MPG. But if the engineers might be a little streamlining the engine, and create a performance with a boost of torque diesel and battery power, then the model can approach twice the fuel economy in conventional versions.
The greatest barrier to keep the diesel-hybrid of the cost of production. Diesel engines are more expensive. Hybrids are more expensive. Add them together to increase the cost much more. The existing base level Lancer Evolution is about $ 34,000, so the diesel-electric can easily reach $ 40,000 or higher, with a relatively simple, clean vehicle tax incentives.
As-i MiEV electric, a diesel-electric Lancer Evolution is the first. No other car manufacturers who have the courage to combine the efficiency of diesel and hybrid. And like i-MiEV, this is a small car niche that garners media attention level is not proportional to the number of sales.
Bottom line: That makes Mitsubishi look like an innovative company, do our best to bring high technology an attractive option in the green market. Ideally, other carmakers will be followed by diesel-hybrid offering more affordable and more efficient, such as 70-mpg diesel-hybrid Volkswagen Golf we are talking about two years ago.
Mitsubishi is a diesel engine and electric-drive engineering skills, to make diesel-electric car Lancer Evo interesting. Enter into the i MiEV electric at the dealer, and suddenly there are two reasons for consumer high-tech green-inclined to visit a showroom Mitsubishi, they are not considered for years, if ever.
Source; http://www.hybridcars.com/news/another-first-mitsubishi-diesel-hybrid-lancer-evo-28093.html
