Mitsubishi exec sees value of commercial electric vans, trucks
Last updated Oct 18, 2010 — 1 views
According to a Wall Street Journal blog post, the president of Mitsubishi sees “big potential demand” for commercial electric vehicles, although “neither his company nor its biggest local rival Nissan Motor Co. has yet specifically targeted the sector.”
“Mitsubishi Motors, Japan’s sixth-largest car maker by volume, became the world’s first car maker to start mass producing electric vehicles last year when it launched the i-MiEV, a small passenger car designed for city driving,” writes WSJ blogger Yoshio Takahashi. “But speaking at a recent event, Mr. Masuko pointed out that most commercial vans and trucks run more or less fixed distances every day that are within the driving ranges of current electric cars on a single charge.”