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Mitsubishi confirmed that its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) technology will be suitable for the next generation of off-road vehicles, such as the Mitsubishi Triton and the related Mitsubishi Pajero sport version.

In an interview this week, Masahiro Awano, chief engineer of the new Mitsubishi eclipse cross PHEV, revealed that the Japanese automaker is studying various plug-in hybrid system options, including three cylinder and four-cylinder motor settings, which can form the basis for a more performance-oriented model.

When asked whether the current PHEV system in the latest eclipse cross small SUVs and the next generation Mitsubishi Outlander medium SUVs are suitable for more rugged off-road vehicles such as the Triton and Pajero sport, Awano San told us that their current PHEV system is very robust, robust, smooth and quiet. Therefore, the upgraded PHEV system will be installed on the next generation vehicles. They were reviewing electrification studies, but they can’t talk about that right now.

The next generation of Mitsubishi Triton is being produced in parallel with Nissan Navara and Renault Alaska, and the Triton will be on the market around 2022.

Whether or not an ongoing study is needed to show whether an ongoing version of phe-5 needs a powerful system to maintain its current version.

The current system combines a 2.4-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine (94kw / 199nm) with dual motors (60kW / 137nm at the front and 70kw / 195nm at the rear) and a 13.8kwh lithium-ion battery pack. The single speed planetary gearbox is used to transfer power to all four wheels.

In any case, the next generation of Mitsubishi Triton will remain the world's first mainstream hybrid 1-ton light commercial ute.

Global executives have previously made it clear that a PHEV version of the Ute is almost locked in. A facelift Triton conference held in Thailand in 2018 confirmed that “electrification must be achieved” by 2025.

A year later, Ashvani Gupta, Mitsubishi's then chief operating officer (now chief operating officer of Nissan), reiterated that PHEV was Triton's preferred electrification option, but he also pointed out that the traditional non plug-in hybrid system was also on the table.

Gupta told us that the specific requirement of the next generation Triton sonic wind profiler is the traction capacity, that is, the payload, which is the key factor to guide the development of its hybrid system.

It also presents hybrid concepts such as the GR HEV ute (2013) and, more recently, MI Tech (2019), showing hybrid technology and bold front-end styling cues that should be seen on the next Triton.

 

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