Light vehicle size EV jointly developed by Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors to be sold this summer

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors Co., Ltd., which are affiliated with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., announced that they will sell a mini vehicle-sized EV with a price of less than 2 million yen in the summer when EV = electric vehicles are being introduced one after another in Japan. bottom.

There are many users of mini vehicles, and it will be watched whether it will be a momentum for the spread of EVs.

Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors held a ceremony at a plant in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture on the 20th, and announced that they will sell a jointly developed mini vehicle-sized EV this summer.

Based on a company survey that many mini vehicle users have a daily mileage of 50 km or less, the distance that can be run on a single charge is 180 km, which is shorter than that of a general EV, and the battery is made smaller.

If you keep the price down and use the national subsidy, you can buy it for about 1.8 million yen.

In addition, the electricity charged in the car can be used in the house by using a dedicated device.

There are many users of mini vehicles, which account for about 40% of new vehicle sales in Japan, and both companies aim to capture demand by introducing EVs in this field.

At the ceremony, Nissan President Makoto Uchida said, "I am confident that we will be a game changer for electric vehicles in Japan."

Takao Kato, president of Mitsubishi Motors, said, "It is a new generation of light EVs that will help realize a carbon-neutral society."

Honda, Suzuki, and Daihatsu are also planning to launch mini vehicle-sized EVs, and it will be interesting to see if EVs, which account for less than 1% of new vehicle sales, will become widespread.

In the fields of overseas and commercial vehicles, small EVs such as those of mini vehicles are being introduced one after another.

EV that cuts 500,000 yen in Chinese Japanese yen

In China, a local EV maker has sold a two-seater EV that costs less than 500,000 yen in Japanese yen.

With the cheapest grade, the mileage that can be traveled on a single charge is 120 km, and the cooling function is not added, so the manufacturer thoroughly pursued low-priced routes and sold 270,000 units in less than a year.

Logistics industry introduces light vehicle-sized EV

Even in the logistics industry, there is a movement to introduce small EVs.

Sagawa Express has jointly developed a mini vehicle-sized EV with a venture company in Tokyo.

The car will be produced in China, and it plans to replace about 7,000 light vehicles for delivery by 2030.

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Regarding small EVs, Mitsubishi Motors once sold the EV "I-MiEV," which was the first in the world to start mass production in 2009.

However, compared to gasoline-powered cars, the first model had a shorter distance of 160 kilometers on a single charge, and the price of the car was about 4.6 million yen without subsidies, which was relatively high.

After that, research and development progressed to improve durability while lowering the cost of the battery and increase the capacity to store electricity, and this EV introduced by Mitsubishi with Nissan is priced while extending the distance compared to the i-MiEV. It is suppressed to about half.

Among other automakers, Honda is planning to sell EVs of the size of mini vehicles by 2025, next year, and Suzuki and Daihatsu are paying attention to how much they will be accepted in the market.