Mitsubishi Electric
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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories is the North American arm of the Corporate R&D organization of the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. As an open corporate lab, MERL collaborate with other research organizations, and conduct application motivated basic research and advanced development in the areas of digital communications, multimedia, data analytics, imaging, mechatronics and algorithms.
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2011
22 Feb 2011
Spike in electric vehicle sales predicted in major cities
Recent research conducted by a global management consulting firm predicts a sharp rise in electric vehicle purchases leading into 2012, expecting sales in New York to account for 16 percent of new buys. Hybrid and pure electric vehicles are also expected to account for 9 percent of new vehicles in Paris and 5 percent in Shanghai.18 Feb 2011
In-wheel electric motors gain market share
In-wheel motors were popular in cars over 100 years ago because they did not intrude into passenger space. An example is shown below. However, they were expensive and they adversely affected the ride and steering. One motor seizing could sometimes lock a wheel.17 Feb 2011
La Poste receive first electric delivery vans
In 2008 a number of EV manufacturers turned their attention to France where a contract was offered for the production of 500 electric vans for the national postal service La Poste. One of the forerunners competing for the contract was PSA Peugeot Citroen with their pure electric vans based on the Peugeot Partner Origin and Citroën Berlingo First.11 Feb 2011
Electric vehicle battle moves beyond cars
By a big margin, Toyota is number one in hybrid car sales and indeed in sales of electric vehicles overall thanks to such things as sales of its electric forklifts, where it is in the top three in most countries.27 Jan 2011
Lumiotec to begin sample shipment of OLED lighting panels
Move toward evolution into OLED panel business entity -26 Jan 2011
Mitsubishi taxi rollout in Japan 2011
In January 2011, it has just been announced that an electric taxi based on the successful Mitsubishi i-MiEV pure electric car would be available commercially in 2011.13 Jan 2011
Breaking the rare earth necklock by China
Breaking China's rare earth necklock on supplies is now a major focus of industry outside China.2010
2 Dec 2010
Yamada-Denki starts trial sales of MMC's i-MiEV
Yamada-Denki Co., Ltd. (Yamada Denki) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start trial sales of the i-MiEV electric vehicle (EV) in Yamada Denki retail stores and sales(1) will begin from today at total of 17 stores, including Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures.23 Nov 2010
MMC signs cooperation agreement to promote ev's with Singapore
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation signs cooperation agreement to promote electric vehicles with the Singapore government19 Nov 2010
The growing EV market will fail without battery size standards support
The growing EV market will fail without battery size standards supported by OEM's and battery companies17 Nov 2010
Lumiotec to start delivery of 10 types of OLED lighting panels
Lumiotec will start to deliver in January 2011 ten types of OLED panels - five shapes with two colors.8 Nov 2010
Reducing EV weight
The race is on to reduce EV weight with a ground up reappraisal of every structural material and every component and subsystem.3 Nov 2010
Mitsubishi Motors start testing light commercial electric vehicles
Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (Yamato Transport) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that they have started field testing for parcel collection and delivery operations with the use of a prototype light commercial electric vehicle (EV) built by MMC.15 Oct 2010
Mitsubishi Motors commences production of EVs for Europe
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) have announced the start of production of its European-spec i-MiEV new-generation electric vehicle along with production of PSA Peugeot Citroën's (PSA) Peugeot iOn and Citroën C-ZERO at its Mizushima Plant.13 Oct 2010
Singapore's electric vehicle test-bed taking shape
The inter-agency Electric Vehicle (EV) Taskforce led by the Energy Market Authority (EMA) and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has appointed Robert Bosch (SEA) Pte Ltd ("Bosch") to design, develop, deploy, operate and maintain Singapore's EV charging infrastructure as part of the EV test-bed programme.28 Sep 2010
IDTechEx report back from the EV 2010 VE conference on EV's
IDTechEx technology analyst Harry Zervos attended and presented at the EV2010 VE conference on electric vehicles, organized by EMC-MEC, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of electric mobility as a solution to the energy and environmental issues in Canada.21 Sep 2010
New Hyundai BlueOn pure electric car
The government hopes that by 2020, 20 per cent of passenger cars in South Korea will be solely electric. Subsidies and tax incentives to promote sales of electric vehicles will be offered once the vehicles begin rolling off production lines.17 Sep 2010
Progress in Japan - part four
Although Mitsubishi hybrid forklifts and other new electric heavy industrial vehicles get little publicity and deserves much more, the remarkable sales success of its iMEV pure electric car, priced head to head with the impending Nissan Leaf, is gaining great attention.16 Sep 2010
Progress in Japan - part three
Like Toyota and Fiat, Nissan is one of the few automotive companies with a range of industrial vehicles that can also leverage advances in electrification.14 Sep 2010
Progress in Japan - part one
The Japanese postal service plans on 21,000 electric vehicles. Japan Post has been testing the vehicles since 2009 to evaluate their cost and performance.