Mitsubishi attributes EV fires to faulty screening process

Mitsubishi has found the cause behind the fires that erupted in both an i-MiEV and an Outlander plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) last month. On 18 March, one of the i-MiEVs at Mitsubishi’s Muzushima Plant in Okayama, Japan caught fire after its battery pack overheated. A few days later, an overheating Subscribe to Automotive World to … Continued

• By Megan Lampinen
• April 25, 2013