Mitsubishi’s Tokyo Motor Present idea is a roofless SUV with a gasoline turbine

There is not a lot in the best way of pleasure over at Mitsubishi nowadays however maybe the automaker thinks a sequence of electrified SUV ideas will assist flip issues round.

The newest was the big Engelberg Tourer plug-in hybrid SUV unveiled in March on the Geneva Worldwide Motor Present, which can simply be a preview for the next-generation Outlander. And on the Tokyo Motor Present on later this month, we’ll see the covers come off a small hybrid SUV known as the MI-TECH Idea.

The open-top idea combines electrification with the model’s penchant for all-wheel-drive management programs. The powertrain is an extended-range electrical setup (also referred to as a sequence hybrid) that Mitsubishi mentioned is smaller and lighter than a comparable plug-in hybrid setup.

Teaser for Mitsubishi MI-TECH Idea debuting at 2019 Tokyo Motor Present

It includes a gasoline turbine that serves because the vary extender, with the drive coming from 4 electrical motors, two at every axle. Mitsubishi mentioned the system can function on purely electrical energy, suggesting there is a battery on board, or as a sequence hybrid, the place the turbine generates electrical energy that then powers the motors.

Mitsubishi can even showcase some applied sciences within the idea’s cabin. One will likely be a complicated interface that may relay info to the occupants by way of an augmented actuality windshield. The opposite is a collection of digital driver help options referred to as MI-PILOT. It contains the standard options resembling collision warning and computerized emergency braking, plus some options that may management the steering.

That is all we all know proper now however maybe Mitsubishi will drop just a few extra particulars within the lead as much as the Tokyo present’s October 23 opening day. To study among the different autos set for the present, take a look at our devoted hub.