Mitsubishi reports battery overheating in Outlander PHEV
Automaker plans to suspend production and shipments of the model until it determines the cause of the trouble
Mitsubishi yesterday (27 March) reported a battery overheating incident involving its Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that was launched earlier this year, reports Kyodo News. The lithium-ion battery housing in one of the Outlander PHEVs apparently melted after the vehicle was recharged before delivery at a Mitsubishi dealer in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 20. No-one was injured in the incident. Mitsubishi said a foreign substance may have entered the battery when it was being produced, resulting in the overheating.
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