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Company Mitsubishi start selling a special version of Colt ClearTec, which like most of the current production models aimed at saving fuel and reducing exhaust emissions. Under the title ClearTec hiding TimeZero technology, aimed at implementing the above mentioned goals.

With regard to modernization, one of the major improvements is the development, already became famous, the system start-stop, which is available for 1.3 liter. gasoline engine. Recall that the system disables the engine at all the stops and include it as soon as the driver pressed the clutch pedal to activate the first transmission.

If you go to the numbers, the Mitsubishi Colt ClearTec has reduced by 30%, as fuel consumption, and CO2 emissions, which now amounts to 5.0 liters. 100 km and 119 g / km of CO2. In addition to the car for the first time used tires with low resistance, which also have an impact on the economy Colt ClearTec.

Obviously, the Mitsubishi Colt ClearTec - this is just the beginning, as the company plans to introduce green technology and Pajero and other models, the emergence of which can be expected within the next few years.

Following the Subaru, announced release of electric Stella, Mitsubishi company announced early in the production of the auto show in Detroit (USA) in 2009, the electric i-Miev.

Both vehicles will be on sale in July, but, unlike the company's Subaru, which was originally intended to put on the market only 170 electric vehicles, Mitsubishi is planning to produce 1 400 i-Miev, native who could become only the businesses and government entities. Sales of electric vehicles for private individuals will begin no earlier than April 2010 on.

The company plans to put in the current fiscal year abroad 250 i-Miev - mainly in Britain and other European countries. In addition, Mitsubishi Electric intends to sell in China and the United States, but details have not yet been clarified. Overall, up to March 2012 automakers is going to sell in a year of not less than 15 thousand cars. Meanwhile, the production of i-Miev becomes profitable only when the conveyor for the year will go no less than 30 thousand cars.

I-Miev price of about $ 47 000, while the Japanese government intends to encourage compatriots who buy environmentally friendly electric vehicles, offsetting about a third of the cost of the machine.

i-Miev are supplied lithium ion battery and 47-kilowatt electric motor. On reloading the battery using the charger requires 30 minutes, from 200 V sockets - 7 hours. With the regenerative brakes, batteries recharged during the movement of automobiles.

Electric car is equipped with electric climate control with air conditioning, LED headlamps, navigation system with 7-inch screen and storage for storing road maps.