Mitsubishi Motors has announced it has started production of the Minicab EV in Indonesia (known as the L100 EV there). This comes several months after the carmaker said it would do so back in February this year, marking the first time the one-box kei car is produced outside of Japan. Production of the Minicab EV is being handled by PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia (MMKI) in West Java, with the model set to go on sale in Indonesia in the fourth quarter of the company’s fiscal year 2023 – sometime before the end of March next year.
The carmaker did not provide detailed
specifications, but the Minicab EV set to go on sale in Indonesia should be
similar to what’s available in Japan. In its home country, the tiny light
commercial vehicle (LCV) features a 16-kWh lithium-ion battery – good for a
WLTC range of 133 km – that powers a single electric motor rated at 41 PS and 196 Nm of torque.
In the same release, Mitsubishi also said
that part of its ASEAN strategy will also see it partially export the Pajero
Sport, which is produced in Thailand and exported to Australia, from Indonesia
in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023.
