Since we last spoke to Mitsubishi Japan, the battery-electric or hybrid Triton ute story has developed. Every strategy for electrification is on the cards for the sixth-gen ute, including an in-house developed plugless hybrid.

“To answer you technically”, said vice president engineering and product strategy, Hiroshi Nagaoka, “packaging a PHEV is really difficult because we have to build the frame so that it can also fit the battery and fuel tank.”