Mitsubishi Looks at CVT for U.S.

OKAZAKI, Japan – Mitsubishi Motors Corp. eventually will offer continuously variable transmissions in its U.S. vehicles, a company official tells Ward’s.

Shinichi Kurihara, corporate general manager-product strategy office, for MMC, says while it is important for the company to offer fuel-efficient technologies in the U.S., where gas prices are on the rise, hybrid-electric vehicles are cost ...