Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Japanese: Mitsubishi Automotive Industries, Ltd.) is Japan's 5th largest automobile manufacturer, the world's 15th largest automobile manufacturer, the production of private cars and light commercial vehicles, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, belongs to the Mitsubishi Group, one of the core enterprises.
In terms of professional vision, Mitsubishi Motors is only a division of Mitsubishi Corporation, but the Japanese automotive industry has the strongest R & D strength of a car factory. Because the source of Mitsubishi enterprises - Japan Post, Mitsubishi Warehouse and Mitsubishi Corporation, are with a hundred years of goodwill of Japan's "heavyweight" enterprises, investment in the scope of shipbuilding and other heavy industry, insurance and banking, atomic energy research and computer electronics engineering, including Japan's space research program, including the backbone of the design and manufacture of space rockets.
Today, the company owns a number of space rockets, which are the mainstay of Japan's space research program.
The Mitsubishi Group, which today has 115 affiliated companies and branches of machinery, was founded in October, 1870, when Yataro Iwasaki established the Kujukai Shokai (Kujukai Chamber of Commerce) in the Tosa Clan, which at the time sold cast-iron "Tensui Buckets". In January 1872, the Kujukyu Shokai was renamed the Mikawa Shokai, and in March of the following year, it was renamed the Mitsubishi Shokai, and the name "Mitsubishi" has been used ever since.
In 1875 (the eighth year of the Meiji era), Mitsubishi Shokai, a postal steamship company, was established and merged with Nagasaki Shipbuilding Works, a subsidiary of Nagasaki Rongtetsusho, which had been established during the Tokugawa shogunate era.
In 1917, Mitsubishi's first minibus was mass-produced in the era of the Mitsubishi Shipyard, and the 35-horsepower, seven-seat Model-A was the first mass-produced automobile in Japan. The first Mitsubishi truck prototypes were developed in 1918, including two three-ton and two four-ton models.
In 1932, the first large bus, the B46, a 30-seat, 100-horsepower bus, was introduced to the market, marking the start of the Mitsubishi bus line.
In 1934, the first four-wheel-drive (4WD) Japanese automobile was completed, the Mitsubishi PX33 sports car (equipped with a diesel engine), which attracted the attention of the world's automobile world.
In 1935, Japan's first pre-combustion diesel-engined BD46 bus was developed.
In 1936, the first mass-produced TD45 diesel-powered truck was launched.
In 1947, the first electric bus, the MB46, was developed.
In 1950, mass production of the first rear-engined, 130-hp, 76-passenger Fuso R1 bus was completed.
In 1951, the T380, an eight-ton truck with revolutionary suspension, was launched, a typical design that has had a profound influence on today's heavy truck range.
In 1967 the T810, an eight-ton truck with a top speed of 115 km/h, was launched.
1970 was a time of bloodshed for Mitsubishi Motors, as "Mitsubishi Automotive Industries, Ltd." was formally established with investments from Mitsubishi Automotive Sales Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Chrysler Automotive Corporation of the U.S.A.
1970 was a time of bloodshed for Mitsubishi Motors, as Mitsubishi Automotive Industries, Ltd. was formally established.
In 1975, Mitsubishi Auto pioneered the first silent anti-vibration differential axle with advanced technology, which drove a reversed crankshaft through two double-rotating differential axles, thus ensuring stable and quiet driving.
The first Japanese touring car, the Galant, was powered by a turbocharged diesel engine, the Astron 2300, in 1980.
The first full production line of turbocharged engines was established in 1982, with fully turbocharged models such as the Golt, the Lancer, the Galant, the Sapporo and the Starion.
In its nearly 86 years of history, the company has been a leader in the development of the turbo engine in the automotive industry. For nearly 86 years, Mitsubishi Electric has been engaged in research and development activities for cutting-edge technologies and know-how, as well as in the development and manufacture of high-performance products and equipment systems on this basis.
Mitsubishi Electric has long established a global network that links its companies, research institutes and laboratories, providing technical information and data for each business unit, and playing an important role in the process of creating first-class products in each department. Mitsubishi Electric in addition to maintaining the company's leading position in the field of industrial and heavy power equipment, satellite, defense systems, elevators and escalators, automotive electronics, air conditioning, ventilation equipment, etc., but also to further expand in the field of mobile communications equipment, display equipment, display device technology and advanced semiconductors and other areas of the world market share. In addition, Mitsubishi is committed to expanding into new business fields, especially environmental protection and advanced medical care and has already achieved success in the fields of medical equipment and water purification.
Mitsubishi Electric's business in China, with the process of China's reform and opening up and step by step development and growth. Starting from 1978 to take over the Baoshan Iron and Steel General Factory power generation equipment, to the majority of Chinese customers to provide a variety of industrial and household electrical and mechanical equipment, power equipment, elevators, air conditioners and other products and equipment. At the same time, we have been actively engaged in various technical exchanges and cooperative activities with many Chinese companies.
Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai in 1987, which introduced the world's most advanced computer-controlled AC frequency conversion elevator technology from Mitsubishi Electric, and soon realized localized production. At present, the company has developed into an excellent enterprise in China's elevator industry.
As of July 2006, Mitsubishi Electric had 26 joint ventures and wholly owned enterprises in China, which are carrying out various businesses and actively transferring technology in a wide range of fields such as automobile parts, thermal print heads and other electronic devices, as well as in the fields of electronics and machinery such as power transmission and transformers, factory automation equipment, and household appliances.
Mitsubishi Electric (China) Co., Ltd. was established in October 1997 as an investment company to further develop our investment activities in China, and as the window of Mitsubishi Electric's comprehensive electronics and electromechanical enterprises in China, we will continue to carry out research and development, human resources training, cultural exchanges and other activities with Chinese scientific research organizations *** together.