Mitsubishi has issued a recall of its i-MiEV electric car and Outlander plug-in hybrid crossover in Japan. It comes from a manufacturing plant crisis in March where a glitch caused one of its lithium ion battery packs to melt and another one to catch fire. The battery breakdowns and recalls are a blow for Mitsubishi, which has been counting on plug-ins to rebrand itself as an eco-leader. The company has been focusing on fleet sales in the US to introduce these technologies to the market.The Article Mitsubishi Recalling i-MiEV and Outlander for Battery Problems appeared first on Automotive Digest.