Mitsubishi's ASX VR-e Puts 342 kW on a 57.7 kWh Battery, and Has Not Said How Far It Goes

Mitsubishi's new electric ASX VR-e asks a 57.7 kWh battery to feed 342 kW, and the company has not yet said how far that pack takes it. Specifications published in early October by carsales (Oct. 5) and autoevolution leave range and price listed as yet to be announced, with showroom arrival in Australia expected in late 2026.

The headline figure in the coverage is the 3.9 seconds. It is Mitsubishi's claim, it covers the dual-motor GSR only, and it is not the number that decides whether the car is usable.

The specification as published

The car is built on the Foxtron Bria platform, according to carsales, and Mitsubishi's partner is Foxtron Vehicle Technologies, per autoevolution. Four trims share one lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery.

Trim	Motors	Output	0 to 100 km/h (Mitsubishi claim)
LS, Aspire, Exceed	One, rear	171 kW, 350 Nm	6.8 s
GSR	Two, all-wheel drive	342 kW, 700 Nm	3.9 s

Charging is CCS2 DC at up to 134 kW and Type 2 AC at up to 6.6 kW, with vehicle-to-load standard across the range. Carsales gives the body as 4,315 mm long, 1,885 mm wide and 1,535 mm high on a 2,800 mm wheelbase.

The ratio the spec sheet hides

Divide the output by the pack and the picture changes. The single-motor trims put 171 kW against 57.7 kWh, about 3.0 kW per kWh. The GSR puts 342 kW against the same pack, about 5.9 kW per kWh. Both figures are derived here from the published numbers, and motor output is not the same as what the battery can sustain, which Mitsubishi has not published.

The second line is the one to read twice. A pack that size, asked for that much, is a pack that will be working hard at full throttle, and a 3.9 second sprint is a few seconds of that load rather than a sustained rate.

1. GSR, dual motor342 kW
2. Foxtron Bria, earlier quoted figure299 kW
3. LS, Aspire, Exceed, single motor171 kW

Source: carsales, 5 Oct 2026; Mitsubishi figures

Carsales says the Bria's earlier quoted figure was 299 kW and that the ASX VR-e surpasses it. Carscoops reported in January a Bria-based Mitsubishi with 400 hp in its dual-motor form, which is about 298 kW. The GSR's 459 hp is therefore roughly 59 hp above what the platform was quoted at nine months earlier, on the same class of battery. Carscoops listed that pack at 57.5 kWh, against Mitsubishi's 57.7 kWh now; the 0.2 kWh gap may be rounding or a revision, and neither source says which.

Charging against the same denominator

A 134 kW DC peak on a 57.7 kWh pack is about 2.3 kW per kWh. That is a peak rate, and any real session tapers. As an arithmetic ceiling, adding 40 kWh (roughly 10 to 80 percent) at a constant 134 kW would take about 18 minutes, and no source gives a charge time.

The AC figure is the more certain one. At 6.6 kW, filling the whole pack from empty takes about 8.7 hours before losses. That suits overnight charging at home. It does not suit a public AC stop, and carsales lists no faster on-board option.

Range is the missing variable, and the BMW survey the site covered is a reminder of why it carries so much weight: 42 percent of respondents there wanted 300 miles. With no WLTP figure, a buyer cannot yet test this car against that expectation. For the other end of the charging argument, see Nio's holiday swap numbers, where the pack never plugs in at all.

Where it lands in Australia

Carsales cites VFACTS data showing 116,772 battery-electric passenger car and SUV sales in Australia in the year to August 2026, up 161 percent on the same period of 2025. It lists the Kia EV3, Volvo EX30, Zeekr X and BYD Atto 2 as competitors, with the Hyundai IONIQ 3 expected later.

That market is why the price is the number to wait for. A 3.9 second GSR is a headline; the volume sits in the rear-drive trims, where the claim is 6.8 seconds. Mitsubishi's pitch also leans on software, and autoevolution adds that physical switches remain for climate, hazards and demisters alongside natural-language climate control. The software side is a differentiator on paper: carsales describes a software-defined architecture with over-the-air updates, a 15.6-inch central touchscreen and a 9.2-inch digital instrument display on every model.

Safety equipment is broad on paper too: carsales lists adaptive cruise control with lane-following, automated emergency braking, blind-spot detection and driver monitoring, with a surround-view camera from the Aspire up. The name carries history. Autoevolution says VR-e is a tribute to the Galant VR-4, and that Pininfarina styled the exterior.

What would change the read

Three figures would settle it. A WLTP range figure would turn 57.7 kWh into kilometres. A published peak discharge limit would show whether 342 kW is reachable beyond a few seconds. A DC charging curve would replace the 134 kW peak with a real session. Mitsubishi has confirmed the car for Australia in August and expects showrooms in late 2026, and none of the three has a date.