While the EV will go on-sale in 2025, the mild-hybrid, for now, remains a concept with no date of production reveal known.
Rumoured to happen earlier this year, the mild-hybrid D-Max has, for the moment, not been confirmed for production. Image: headlightmag.com Reported in the latter stages of last year as possibly working on an all-new diesel engine for the next generation D-Max, Isuzu has introduced not only its first ever hybridwith a 48-volt mild-hybrid system, the mild-hybrid D-Max, called MHEV, pair the belt-starter/generator and undisclosed battery pack with the existing 1.9-litre RZ4E-TC oil-burner known as the BluePower in Thailand.’s setup that twins the bigger 2.
Appearing production ready in spite of being referred to as a concept, the simply titled D-Max EV seemingly uses the conventional LSE variant as a base, but gains different alloy wheels, a unique sealed grille with blue detailing and a gloss black surround, blue inserts at the base of the LED headlight cluster and blue surrounds for the wheel caps.did reveal the concept’s power outputs. Utilising a 66.
A configuration that results in a full-time all-wheel-drive setup, the combined outputs are rated at 130kW/325Nm, which translates to a limited top speed of 130 km/h, towing capacity of 3 500 kg and payload of 1 000 kg. No expected range was disclosed.