Mitsubishi has updated its Facebook page after a report that the go-fast Lancer Evolution may be culled in favour of an electric vehicle after the current model, the Evo X, runs its course. It said: "Further to some comments published in the press recently, production of the current Lancer Evolution continues as planned. As for its successor, regulations and market feedback will dictate its engineering package & architecture. Stay tuned." The original claim that the Evo may be dead was spurred by Mitsubishi's own belief that EV technology and pushing in a different direction from the rally-bred performance of its past were key to remaining viable. The mixed message of high-efficiency and the Evo's high-performance would confuse consumers, said Mitsubishi's global product director, Gayu Eusegi.
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Phyllis Stevens, 59, said she had no idea she had embezzled nearly US$6 million ($8.15 million) until her employer, insurance company Aviva, showed her the evidence. She said it must have been done by the "hundreds" of personalities created by her dissociative identity disorder. One of those was "Robin", caught trying to spend Phyllis' remaining money in Las Vegas soon after the showdown with Aviva. Stevens and her husband had been buying real estate, luxury cars, and contributing generously to political causes. As the "core person", Stevens said she would accept responsibility but asked a federal judge for leniency. The prosecutor said Stevens was simply a thief.
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