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Quick Spin: Mitsubishi i is a good car with a bad name

We're looking at a long, nearly straight, almost totally traffic-free downhill. We'd climbed up to the base of the Palm Springs to Idyllwild Ariel Tramway. Our goal was to see how fast Mitsubishi's tiny i could go. We're on the gas, and the teensy, turbocharged 660cc three-banger is giving us all its got. The speedometer ticks upwards, now cresting 100. In front of us is nothing but inviting tarmac. Deeper and harder we push and the numbers keep ticking up. 119, 120, 121 and then finally hitting 122. We felt we left a little on the table ... Read more →

25 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs part of large alt car trial in UK Sebastian Blanco

Last month, the West Midlands police department in the UK took delivery of an i-MiEV for official duties. This weekend, the first batch of cars – 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs – in a large ...

LA 2009: Mitsubishi unveils Geek Squad i-MiEV, brings PX-MiEV to U.S. Sebastian Blanco

While Mitsubishi didn't unveil any new vehicles at the LA Auto Show today, company president Osamu Masuko did announce the latest step in MMC's plan to bring plug-in vehicles to North America. ...

First 25 production i-MiEVs roll into the UK Sebastian Blanco

While the ship they came in on was probably dirty as all get out during its six-week journey from Japan, 25 all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEVs have arrived in the UK and will take to the streets (in ...

Citroën C-Zero ready to be tested [w/VIDEO] Xavier Navarro

British and French motorists will be able to try the Citroën C-Zero before it goes on sale. Citroën has launched a website for interested drivers to ask for a test drive of the ...

Mitsubishi iMiEV earns its chevrons - bring on the Citroën C-Zero 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Last summer, French automaker PSA and Mitsubishi announced that the two companies would partner on electric vehicle development for the European market. Prior to the Frankfurt Motor Show, Peugeot announced that it would market a version of the Mitsubishi iMiEV as the iOn and now sister brand ...

i MiEV joins the CarPool, speeds excessively 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've seen the Mitsubishi i MiEV in action before and have even rolled about New York in it ourselves. However, we've never really seen it taken out onto a highway and driven like a regular car. The latest episode of CarPool changes that. In this edition of the super cool web series, Robert ...

Citroën gets Mitsubishi i MiEV variant, Euro sales begin 2010 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Peugeot lion won't be the only badge burnishing the snouts of re-branded Mitsubishi i MiEVs buzzing around the streets of European cities a little more than a year from now. It's been decided that the twin chrome chevrons of Citroën are as worthy as its sister emblem to adorn a Francified ...

REPORT: future Mistubishi iMiEVs could include optional range distances 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Plans for Mitsubishi's iMiEV – deliveries start in Japan this month – continue to evolve. Mitsubishi president Osamu Masuko has said that upcoming editions of the electric jellybean (OK, he didn't call it that) could have a range of about 200 km (124 miles). That's the new target ...

Mitsubishi iMiEV price cut, plug-in hybrid version coming 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

With incentives, Mitsubishi's all-electric i MiEV car will cost about $31,300 when it goes on sale in Japan later this year. That's a pile of cash for the zero-tailpipe emissions car. The good news is that Mitsubishi's president has announced that it plans to cut the price in half (!) by the ...

Mitsubishi elects for more electrics in line up 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

On the heels of the Mitsubishi i MiEV's embarkation on mass manufacture, comes word that the Japanese company has solid plans for more battery-powered models. Although an article in the Nikkei points to five newcomers, their definition of "new" and "electric vehicle" (EV) are somewhat, shall we ...

New York 2009: Mitsubishi details global iMiEV plans 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi's big electric car announcement at the New York Auto Show was that the iMiEV would be coming to the U.S. All we could get out of Mitsubishi reps before the big reveal was that this will happen sometime before 2012. "I would say within two years." When we got to spend a few minutes ...

New York 2009: How the Mitsubishi iMiEV electric car will be welcomed to Portland, OR 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Following today's announcement that the i-MiEV will come to the U.S. in the near future, we took a few minutes to speak with Charlie Allcock, director of economic development at PGE (not PG&E, because, as I found out, saying that would make you look silly). PGE is Mitsubishi's new partner ...

New York 2009: Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S. 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

At a press conference here in New York in a few minutes, Mitsubishi representatives will officially announce that the i-MiEV electric vehicle - already a hit in test drives and displays the world over - will be coming to the U.S. This move has been hinted at for a long while, but now we know ...

Kiwis love test driving the iMiEV [w/VIDEOS] 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Things you'll find in the videos (pasted after the jump) of everyday New Zealanders test driving the Mitsubishi iMiEV: astonishment at the silent motor, a joke about the horn "sounding like an electric car," another joke about putting a huge exhaust pipe under the back, just to mess with people ...

Geneva 2009: Mitsubishi Global i MiEV prototype 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Debuting at the 79th Geneva Motor Show alongside the Mitsubishi i MiEV Sport Air concept was an i MiEV prototype that may have been the most relevant electric car of the show. Although quite similar to the i MiEV design we've been showing you for the past couple years, this is the global version of ...

Geneva 2009: Mitsubishi iMiEV Sport Air 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi revealed the latest iteration of its iMiEV Sport this morning in Geneva, the Sport Air. This year's version is marginally longer (20 mm) and taller for what Mitsubishi describes as a "more technical" look to the tear drop shape. While the new concept doesn't look dramatically ...

Mitsubishi iMiEV New Zealand tour 'Tubed and Twittered 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

As we informed you last week, Mitsubishi and Meridian Energy have brought the iMiEV to New Zealand to introduce Middle Earth to the electric car concept. To help with that outreach, they have an expanded web presence that includes a microsite, a YouTube vid and an impressive social networking ...

iMiEV starts renewable energy-powered trial in New Zealand 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

The long-awaited New Zealand road show featuring the all-electric iMiEV is underway. Mitsubishi kicked off the trial with a gala event on Tuesday, where over 100 people from the government and other "key stakeholders" were invited to Zealandia, a 252-hectare wildlife preserve, to give the ...

Geneva Preview: Mitsubishi iMiEV Sport Air concept 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last night, Mitsubishi released the first sketches of its next concept car, the iMiEV Sport Air that will debut in Geneva in March. It looks like this one is little more than an update of last year's iMiEV Sport concept. The main difference appears to be a roof that can open. Judging from the ...

Mitsubishi to supply iMiEV to PSA, to be sold as Citron and Peugeot 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've known since June that PSA has an agreement with Mitsubishi to work together on electric cars. What's new is a report in the Nikkei (subs req'd) about Mitsubishi supplying the all-electric MiEV to PSA an OEM agreement to be sold under the PSA brands Peugeot and Citroën. This is an ...

Is Japan ready for the EV revolution? Sure looks like it 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

According to a Financial Times online article, the answer to the question in the headline is yes. The EV revolution will require a lot of participants, and editor J. Soble summarizes the recent efforts from four Japanese automakers, the postal service, a utility company and the Japanese government, ...

iMiEV gets the star treatment in three more videos 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi must be enjoying seeing how much attention the all-electric iMiEV is getting. We've seen Helen Clark, the prime minister of New Zealand, take a ride in Tokyo, an HD view of the car on iTunes, and a video of the car driving in the mountains of Japan. These are just the beginning, as ...

iMiEV on display at Beijing Auto Show, climbs to summit in new video 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/The_new_jelly_bean_electric_vehicle_on_display_in_beijing'; The Mitsubishi i MiEV electric vehicle is not standing still. In an announcement from Tokyo today, Mitsubishi announced that the jellybean will be on display at the Beijing International Motor ...

New York 2008: AutoblogGreen drives the Mitsubishi i MiEV (w/ VIDEO) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Mitsuibshi i MiEV (22 photos) var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/AutoblogGreen_drives_Mitsubishi_s_electric_i_the_i_MiEV'; I drive a Ford Mustang GT; I'm Autoblog's resident HUMMER aficionado; and I think my favorite car in New York this year is ...

New York Auto Show: Mitsubishi i and i MiEV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Since Mitsubishi first introduced the i concept back in 2003 it has been the subject of much speculation. Would it come to America? Would it be sold in the U.K.? Is it even any good? And that's just the gas version. The electric version, the i MiEV, has caused even more confabulation. Soon we will ...

Mitsubishi's all-electric i MiEV may arrive earlier than expected 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

iMiEV Sport The last time I wrote about Mitsubishi's upcoming electric vehicle, the i MiEV, we were discussing just how bullish the automaker is on this EV. Still, all that enthusiasm was telling us that the i MiEV would come to dealers in 2010. Now, Automotive News' Kathy Jackson reports (subs ...

Why Mitsubishi is so bullish on the i MiEV 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

While other automakers turn choke resources to hybrid technology, Mistubishi is putting a lot of eggs into the pure-electric basket. Automotive News (subs req'd) says that Mistubishi's push is being driven by two things - the company doesn't have the funds to try and catch up with the hybrid crowd ...

The latest on the Mistubishi i-MiEV and gallery of the i-MiEV Sport 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV is no stranger to us by this point (see links below). Our friends over at Autoblog have snapped a gallery full of pictures of the i-MiEV Sport version that's on display over at the Tokyo Motor Show - access it here. Tech-On also brings us news that the i-MiEV has ...

Mitsubishi iMiEV gets 20-30 percent more range from new battery 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Mitsubishi i MiEV stores energy for propulsion in a lithium ion battery pack that now has twenty to thirty percent more capacity than the last version. The battery is produced by a new joint venture company owned by GS Yuasa and Mitsubishi. With these latest cells, the i MiEV has had its range ...

Mitsubishi's i-EV moving towards production, available perhaps in 2008 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

While there are electric cars available today, no large automaker is offering one. Mitsubishi might just be the first out of the gate with a plug-in car (not a hybrid) called the i-EV (aka i-MiEV). If sources withing the company are telling The Daily Telegraph in Australia the truth, the small ...

Tokyo Preview: More official pictures of Mitsubishi's i-MiEV sport 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ahh, the eco-car next to energy-generating windmills. Is there anything more standard than that these days? Mitsubishi is willing to repeat the theme one more time with the latest batch of promo images of the Mitsubishi i MiEV Sport. You can read about the details of the i MiEV Sport in our post ...

Brits might get Mitsubishi's all-electric i-Miev in 2011 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi's serious entrant in the all-electric category, the i Miev, might be finding a home outside Japan. While the company plans to offer the BEV in the middle of 2010 in Japan, the British Car Magazine says that "UK bosses are secretly preparing to launch it here by early 2011." A more ...

Mitsubishi delivers i MIEV to Chugoku Electric Power Co. 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click image to enlarge As part the ongoing testing with the "i MIEV" research vehicle, Mitsubishi has delivered one of the cars to the Chugoku Electric Power Co. Earlier this year, cars were delivered to Tokyo Electric Power and Kyushu Electric Power as well. The power companies are evaluating the ...

Mitsubishi abandons in-wheel motors for electric car, still no plans to bring it to the U.S. 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi's annoucement of the "i MiEV" electric vehicle based on their "i" minicar has so far caused a bit of a stir. First, Automotive News reported that the car would be headed for the States. Then CNN said that the report was incorrect. Then, in a new article on Monday, AutoWeek, a sister ...


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