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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 →

Mitsubishi brings i-MiEV to Vancouver, might bring gas-powered version to U.S. Sebastian Blanco

For all the work that Mitsubishi has done selling the i-MiEV as an electric vehicle around the world – Japan, New Zealand, the UK, Europe, etc. – the car is actually a modified version ...

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 ...

i MiEV joins the CarPool, speeds excessively Domenick Yoney

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. ...

Guilty as charged: UK police get iMiEV for urban policing Sebastian Blanco

Starting next month, there will be some Mitsubishi i MiEVs in the UK that look a little different than the standard i MiEVs that are being tested on the roads there. The first law enforcement i ...

Tokyo Preview: Mitsubishi i-MiEV Cargo concept ready to move your eco-friendly goods 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Alongside its production i-MiEV people-mover, Mitsubishi will be showing another baker's dozen of new vehicles in its display at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show next month. On display will be several production cars as well as two brand new concepts based on the i-MiEV powertrain, including the i-MiEV ...

Taking out the trash, i-MiEV style 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Here's an odd little story from Japan today: the battery system that is used in Mitsubishi's i-MiEV electric car is going to get a workout as the driving force for the trash compactor in the Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Company's electric garbage collection truck. Running the compactor off of batteries ...

REPORT: iMiEV pre-orders reach 900 during the first month 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

As Tesla Motors is aware, pre-orders for electric cars don't automatically equal sales, but that doesn't mean Mitsubishi shouldn't be excited about a reported 900 pre-orders for the iMiEV all-electric city car. The car is currently available to fleets and government customers in Japan; about ...

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 ...

UK will spend £25 million ($40 million U.S.) on huge electric car test program 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The electric vehicle money is flowing everywhere. Following the U.S. DOE's announcement yesterday, the UK has announced it will spend £25 million ($40 million) on a large project to get EVs and "ultra-low carbon vehicles an everyday feature of life on Britain's roads in less than five ...

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 ...

Mitsubishi releases new pics of the production iMiEV 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

In conjunction with the launch of series production of its iMiEV yesterday, Mitsubishi has released a whole batch of new images. There isn't much new information that we haven't heard before but the automaker has confirmed some dates and prices. The first batch of cars will be leased to ...

iMiEV coming to UK in November for £20,000-£25,000 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi has increased predicted production rates for the i MiEV but there's still a question if supply will be able to meet demand for the electric jellybean. Company officials briefed us on the global strategy during the New York Auto Show last month, and now we know a few more details ...

Mitsubishi reportedly increasing iMiEV production numbers, again 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

With the i-MiEV coming to U.S. (and Europe and Japan), it's no surprise that Mitsubishi would need plenty copies of the diminutive electric car to sell once the global plans really get rolling. We recently heard reports that the Japanese automaker was looking to produce 20,000 units a year, but ...

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 ...

Mitsubishi reportedly doubling iMiEV output to 20,000 a year 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fresh off of successful trips to Monaco and New Zealand, Mitsubishi is getting ready to crank out more copies of the tiny iMiEV. Just how many people will want an electric-powered jellybean? Mitsubishi thinks about 20,000 a year. That's the number of iMiEV vehicles that the company will be able ...

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 ...

VIDEO: i MiEVs flog Mitsubishi's Drive@earth message 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi has wasted no time putting their two newest variations on the i MiEV theme to work. Both the global prototype and the Sport Air electric cars which debuted last week at the Geneva Motor Show can now lay claim to celluloidal stardom as they each get their own short video with the ...

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 ...

Officially official: Peugeot to offer re-badged Mitsubishi i MiEVs 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

While the partnership between Mitsubishi and Peugeot to bring electric vehicles to market has been officially official for some time, the deal we told you about that would see the Peugeot lion logo perched proudly on the nose of the Japanese automaker's i MiEV hasn't. Until now. On the eve of the ...

Mitsubishi i MiEV hopes to hang out in Hong Kong 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

As Mitsubishi prepares for its electric car, the i MiEV, to go on sale this summer in Japan and the UK, more territories wishing to try it out on their own streets are coming forward. We can now add the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, known to most of us ...

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 ...

Geneva Preview: Mitsubishi to show prototype of global iMiEV concept 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

At the Geneva Motor Show in a few weeks, Mitsubishi will be showing a second electric car concept in addition to the iMiEV Sport Air they recently teased. This one is called the Prototype iMiEV concept and at first glance it looks much like the iMiEV that we've been seeing for the past year and ...

SoCal Edison gets its Mitsubishi i MiEV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Right on schedule, Southern California Edison (SCE) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG & E) have received all-electric Mitsubishi i MiEVs to begin their testing programs with. Although the cars displayed on the LA Auto Show floor were red and white, like the one we drove earlier this year in New ...

Mitsubishi to sell van version of i MiEV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi is planning on selling its all-electric i MiEV city car in Japan next summer, with countries like England and New Zealand in line to get them shortly thereafter (There ought to be a few in California as we speak). These territories not only have small cars on their streets but small vans ...

Japanese companies to build batteries in America 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Although Japanese battery makers currently have plans to greatly expand their production capacity at home, it seems this still isn't enough and America seems to be the destination of choice for some new manufacturing plants. One of the companies planning on creating some green-collar jobs in the ...

Mitsubishi iMiEV to get tested in California in Q4 2008! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Those folks in America wanting to buy an all-electric Mitsubishi i MiEV sometime in the future now have a reason for increased optimism. The company has just announced agreements with both Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG & E) and Southern California Edison (SCE) to test how the vehicles ...

Book 'em: Mitsubishi i MiEV dons police uniform 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above image to enlarge The fuzz in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture are getting a new ride, and while it's certainly not going to come out as the victor in a high-speed pursuit, it should handle lighter duties just fine. The car, as you can see above, is a Mitsubishi i MiEV, and the delivery of ...

In the AutoblogGreen garage: paper Mitsubishi i MiEV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While we've featured many alternatively-powered cars on AutoblogGreen, this may be the first one that is fueled by the imagination. If you've been perusing the iMiEV microsite we told you about the other day you may have noticed a paper craft section. It's a special place that fans of the ...

New Zealand Prime Minister goes for a ride in an i MiEV, falls in love 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There's nothing like a real-life introduction to get the love sparks flying. Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand happened to be in Japan the other day when she was invited to take a ride in the all-electric i MiEV from Mitsubishi. She found the ride through the Tokyo streets "smooth" and ...

Video: iMiEV has wind turbine in the grill, solar panel on the roof 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I think we have a winner for the greenest car at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. Below the fold is a video all about the Mitsubishi iMiEV Sport concept. It's a plug-in electric car with a cool tear drop shape and a number of cool ways of charging the batteries. The iMiEV's lithium-ion batteries can be ...

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 ...

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