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0Official: Mitsubishi i steals ACEEE's "Greenest" car of the year title from CNG Civic 1328656080
For the first time in ages, the Honda Civic Natural Gas is not the "greenest" car in the U.S. This year, it's the Mitsubishi i. At least, it is according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), which takes it upon itself to rank these sorts of things. The CNG-powered ...
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Official: Mitsubishi delivers first 2012 i electric vehicle in Normal, IL 1327532580
The 2012 Mitsubishi i will be available nationwide earlier than once expected, and the first bit of expanded availability can be seen with the delivery of six of the electric vehicles in Normal, IL. These are the first of the little hatchbacks that have made it to the U.S. outside of the ...
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By The Numbers: 2011 U.S. alt-fuel vehicle sales: a mix of ups and downs 1325897580
U.S. alt-fuel vehicle sales for December showed mixed results relative to a year earlier, as gains by Toyota and Nissan were offset by lagging sales from Honda and Ford. For the year, hybrid vehicle sales by Japanese automakers Toyota and Honda were hampered by supply issues stemming from the ...
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Official: Mitsubishi bumps up nationwide release of its i electric vehicle 1325855220
Mitsubishi has officially confirmed that its i electric vehicle will be for sale nationwide by summer 2012 and will be available for test drives across the country in March, as the Japanese automaker looks to bump up the car's nationwide debut in response to better-than-expected consumer ...
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Report: Mitsubishi EVs 'compete' in Indy's inaugural EV500 1325250120
Two Mitsubishi i electric vehicles were "raced" at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week by professional race car drivers Roger Yasukawa and Johnny Miller. The contest? To test how quickly the EVs could be recharged with Level 3 quick-charge stations make by Contour Hardening. Yakusawa and ...
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Report: Mitsubishi working on light-duty electric truck for farmers, contractors 1325113440
Mitsubishi has said it wants to have over half of its sales to be electric vehicles by 2020, so rumors of an all-electric truck from the Japanese automaker make an awful lot of sense. That's just what the Nikkei is reporting, saying the light-duty truck is due some time in fiscal 2012. The truck ...
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Official: Mitsubishi delivers first i models in U.S. to Bay Area car-sharing group, residents of Hawaii 1323781140
Making the first all-electric i in the U.S. even more efficient by offering it to lots of drivers, Mitsubishi has delivered an i to City CarShare in the Bay Area. Similar to Zipcar but with a local emphasis, City CarShare is a Bay Area nonprofit that has been arranging car-shares in and around ...
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Spy Shots: Is this BMW 7 Series an electric i sedan mule? 1322052840
Look at the BMW i line-up. You've got the all-electric i3 on the low end and the hybrid flagship i8 on the high end. What's missing? Lots. So when our intrepid spy shooters caught this oddly modified 7 Series with ActiveHybrid badging, the wheels of speculation began spinning. Ignore for a ...
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Mitsubishi i tops 2012 EPA Fuel Economy Guide 1321797060
What's the most fuel-efficient vehicle sold in the United States? Well, for 2012 it's the Mitsubishi i, at least according to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy. The two federal agencies have combined to issue the latest edition of their Fuel Economy Guide, and ...
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Hawaii Teacher wins Mitsubishi i MIEV 1320408060
The teaching profession catches a lot of political flak these days, so it's nice to see a story like this, where a deserving educator gets what we would consider a pretty cool prize. Chad Miller, a high school teacher in Kailua, Hawaii, will be rolling around in a Mitsubishi i MIEV for a year, ...

