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RIP Mitsubishi i-MiEV: lowest-range, slowest electric car departs U.S. market

Green Car Reports

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car deserves a place in history. It was arguably the first mass-produced modern electric car put on sale, well before the Nissan Leaf arrived in December 2010.

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Nikkei: PSA Peugeot Citroën suspends intake of i-MiEVs due to low sales

Green Car Congress

The Nikkei reported that PSA Peugeot Citroën has suspended deliveries of Mitsubishi Motors’s i-MiEV electric cars to avoid inventory build-up amid lower-than-expected sales. PSA rebadges the i-MiEV as the Peugeot iOn and the Citroën C-Zero. Earlier post.)

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Public Electric Car Trials in UK West Midlands Begins with 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs

Green Car Congress

i-MiEVs for the CABLED trials. The first stage of a Government-supported UK-wide project to trial electric and ultra low emission vehicles began Saturday in the West Midlands with the keys to 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle) ( earlier post ) being handed over to independent drivers.

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Sales Surprise: Battery-Electric Cars Are Outselling Plug-In Hybrids

Green Car Reports

Poring over monthly sales figures for plug-in electric cars--and our six-month summary--the data points out an unexpected fact. Did you know that pure battery-electric cars actually outsold plug-in cars that also have engines?

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Mitsubishi plans EVs, plug-in hybrids in expanded US lineup

Baua Electric

lineup with new hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and EVs over the next few years. That included plans for an expanded “xEV” lineup encompassing hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and EVs, and saw 50% of its product mix electrified by 2030. While it previously sold the tiny i-MiEV electric car in the U.S.,

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Appreciating the i-MiEV: oldest modern electric car still in production after 10 years

Green Car Reports

In the real world, that's just 10 years ago, but in electric-car time, it's several millennia. Think back, if you can, to early 2008. The Tesla Roadster had been announced, but hadn't yet struggled into production.

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Little i-MiEV Electric Car: How Does It Compare To VW e-Golf?

Green Car Reports

The 2016 Mitsubishi i-MiEV is an outlier—in design, in layout, and in the way it drives. Yet our long-term 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf is nearly the polar opposite—a full battery-electric model wearing the look, feel, and functionality of one of the world’s best-selling cars of all time.

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