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Green Cars News

JULY 9, 2012

Green cars are expensive. The Chevrolet Volt and Vauxhall Ampera are even more expensive; even the tiny Mitsubishi i-MiEV costs a small fortune. A Nissan LEAF costs well over £30k: yes, the government will give you £5000 towards that, but it’s still the price of a decent BMW 3 Series. Of course, you don’t have [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 15, 2010

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV has got off to a flying start in Australia where there are three times as many applicants to lease the electric vehicle as there are models available at this point.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 2, 2010

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric vehicle is on the move. Having made its mark in Japan and Hong Kong, the much sought-after electric car will now head to Australia. Mitsubishi will begin shipments of the vehicle in July.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV has been named as the greenest car of 2012 by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

After a successful introduction, production of large lithium-ion batteries for the Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car are expected to leap by 50 per cent compared to the original plans.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 2, 2011

The electrification of the automobile is truly a worldwide phenomenon and now Mitsubishi is expanding sales of the i-MiEV into yet another country. It is the first time the i-MiEV has [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2010

As efforts continue to make London the electric vehicle capital of Europe, Transport for London has added four Mitsubishi i-MiEVs to its fleet. The four vehicles are partly funded by the Government’s Low Carbon Procurement Partnership and is the first step in an effort to bring 1,000 electric vehicles to the city’s fleet by 2015.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 8, 2010

The agreement revolves around the development and supply of the new generation i-MiEV. Back in 2009, the two companies signed a framework agreement and from there a final consensus on development and supply of electric vehicles based on the i-MiEV for [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2011

One of the earliest electric cars to go mainstream, the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, has enjoyed one of its most significant orders to date. The Japanese car manufacturer has delivered the first 50 of 507 units of the i-MiEV to the Estonian Government – as part of the single largest order ever taken for the vehicle.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2010

If you thought the vehicle in question was an extended version of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV then you’re not far wrong. In fact it is the Like from the Mitsuoka Motor Corporation – a five-seat electric vehicle that is based on the i-MiEV. The Like has a total length of 3,570mm, which makes [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 5, 2011

Estonia is serious about electric vehicles, and to prove it, it has invested in 507 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs, the largest single provision since sales of the vehicle began. It is the first case of a provision of electric vehicles under the Green Investment Scheme which was established in article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol with proceeds [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 30, 2010

There are two pieces of exciting news for green car enthusiasts in Japan after Nissan and Mitsubishi both made announcements regarding their eagerly anticipated electric cars – the Nissan LEAF and the Mitsubishi i-MiEV.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2010

The Green Piece Column Think green cars, and much like The Vapors 30 years ago, you’re probably “turning Japanese”. From Toyota’s groundbreaking Prius, to Honda’s wealth of hybrids, Mitsubishi’s innovative i-MiEV and Nissan’s plans to be the first to mass produce an electric car with the LEAF, it seems that the rest [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi is bringing its’ i-MiEV electric car to the US – and it will be available for test drives starting in November. The battery electric vehicle is scheduled to go on sale in US dealerships in early 2012 and will be positioned as the most affordably priced mass produced electric vehicle in the [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 11, 2010

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV has continued its European adventure after the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with MM Automobile Schweiz AG and Alpiq Holding AG, the country’s largest electricity provider, in Switzerland.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

With nearly 170 i-MiEV electric cars now running on the UK’s roads, Mitsubishi is launching a series of finance and leasing deals to help progress the models uptake with both personal and business users. Priced at £24,045 after deducting a £5000 plug-in car grant, the i-MiEV is now available for as little as £239 per [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 16, 2010

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV is in a race against time to establish itself in the market ahead of its rival the Nissan LEAF – and efforts are now being taken to ramp up production. Lithium Energy Japan, a joint venture between GS Yuasa, Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, is expected to build a new plant in [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 6, 2011

Mitsubishi has introduced two new versions of its famous electric model, the i-MiEV. To help the model compete with new competition such as the Nissan Leaf, the Japanese car maker has developed a new budget version of the model called the i-MiEV M and a model with a longer driving range and higher spec trim [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 9, 2009

Considered by many to be the ultimate eco-car, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation finally unveiled the production version of the i-MiEV as part of World Environment Day in Tokyo. The i-MiEV uses a three-way charging system that allows the drive battery to be charged at home or when on the move.

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AUGUST 8, 2015

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 15, 2011

It may have taken its time to reach the marketplace, but the Mitsubishi i-MiEV is now firmly making its mark across Europe. The electric car is now available in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 31, 2011

Carmarthenshire County Council has become the first council in Wales to take delivery of their electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV models. The two liveried Mitsubishi i-MiEVs will be used by the [.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Japanese car maker Mitsubishi has today announced that a revised version of its electric car – the i-MiEV – will make its world premiere at the LA Auto Show on Wednesday 17 November. Tags: Mitsubishi i miev.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Small in stature, that’s the i MiEV as it measures 3,395mm, that means that the i is 143mm shorter than a Fiat Panda. However the wheelbase is 251mm longer, this is great help when it comes to rear passenger room and means the i MiEV has a real advantage over similar cars in this sector of the market.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Mitsubishi has reached its first production milestone for the manufacture of the all-electric i-MiEV. The model which is set to make its first deliveries to UK customers next month has now reached 5,000 units produced at the car maker’s Mizushima plant in Japan. The Japanese car maker became the first in the world to start [.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV is to be used to promote London mayor Boris Johnson’s electric vehicle charging network, Source London, which is to go live in Spring 2011. Transport for London (TfL) welcomed four new Mitsubishi i-MiEVs into its fleet in June as part of the Mayor’s plans to make London the ‘electric vehicle capital of [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 18, 2011

The new electric i-MiEV car from Mitsubishi is now available to contract hire, becoming the UK’s only mainstream EV to be offered for both outright purchase and as a leased vehicle. Mitsubishi makes the announcement as the next shipment of its electric model heads to the UK. With thirteen national EV Sales Centres in the [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The Australian city of Sydney is trying out the very first delivery of the all-electric i-MiEV, set to be the country’s first publicly available electric car. Tags: Electric cars Mitsubishi Australia electric car i miev sydney.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 13, 2010

The Green Piece Column One of the stumbling blocks to the mainstream adoption of electric cars is pricing. Tags: Electric cars Mitsubishi Nissan i miev leaf Mitsubishi iMiEV Nissan LEAF The Green Piece. Tuesday 13 April 2010. How much does each vehicle cost? Nissan has confirmed a [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 28, 2011

Police departments and municipalities are among the areas of the European public sector being targeted by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation as it looks to increase sales of its’ i-MiEV electric car.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 25, 2011

A Mitsubishi dealership is celebrating achieving EV Sales centre status by being the first to hand over the keys to an i-MiEV electric car model to a customer in London. Motor Wey Putney became a recognised EV Sales Centre on January 10, 2011 and is now one of 13 flagship authorised Mitsubishi EV Sales Centres [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 18, 2010

Mitsubishi is aiming to cut the price of its electric i-MiEV model to just 2 million yen (equivalent to just £14,820) by 2012, Japanese publication Nikkei reports today. The electric car model has been criticised for its very high price tag of £38,699 including VAT-this compares to just £28,350 for its main rival- the Nissan [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV continues to take huge strides in advancing the profile of electric cars and having achieved significant success in its native Japan, it now appears destined to conquer Hong Kong. According to reports in the Nikkei , the Hong Kong government will buy 10 i-MiEV electric vehicles from the manufacturer.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2010

Six of Mitsubishi’s all-electric i-MiEVs have arrived in the North East of England to take part in the next stage of groundbreaking low carbon vehicle trials taking place in the region. As part of the Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Programme (LCVPP) run by Cenex, two cars will become part of the fleet at Gateshead Council, [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Mitsubishi is to showcase its fast charge function of the all-electric i MiEV city car which slashes the charging time by more than five hours. The fast charger, supplied by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), allows the i-MiEV to recharge from flat to eighty per cent full in just 30 minutes.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 20, 2009

Green car incentives are in place in Korea - but do they go far enough? If a person buys a hybrid car in Korea starting next month, the buyer will benefit from up to 3.1million won ($2,472) in acquisition and registration tax breaks as the government bids to make Korea a leading green country.

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