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Mitsubishi slashes prices of 2014 i-MiEV by 21% ($6K), offers more standard features

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MMNA) is reducing the price of the MY 2014 i-MiEV battery electric vehicle by 21% ($6,130) from the previous 2012 vehicle and delivering an expanded standard equipment package with it. After factoring in the Federal tax credit of $7,500, the net MSRP of the 2014 Mitsubishi i-MiEV drops down to only $15,495.

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Mitsubishi Motors teams with USC on Smart Grid Living Laboratory Project; 12 i-MiEVs

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(MMNA) is supporting the University of Southern California (USC) and the Viterbi School of Engineering as it develops a special campus-wide Smart Grid “Living Laboratory” project including the use of Mitsubishi i-MiEV 100% electric vehicles.

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Demand for i-MiEV in Australia Three Times Greater Than Limited Supply

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Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) has three times as many applicants to lease the i-MiEV electric vehicle as available vehicles at this point, according to MMAL’s CEO and president, Masahiko Takahashi. “ i-MiEV Foundation Members include: Department of Climate Change. Department of Environment.

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Mitsubishi reports fire in i-MiEV battery pack, melting in Outlander PHEV pack

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Mitsubishi Motors reported two separate incidents with Li-ion battery packs: one, a fire in a i-MiEV battery pack at the Mizushima battery pack assembly plant; the other, heating and melting in a pack installed in an Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.

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Mitsubishi Begins Sales of i-MiEV to Individuals in Hong Kong; First Individual Sales Outside of Japan

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UCL), Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC)’s importer and distributor for Hong Kong, will begin sales tomorrow of the i-MiEV electric vehicle to individuals in Hong Kong. UCL is offering the i-MiEV at a price of HK$395,000 (US$50,631), with a target to sell 50 units by the end of this year. Universal Cars Ltd.

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Mitsubishi Corp. to provide 507 i-MiEVs to Estonian Government; CHAdeMO quick charging network for the country

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Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) will provide 507 units of the i-MiEV electric vehicle manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors (MMC)—the largest single provision since sales of the EV started—to the Estonian Government. The 507 units will be shipped to Estonia by end of fiscal 2011. A hat-tip to Jarmo!

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

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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. In 2010, the two companies had signed a Final Cooperative Agreement regarding development and supply of 100,000 units of the i-MiEV to PSA Peugeot Citroën (PSA).

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