Mitsubishi News
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Last week, we wrote that the smash success of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV is leading the company to plan five additional electric cars. We've now driven electric-car prototypes from a number of automakers: a 2011 Chevrolet Volt mule, the 2012 Nissan EV prototype, the 2012 Ford Focus EV prototype, and the disappointing Mini E. And we've ridden in the 2011 Coda Sedan prototype. But the only actual production EV we've driven was the 2010 Mitsubishi i-MiEV. It's worth recapping our impressions from a 30-minute ride and drive last December. The high points from our time in a pre-production...
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Mitsubishi's Smash Success Spawns 5 More Electric VehiclesIn less than six weeks, fleet buyers in Japan will start receiving deliveries of the production version of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car. Individual buyers will be able to place orders at the same time, for delivery starting next April. The i-MiEV has turned into a smash success for struggling...
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2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse Gets Small Face Lift
Will This New Face Get You Behind the Wheel?
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2009 Mitsubishi Lancer: Evo X or Ralliart? Which Will You Choose
If You Can't Live With the Evolution X the Ralliart May Be For You
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Peugeot to Lend Mitsubishi a Hand On the i MiEV Concept
Two More Companies in the Quest for an EV Solution
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Mitsubishi i MIEV SPORT AIR to be Unveiled in March
No sooner does Mitsubishi still not have any i MIEVs on the road in significant number, than it is introducing a new version of the vehicle. The automaker reports that it is set to debut a Sport Air version of their i MIEV electric car at the Geneva Auto Show in March. This vehicle will give...
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The Green Car Journal has announced the five nominees for their 2009 Green Car Vision Award: the Chevrolet Volt, Fisker Karma, Honda FCX Clarity, Mitsubishi iMiEV, and the MINI E. It's worth noting that despite the fact that so many critics have declared the electric car revolution won't be launched from traditional auto manufacturers, only one of the five entries is from a new company (Fisker). Futher, it's exciting that none of these are just wild one-off concepts: all five are happening RIGHT NOW. The 2008 winner was the Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicle. This year's winner will be...
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All about the Mitsubishi iMiev
Cool little toy-car looking bug, with a very strange name: iMiev (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle). iMiev proves Mitsubishi Motors is serious about aiding the electric vehicle revolution. In considering emissions, they don't just look at the emissions from DRIVING the iMiev (zero CO2); they...
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