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Mitsubishi Announces US Fleet Testing of i-MiEV at New York Show
During the presentation of the i MiEV electric vehicle at the New York Auto Show, Mitsubishi’s Managing Director in charge of Product Development Group Headquarters, Tetsuro Aikawa revealed that the Japanese company plans to use the i-MiEV in a joint fleet testing program in cooperation with select U.S. power companies in the fall of this year. The i MiEV is a 100% electric vehicle that is powered by a 330-volt lithium-ion battery system located under the floor deck that is linked to a 47-kW permanent-magnet electric motor, promising up to 80 miles of driving on a single charge.
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Peugeot Begins Accepting Pre-orders For All-electric I0n Mini
Even though we're still a full year away from the European market launch of the iOn, Peugeot has already started to take pre-reservations for the all-electric car in the UK. Revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, the i0n is actually a...
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Citroen C-zero: New All-electric Mini Unveiled Ahead Of 2010 Market Launch
If the new Citroen C-Zero electric mini looks familiar that's because it is. See, while the French automaker claims in its press release that the EV is developed in collaboration with Mitsubishi, what it really means to say is that the C-Zero is the...
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Peugeot And Citroen Announce All-electric Minis Based On The Mitsubishi I-miev Ev, Sales Start In 2010
Earlier this year, Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot Citroen announced that they had signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding collaboration on electric vehicles (EVs) based on the Japanese firm's i-MiEV EV. Today, Osamu Masuko, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors...
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Mitsubishi Unveils Production Version Of I-miev All-electric Rwd Minicar, Priced From $47k
The much anticipated production version of Mitsubishi's pure-electric i-MiEV minicar was unveiled today in Japan. Mitsubishi will begin leasing the minuscule EV principally to corporations and to local authorities in Japan in July. Individual sales...
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Mitsubishi Says Yes To U.s. Market Launch Of All-electric I Miev Rwd Microcar
Ending the speculative rumors that had been circulating for quite a while now, Mitsubishi officially confirmed at its New York Auto Show press conference that the fully-electric i MiEV microcar will be arriving on U.S. shores. The pure electric, four-passenger...
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