Firkins Mitsubishi

Firkins Mitsubishi, serving the greater Bradenton, Florida area, has been talking up the Mitsubishi i for some time now. The first ever electric vehicle from our favorite Japanese automaker is set to arrive at select dealership lots later this month, and now the North American variant has entered production.

The U.S.-bound i is currently being manufactured alongside the Japanese variant at the company's Mizushima plant. But, there are a few differences between…

It's official. Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. has decided it will launch the highly anticipated electric-powered Mitsubishi i in Hawaii, this November.

The base Mitsubishi i ES has an approachable starting MSRP of $27,990, but will cost Hawaii residents only $16,000. How is this possible? Well, it's thanks largely to the state's clean energy rebate of $4,500 and a federal tax credit of $7,500 (subject to availability of…

The 2012 Mitsubishi I (the American version of the i-MiEV) is the first in a long line of what Mitsubishi hopes to be an all electric line up. That does not mean Mitsubishi will completely stop making gas or hybrid vehicles, but they will build all their cars to be easily transformed into EV-ready autos.

"Every new car we develop will also be able to be driven by electricity," Helmut Bauer, Mitsubishi's German spokesman…

Tokyo, December 15, 2010 - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has announced today that it  will be displaying its i-MiEV new-generation electric vehicle (EV) at Japan's Narita International Airport from December 15th 2010 until January 14th 2011, in order to promote the popularization of EVs.
 
A total of two i-MiEVs will be on display; one in Terminal 1 North Wing's departure lobby and one in Terminal 2's departure lobby. As a representation of Japanese…

Tokyo, November 24, 2010 - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that it reached 5,000 units*1 of its i-MiEV new generation electric vehicle (EV) produced at its Mizushima Plant as of November 23rd.
 
MMC was first in the world to start production of a full-fledged mass production EV with the i-MiEV in June of 2009. The month after that MMC introduced the i-MiEV to the Japanese market, and has sold about 3,000 units to?

Mitsubishi is already pretty busy making waves in the green car field, as the iMiEV begins appearing on dealership lots in other countries - and will make its way to the United States as early as next year.

Mitsubishi Motors will start field tests of an electric pickup and delivery vehicle prototyped in October.

According to sources; the prototyped vehicle was planned to be deployed in Yamato Transport's delivery center in Tokyo on Oct 15…