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Every summer, some 150 auto and motorcycle enthusiasts head to Pikes Peak in Colorado to race to the top. It's called the Race to the Clouds, and over the years, a wide variety of trucks, cars, motorcycles and 4x4 vehicles have taken on the 12.42 mile track. This year, Mitsubishi will be sending one of their i-MiEV vehicles to the summit of Pikes Peak.

This won't be the first electric vehicle to...

What is it about the Mitsubishi i-MiEV that we love so much? Could it be the 112 MPGe? Or maybe it's the fact that it's the most affordable EV in the country? Quite possibly, it's because it boasts zero tailpipe emissions? Yes, we love all of those things, but what we're really excited about right now is that Mitsubishi has decided to move up the release of the 2012 i-MiEV by...

The soon to be released Mitsubishi i EV, based off the i-MiEV over in Japan, will be rented out by Hertz rental car corp. - at least over in the UK.

Car giant Hertz is going to be adding the battery powered vehicle to its UK fleet. At first, it will only be offered to customers who are part of the "Connect by Hertz" car-sharing club.

This car rental company is always looking for new ways…

The British Government recently made the Plug-In Car Grant (PICG) effective, offering 25 percent of the worth of a sub-75 g/km car up to the maximum amount of five thousand pounds. Three days later, Mitsubishi announced an assortment of special payment plans for its all-electric i-MiEV, which qualifies for the government's grant funds.

The payment plans Mitsubishi offer require making monthly payments of 399 pounds. One of them is a Contract Hire package…

Tokyo, January 21, 2011 - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) today announced the high rating results from the ADAC*1.
 
When crash occurred, Mitsubishi i-MiEV was able to instantly recognize the impact and automatically shut off the high voltage elements of the electric car, sustaining safe space for the passenger as well as leaving the lithium-ion battery along with their original 88 cells undamaged.
 
"This conclusion was drawn through relentless test upon this first mass produced electric…

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?