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RIP Mitsubishi i-MiEV: lowest-range, slowest electric car departs U.S. market

Green Car Reports

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car deserves a place in history. It was arguably the first mass-produced modern electric car put on sale, well before the Nissan Leaf arrived in December 2010.

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

Green Car Congress

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. PSA rebadges the i-MiEV as the Peugeot iOn and the Citroën C-Zero. Earlier post.)

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Sales Surprise: Battery-Electric Cars Are Outselling Plug-In Hybrids

Green Car Reports

Poring over monthly sales figures for plug-in electric cars--and our six-month summary--the data points out an unexpected fact. Did you know that pure battery-electric cars actually outsold plug-in cars that also have engines?

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Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

EV Central

Even as it considers launching Australia’s cheapest battery electric vehicle, Mitsubishi Australia is warning a slow roll-out of renewable energy will impact the uptake of EVs in Australia. I am trying to take a pulse of society and where society is at and how serious we are about EVs,” said Westcott. “I READ MORE: Confirmed!

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Mitsubishi signs MoU with the City of Vancouver For i MiEV Testing

Green Car Congress

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) subsidiary Mitsubishi Motors Sales of Canada (MMSCAN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of British Colombia, the City of Vancouver, power company BC Hydro, and Mitsubishi Canada Limited for feasibility testing of the i MiEV electric vehicle.

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Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada, March 2013

Green Car Reports

plug-in electric car sales figures could be characterized as "March Madness" -- Leaf sales tripled, Tesla took the Q1 sales crown, but the Mitsubishi i-MiEV was down 90 percent -- the Canadian market was one of "March Modestness". If last month''s U.S.

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Appreciating the i-MiEV: oldest modern electric car still in production after 10 years

Green Car Reports

In the real world, that's just 10 years ago, but in electric-car time, it's several millennia. Think back, if you can, to early 2008. The Tesla Roadster had been announced, but hadn't yet struggled into production.

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