Mitsubishi’s serious entrant in the all-electric category, the i Miev, might be finding a home outside Japan. While the company plans to offer the BEV in the middle of 2010 in Japan, the British Car Magazine says that “UK bosses are secretly preparing to launch it here by early 2011.”
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A more conventional MItsubishi i (Miev stands for Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) powered by a 0.7-liter petrol engine, will be sold starting in about ten days. Mitsubishi’s UK managing director Jim Tyrrell told the magazine that they expect to sell about 2000-3000 electric i cars in the British islands. No specific price is set, but the petrol version costs £9084 and the BEV-version may be £3000-4000 more.
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Related:
- Mitsubishi delivers i MIEV to Chugoku Electric Power Co.
- 300 Mitsubishi “i” minicars will go on sale in the UK in July
- Mitsubishi abandons in-wheel motors for electric car, still no plans to bring it to the U.S.
- Mitsubishi spokesman says there’s no plan to sell electric cars in U.S.
- Mitsubishi Motors builds new research EV, “i MiEV” for joint research with power companies
[Source: Car Magazine (UK)]