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Mitsubishi i-MiEV

All electric version of Mitusbishi's city-car will come the UK in limited numbers this year.

If you’re in the market for an electric car, there’s more than the woeful G-Wiz or the over-priced Tesla Roadster to choose from. This all-electric version of the Mitsubishi i city-car goes on sale over the next few months.

A single six-hour charge of the lithium-ion battery pack gives a range of up to 100 miles. Turn on the lights, wipers, heating and stereo on, though – as you might on a winter commute – and that plummets. Still, an ‘eco’ mode cuts power and boosts the range in town, giving most drivers plenty to get to work.

An equivalent power output of 64bhp and 180Nm of torque, available from zero rpm, delivers a 0-60mpg time of 13 seconds and a top speed of 87mph.

Technology like this isn’t cheap – the i-MiEV is likely to cost at least £20,000. But plenty of people have already paid deposits, and Mitsubishi should easily sell the 200 i-MiEVs it aims to bring to the UK this year.
 

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