Mitsubishi recently raised the price of the i, as it couldn't make it as cheaply as it had hoped. Still, small cars like this set the bar for a second generation of electric vehicles that will have better performance and be even less expensive.
More than 17,000 vehicles with technology like the Mitsubishi i have already sold outside the U.S., and Mitsubishi is hoping this news will push the i’s sales forward in the States as well. “We are very pleased to see that the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy have rated the 2012 Mitsubishi i as the top fuel economy leader in its annual Fuel Economy Guide,” said Mitsubishi Motors North America CEO Yoichi Yokozawa.
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Via USA Today
Instead of most fuel efficient they might have meant ugliest.
Tk, didn’t you get the memo. Being green means having to own ugly cars that are so tiny, you cannot fit a family of four and groceries at the same time. It also means owning a vehicle with a limited range, limiting you do your own city. Forget cross-country car trips on these EVs.