Mitsubishi i-MIEV Electric Sold Out Through First Year’s ProductionMitsubishi i-MIEV Electric Sold Out Through First Year’s Production

According to a source close to the matter, the  zero-emission i-MiEV,  which launched in Japan this year with the delivery of about 50 of the electric four-seaters to government offices and companies around Tokyo, has now racked up over 1400 pre-orders, representing the entire scheduled production run for the first model year.  Mitsubishi began taking pre-orders for the i-MiEV through its dealer network on July 31 and within one month had received 900 pre-orders, the source said.
Mitsubishi has said it expects to sell 5,000 i-MiEVs in Japan and export 1,000 in 2010.  The company has said it wants to start selling the i-MiEV in the U.S. sometime in 2011. The automaker sees an opportunity to gain major traction in the zero-emissions-vehicle, or ZEV,  arena at a time when the other major players (other than Nissan with its Leaf)  are focusing on hybrids or fuel-cell vehicles.
[SOURCE:Green Car Advisor]

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