The car was praised for the way it has applied its advanced lithium-ion battery technology into a full 4-seat family city car, and having achieved full-production status.
The car was available in Japan from July this year with all 1,400 of this year’s units destined for the Japanese market already sold. An additional 900 orders have also been received in Japan for the 2010 build allocation.
European production is scheduled to begin in October 2010 and will be available in left hand drive markets across Continental Europe towards the end of the year. The UK, which benefits from being a right hand drive market as in Japan, will see its first cars go onto UK roads in December this year.
