24 March 2010

First i-MIEV registered

Mitsubishi Ireland has registered its first electric vehicle in Ireland, the i-MIEV city car.

It will be used to evaluate driving and charging behaviour in advance of the establishment of a nationwide infrastructure of EV charging units.

Fourteen more units of the car will arrive here in June.

The i-MIEV has a top speed of 130km/h and a range of 160kms on a full charge that costs €2.