Mitsubishi cut price on i-MiEV by $6700 to compete with Nissan's Leaf in Japan market. Showrooms get i-MiEV, first cheap electric car | The Japan Times Online Japan's first mass-market electric car arrived in showrooms Thursday as the futuristic technology becomes more affordable amid a burgeoning price war. Juice her up: Chitoshi Okunuki is taught how to use the high-speed battery charger for Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s electric car i-MiEV at an MMC showroom in Tokyo Thursday. AP PHOTO The four-seater bubble-shaped i-MiEV from Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Japan's fifth-biggest automaker, costs ¥2.8 million after government incentives are figured into the price of ¥4 million.
anyone else pickup on this statement: "Nissan is hoping to produce 50,000 Leafs worldwide in the car's first year" nice
