It’s common practice in Europe to sell commercial vehicles of small hatchbacks designed to carry one or two people at the front and a pure cargo carrying layout at the rear, so there are even things like the Peugeot 207 Van.
Mitsubishi is doing just that, as the Japanese car manufacturer is developing a commercial version of the Mitsubishi i MiEV electric hatchback (passenger version shown above) that is designed to handle cargo. The commercial i MiEV “van” will be launched in 2009, but production volume will be limited by the supply of lithium ion batteries available. The electric i-van will be offered in global markets, not just in Japan. It could be stretched or have a different bodyshell based on a stretched chassis to increase cargo area.
According to Mitsubishi, electric vehicles are quite suitable as commercial delivery vehicles as they have predictable driving patterns, relatively short ranges and they return to a common garage so planning the vehicle’s recharging schedule is easier.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
Nice! …..
Mitsubishi please bring in i-car it is so cute
saw one of these at federal highway… cute..
owned by mitshubishi dealer
the car u all snap is the trail unit from mmm malaysia , not selling to public now , from what i know ,due to the ap price and the tax on malayisa , mitsubishi is not taking in this model to malaysia . If bringing in this model , will you buy it at rm90k-rm110k price range , i dont think so , but the fuel consumption for this car is very low …. using a new mitsubishi 660 mivec turbo engine , i like this car very much .
good move by mitsubishi …….
i-MiEV is not a cheap EV, its cost nearly RM100k at Japan. So will the CRAZY tax rate in Malaysia It might sold to you nearly RM200K, will you buy it?
auctioncenter2u said,
November 4, 2008 @ 6:57 pm
i-MiEV is not a cheap EV, its cost nearly RM100k at Japan. So will the CRAZY tax rate in Malaysia It might sold to you nearly RM200K, will you buy it?
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of course not…… only retarded jerk will buy it at that price if the pricing u mentioned above is correct !!!! Besides, the maintainance is not cheap too !!!
This car is something like smart for two type of vehicle. It is meant for those rich ones. With the mentioned price of 200k…. i think most of us would just stick to the local brand.
By the way, would you spend that amount of money just to buy it as a commercial van? i don’t think so…..
electric bill by tnb very expensive now