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Smart fortwo electric drive can be purchased from dealers in Spring 2013 for $25,000. After a federal tax credit of $7,500, the net cost is only $17,500. There are 300 of these 2-seat all-electric city cars in San Diego's Car2Go car sharing and more in other cities such as Portland, ... Read More...

By John Addison (6/9/11) Get Yours for $21,665 After Federal Tax Credit The new Mitsubishi i (official name with small "i"), bigger and with more zip for the U.S. market, can now be reserved at a low price that will challenge the Nissan LEAF, Ford Focus Electric, and Honda Fit Electric. The ... Read More...

By John Addison (update 10/31/11; original 3/28/11)   Sales Start for New Mitsubishi Electric City Car I have been driving this Mitsubishi i-MiEV all over Monterey, California, once described by John Steinbeck as “a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.” Surf pounds on rocky shores, light streams through ... Read More...

By John Addison (updated 10/14/11; original 11/22/10) Fall 2011 Sales Start for New Mitsubishi i Electric Car At the LA Auto Show, I grinned at the new 2012 Mitsubishi i and the battery-electric car grinned back at me. In June I had fun test driving the Mitsubishi iMiEV, the best selling electric ... Read More...