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Mitsubishi i MIEV is scheduled to be introduced for 2010. This particular car is one of a 30-vehicle test fleet that’s running around Tokyo right now.

Battery Life
With the Mitsubishi MIEV’s motor, inverter and charger located under the floor of the luggage area behind us, the 22 lithium-ion cells are artfully spread under the belly pan. Given that the car weighs 2,380 pounds — 397 pounds more than its gasoline-powered counterpart .

Lightning Fast
Powering the electric-powered i is a rear-mounted, permanent-magnet synchronous motor developing 63 horsepower and 133 pound-feet of torque. The Mitsubishi i MIEV feels brilliantly quick. It jumps from rest to 60 mph in under 9.0 seconds on its way to a top speed of 82 mph. Mitsubishi claims that in ideal conditions, the i MIEV gets 100 miles on a full charge.
There’s plug-in recharging using the Japanese grid, which takes 14 hours for a full charge on a 100-volt domestic outlet or half that time on a 200-volt industrial outlet. There’s also a Mitsubishi-built quick-charge system that replenishes 80 percent of the battery charge in just 30 minutes.
Mitsubishi also tells us that if you charge at night, you can reduce your running costs by 87 percent compared to the conventional gasoline-powered i.

The 2010 Mitsubishi i MIEV is expected to go on sale by the end of 2009 for around 2.5 million yen ($24,000), although Japanese government subsidies for zero-emissions cars reduce this price by 50 percent.