Mitsubishi, who completely missed the boat when they could have taken the market by storm with the i-MiEV, is struggling to keep up with the electric car market. The company has now announced that they’re initiating a “price war” against “high cost electric vehicles” and will be cutting down their i-MiEV’s price in order to [...]
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Mitsubishi Can’t Accept the Obvious, Tries Hype Instead
June 26th, 2011 
Aaron Turpen 
Posted in Electrics 
Tags: electric car, ElectricVehicle, ev, leaf, Mitsubishi, mitsubishi imiev, Nissan, nissan leaf 
1 Comment »Obama’s 1M EV Goal and the Dept. of Reality
February 9th, 2011 Aaron Turpen President Obama said that having over a million electric vehicles on the road in the U.S. by 2015 is doable. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. Department of Energy jumped in to back up his claims with a nifty chart and some projected sales figures. The government, of course, doesn’t bother having a Department of Reality because, [...]
FedEx Adding First EV Delivery Vans to U.S. Fleet
March 29th, 2010 Aaron Turpen The FedEx fleet just got larger with the addition of four new electric delivery vans being requisitioned by the freight company for urban door-to-door delivery duties. The first left Chicago today, one of two from Navistar, the other to be delivered by June. Two more will follow those from an as yet unnamed manufacturer. The [...]
