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The 2012 Mitsubishi I (the American version of the i-MiEV) is the first in a long line of what Mitsubishi hopes to be an all electric line up. That does not mean Mitsubishi will completely stop making gas or hybrid vehicles, but they will build all their cars to be easily transformed into EV-ready autos.

"Every new car we develop will also be able to be driven by electricity," Helmut Bauer, Mitsubishi's German spokesman…

Mitsubishi Motors is gearing up to release their i-MiEV electric vehicle soon in the United States. But if you think the name is a bit convoluted, so does Mitsubishi. So they're renaming it as they "I" - yes, just I.

Mitsu's I was introduced on the second media day at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. The five-door hatchback electric car comes with a range of 100 miles in Japan - approx 75 miles in