Mitsubishi Motor Company is maintaining to improve its cars (by electric means) sub-compact vehicle named iMiev for Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle, furthermore they are planning to start the sales to the general market in the later partial months of year 2009.

The iMiev is a sub-compact vehicle that is about the size of a "light car" in Japanese terms of "keijidousha" with an engine composes of up to 660cc. It has four seating capacity, but certainty, it’s sufficient for two medium-sized grown persons in the front seats and two petite kids, or god yet for a few luggage of groceries, in the rear seating.

A lot of the Eco-friendly or green cars at the “New York International Auto Show” were concept model only, planned to be in public sales coming "2011" or else, you know, it can be done. Not the Mitsubish’s iMiEV, a completely electric vehicle that the corporation brought from Japan for the first moment for journalists to test run. The vehicle’s run with gas (but efficient) cousin, known as i-minicar, is previously being sold in Japan, and the company preparing to launch the electric model to Japanese spectators in coming 2009.

Standard Specifications from netcarshow.com

• Overall length: 3,450 [mm]
• Overall width: 1,600 [mm]
• Overall height: 1,400 [mm]
• Wheelbase: 2,550 [mm]
• Track (F/R): 1,405/1,405 [mm]
• Seating capacity: 2 + 2
• Motors: Permanent magnetic synchronous motors
• Front: In-wheel motors
• Rear: Single motor
• Max. output: Front: 20kW; Rear: 47kW
• Max. torque: Front: 250 Nm; Rear: 180 Nm
• Max. Speed: 180km/h
• Range (10-15 Mode) : 200km
• Tires: 175/40R17