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Mitsubishi promised it'd bring the i MiEV over to the US before 2012
and now it's rehashed that pledge with a slightly more detailed
roadmap and an indicative price point to boot. Maurice Durand, the
company's communications manager for North America, is quoted as
saying the newly renamed i will cost "around $30,000" when it
launches, which is expected to happen in fall 2011. Sales expectations
are a very modest 20,000 units by 2015, but apparently the idea is for
Mitsu to just get its foot in the US electric vehicle market before
introducing more powerful and versatile people carriers. The i is
pitched as primarily a commuter's vehicle, though it has been enlarged
slightly to accommodate US safety regulations and "larger frame
people." Be honest, Maurice, you mean larger waistline, not frame.
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