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Click above for a high-res gallery of the Mitsuibshi i MiEV (22 photos)

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/AutoblogGreen_drives_Mitsubishi_s_electric_i_the_i_MiEV'; I drive a Ford Mustang GT; I'm Autoblog's resident HUMMER aficionado; and I think my favorite car in New York this year is a Japanese-market all-electric kei car. What is going on?

My dirty little secret (if you could even call it that) is that I'm very much into kei cars. Often endearingly wacky-looking, the little city cars are packaging marvels, boasting roomy interiors despite their compact footprints -- and I love them. This year, the New York Auto Show is home to keis (the Mitsubishi i and Subaru R1e) and another JDM favorite, the Nissan Cube. What's interesting is that each one is on display as an all-electric vehicle. What's especially interesting to me is that the electric i MiEV (it's pronounced "eye-meev", incidentally) was actually available for journalists to drive. So I did. Read about it and watch video of it after the jump.



All "live" photos Copyright (C) 2008 Alex Núñez / Weblogs, Inc.
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Mitsuibshi i MiEV (22 photos)

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/AutoblogGreen_drives_Mitsubishi_s_electric_i_the_i_MiEV'; I drive a Ford Mustang GT; I'm Autoblog's resident HUMMER aficionado; and I think my favorite car in New York this year is a Japanese-market all-electric kei car. What is going on?

My dirty little secret (if you could even call it that) is that I'm very much into kei cars. Often endearingly wacky-looking, the little city cars are packaging marvels, boasting roomy interiors despite their compact footprints -- and I love them. This year, the New York Auto Show is home to keis (the Mitsubishi i and Subaru R1e) and another JDM favorite, the Nissan Cube. What's interesting is that each one is on display as an all-electric vehicle. What's especially interesting to me is that the electric i MiEV (it's pronounced "eye-meev", incidentally) was actually available for journalists to drive. So I did. Read about it and watch video of it after the jump.



All "live" photos Copyright (C) 2008 Alex Núñez / Weblogs, Inc.

 

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