First all-electric car approved in Australia

Posted by Big Gav in australia, electric vehicles

The ABC reports that the Mitsubushi iMiEVelectric car has been approved for use in Australia - First all-electric car approved.

The Federal Government has unveiled the first all-electric car that has been certified to run on Australian roads.

The plug-in car made by Mitsubushi, called the iMiEV, can travel 160 kilometres on a seven-hour charge and has a top speed of 130 kilometres per hour. The car runs on a bank of lithium ion batteries. The engine uses no petrol and does not produce any greenhouse gas emissions.

The Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese took the car for a test drive in Melbourne today. He says the car should start rolling off production lines soon. "I understand that it's Mitsubishi's intention to be producing this vehicle on a large scale from June of this year," he said. "And I think for many Australians, this will have great appeal. It's particularly appropriate for use around city driving."

3 comments

Mark Heath says 7:00 PM

Do you know how this car will be recharged? Plug into the mains?

Mark Heath says 7:10 PM

Strike that, I found out from the Mitsubishi website...Better start buying long extension cords.

I'm a huge Ghosn fan and have been waiting for the Nissan all electric and betterplace but now I reckon I'll buy this one in the interim.

Big Gav says 8:55 PM

Luckily a fairly large percentage of the population have carports or garages with power points nearby - but this one isn't much good for apartment dwellers (or people living in many older houses).