Mitsubishi Motors recently announced that the company plans to market a device that enables i-MiEV electric cars to supply power to domestic appliances such as rice cookers in emergencies by the end of this year.

The device, which will make it possible to use the i-MiEV‘s lithium-ion battery as a power source for electric appliances, will likely attract people’s attention as a mobile high-capacity power source in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, which deprived many people of household power.

The company has provided local governments in devastated areas with about 80 electric cars. In response to a survey conducted by the company, many respondents expressed a wish to have power “to cook rice.”

Currently, i-MiEV electric cars are able to supply power to charge a cell phone or run a laptop through … Read More

Mitsubishi plans to introduce the electric car i-MIEV in 14 countries (including France, U.K., Germany) from December this year and continuing the rest of Europe in 2011.
The price of this version for Europe will be different depending on the country and will be between 33,000 and 35,000 euros. Compared with the Japanese market … Read More