Mini and Mitsubishi launch electric car trials in UK

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 16 Dec 2009, 04:01

The Guardian - 15/12/09

Two of the world's largest car firms kicked off trials of their flagship electric vehicles this weekend as part of a nationwide pilot scheme backed by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB).

Mitsubishi's electric i-MiEVs and BMW's electric Mini were both distributed to participants in the trial, which is intended to inform both the development of the yet-to-be-released vehicles and the government's wider electric car strategy.

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fifthcolumn · Post by **fifthcolumn** » 16 Dec 2009, 04:22

And apparently the plug in Prius is going to be available to fleets early next year too, although the rest of us will have to wait till 2013.

I wonder if electric cars really will take off this time for the masses, they always seem to be two years away.