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The '''Mitsubishi i-MiEV''' (MiEV is an [[acronym]] for ''Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle''<ref name=AP100331/>) is a [[battery electric car|battery electric]], five-door [[hatchback]] produced in the 2010s by [[Mitsubishi Motors]], and is theessentially an electric versionand restyled variant of the [[Mitsubishi i]]. [[Badge engineering|Rebadged]] variants of the i-MiEV are also sold by [[PSA Peugeot Citroën|PSA]] as the '''Peugeot iOn''' and '''Citroën C-Zero''', mainly in Europe. The i-MiEV was the world's first modern highway-capable [[mass production]] electric car.<ref name=FirstEV_1/><ref name=FirstEV_2/>
 
The i-MiEV was launched for fleet customers in Japan in July 2009, and on April 1, 2010, for the wider public.<ref name=Reuters100330/> International sales to Asia, Australia and Europe started in 2010, with further markers in 2011 including [[Central America|Central]] and South America. Fleet and retail customer deliveries in the U.S. and Canada began in December 2011.<ref name=USFirst/><ref name=USFirst2/> The American-only version is larger than the Japanese version and has several additional features.<ref name=USPrice/><ref name=CanFirst>{{cite web|url=http://www.carpages.ca/blog/2012/03/14/2012-mitsubishi-i-miev-gains-traction-in-canada/|title=2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV gains traction in Canada|author=Ian Palmer|publisher=CarPages.ca|date=2012-03-14|access-date=2012-03-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013090153/http://www.carpages.ca/blog/2012/03/14/2012-mitsubishi-i-miev-gains-traction-in-canada/|archive-date=2013-10-13}}</ref>