OREANDA-NEWS. April 01, 2011. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today began taking orders at MMC's dealerships throughout Japan for the MINICAB-MiEV commercial mini EV that is planned to go on sale toward the end of the year.
 
Derived from the MINICAB VAN commercial mini vehicle, MINICAB-MiEV follows the i-MiEV as the company's second new-generation EV. MINICAB-MiEV is being developed to make maximum use of the technologies and knowhow gained from the development of i-MiEV in delivering the practical utility and driving performance demanded of a commercial vehicle. Reliability, durability and cost performance are also priority areas. The vehicle started a fleet testing program with Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. in October 2010 designed to verify its practical utility.
MINICAB-MiEV is planned to be offered with a choice of two battery sizes*1 to meet different customer needs.
 
With government incentives, trial calculations indicate that MINICAB-MiEV will come with a customer's net price from around 1,700,000 yen and from around 2,050,000 yen for the 10.5 kWh and the 16.0 kWh battery versions respectively. The calculations are premised on Japanese government's eco-car incentive program continuing in the 2011 fiscal year and unchanged in detail from fiscal 2010. As with the i-MiEV, MINICAB-MiEV will be sold on both a maintenance lease *2 and a cash basis.