Tuesday, 15 December 2009
THE MAYOR OF LONDON’S OFFICE CHOOSES i-MiEV TO SIGNAL A NEW DAWN FOR THE CAPITAL’S EV INFRASTRUCTURE AT COP15
The car chosen to exemplify a new dawn of low and ultra-low carbon vehicles by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson today was the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. Lance Bradley, Mitsubishi Motors UK’s Managing Director commented, “As one of the first mainstream manufacturers to supply a full production electric car, we were more than happy to provide an i-MiEV for use during the Summit.”
Speaking at the COP15 environmental summit in Copenhagen, the Mayor of London, heralded that “A golden era of clean, green electric motoring is upon us and London is well ahead of cities around the globe in preparing the right conditions for this.”
He was addressing city leaders from around the world to promote London's advanced plans to make electric cars an everyday feature of life in the capital. London is leading a coalition of major cities working to use their collective clout to create massive global electric vehicle markets through joint procurement commitments.
Announcing that every Londoner will be no more than one mile from an electric car charge point by 2015, the Mayor revealed detailed plans to deliver a comprehensive network of electric charge points in the capital, supporting the mainstream use of zero carbon-emission electric vehicles.
The charge point plan is the first milestone in the Mayor's over-arching vision to make London the electric capital of Europe. The strategy shows how by 2015 in London, 22,500 charge points will be at workplaces, with 500 on street and 2,000 in public car parks. A strategic network of publicly accessible faster charge points will be installed as part of this coverage at key locations on the road network and motorway service stations.
He went on to say that ”There is an urgent need to tackle the risk of serious and irreversible climate change, yet this does not need to be about hair shirt abstinence. I want to pursue radical yet practical steps to cut energy waste. Electric vehicles are a clear example of how technology can provide the solution to the biggest challenge of our generation.”
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Notes to Editors:
Mitsubishi Motors has been developing electric vehicles since the late 1960s and selling them since the early 1970s. The i-MiEV has been developed by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, and has been a sell-out success since going on sale in Japan in July this year, The 1,400 units allocated by Mitsubishi for the 2009 Japanese market have flown out the door and an impressive 1,500 orders have already been placed in Japan from the 2010 build allocation. European production is expected to begin in October 2010 with left hand drive i-MiEV’s available in markets across Continental Europe towards the end of the year.
Mitsubishi Motors is also investing heavily in carbon reduction programmes at every stage of its operations, including design, production, tailpipe emissions and end of life recycling as a part of its Environment Initiative Programme 2010 and its Environmental Vision 2020.
Further press and media information on Mitsubishi Motors and the i-MiEV can be found at www.mitsubishipress.co.uk. VNR / B-Roll footage is available upon request, including other media formats.
Follow the Mayor's visit to Copenhagen by visiting:
To view the charge point document launched today, visit:
For further Mitsubishi Motors information, images and video content please contact Andy Wertheim, General Manager Press & Environmental Affairs on 01285 647 157
For media enquiries please call Nicola Dillon on 020 7983 4066 or Hilary Merrett on 020 7983 4755 in the Mayor’s Press Office.
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