"VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - It can go 120 kilometres on a single charge and has a maximum speed of 130 kilometres an hour. The world's first highway-ready electric car is now in North America. Mayor Gregor Robertson accepted the keys to a new i-MiEV Friday on behalf of the City of Vancouver. "We are very excited in Vancouver here to have the i-MiEV's and honoured to be chosen by Mitsubishi as the Canadian partners for launching the i-MiEV in Canada." Vancouver is the first city to pass a by-law requiring charging stations for electric vehicles in new developments. Mitsubishi has also given two cars to BC Hydro." photo: http://www.news1130.com/news/local/more.jsp?content=20091120_161917_3680 the M-iEV launched this year at around $33-34,000 in Japan electric car manufacturers by country: http://energy.sourceguides.com/businesses/byP/ev/ecars/byB/mfg/byGeo/byC/byC.shtml#C