At a Reykjavik conference this week, “Driving Sustainability ’08,” Iceland announced plans to team up with Mitsubishi Motors to supply the country with a fleet of tiny i-MiEV electric cars (which have a range per charge of about 100 miles with lithium-ion batteries). Iceland is likely to be the first European country to have i-MiEVs, which are scheduled to go on sale in Japan in the summer of 2009.
Electric cars with strategically located charging stations make a lot of sense for Iceland, where 75 percent of the country’s residents live within 37 miles of the capital city. The Icelandic government is expected to ease the way for the E.V.’s by removing import taxes on them, as was recommended by a Finance Ministry working group.
– from wheels.blogs.nytimes