Mitsubishi is a Japanese multinational founded in 1970 . In 2009 , it started selling the i-MiEV a year ahead of schedule . The automaker had initially planned to lease the vehicle before its retail launch in 2010 . Since then , the company has announced its intention to add five more EVs to its range and plans to cut the average price of its vehicles to around £ 16,500 .

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV includes an MiEV Power Box which enables the vehicle to power household devices in an emergency - an example of the way that EVs at large are envisaged as potential temporary batteries for grids themselves .

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