Mitsubishi Motors to Triple MiEV Electric Car Output

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. plans to produce 30,000 i-MiEV electric vehicles for fiscal 2012, more than three times the number planned for fiscal 2010, the Yomiuri newspaper said, citing an unidentified company executive.

Mitsubishi Motors expects to sell 9,000 units in fiscal 2010, compared with 2,000 the year before, the report said. GS Yuasa Corp., which makes lithium-ion batteries for the i-MiEV, will also increase production, the newspaper said.