A leading car maker and EV pioneer is testing a budget hatchback in Australia, with a view to shaking up the new vehicle market.The Japanese brand was the first major manufacturer to offer an electric car in Australia, launching the i-MiEV in 2010.
The refrigerator look is a result of engineers using every last millimetre of space available to them, pushing the car out to all eight corners of a cube-like box set out in Japanese law.The same goes for its 47kW, 195Nm motor; they are the maximum outputs allowed in Japan. “Personally I think there’s a point in time when these will play a significant role in the Australian car market.Mitsubishi believes cost of living pressures could spawn a new generation of small city runabouts. Picture: Supplied.It has some of the features buyers should expect from a modern machine, including a touchscreen with smartphone mirroring.