Electric cars emit zero emissions, but some critics contend they’re only as clean as the power plant that’s helping to recharge them. To that end, Mitsubishi is tackling the problem at its source with the installation of a solar-powered electric vehicle charging station at the automaker’s North American headquarters in Cypress, California.
The charging station has room for up to four EVs and includes three forms of chargers with different voltages. These include standard level 1 voltage (110v), which requires up to 22 hours to recharge a Mitsubishi “i” electric-powered hatchback; level 2 (220v), that trims charge time to a slightly more manageable 6 hours; and a level 3 quick charger, which requires 25 minutes to charge a battery pack up to 80 percent.
“We hope that our dealers, learning institutions, and municipalities will look to this technology with a keen eye towards the future, and bear in mind that the gradual acceptance of the pure-EV transportation will be aided by increasing the number of facilities like this one,” said Mitsubishi Motors North America President Yoichi Yokozawa.
The Mitsubishi i goes on sale in the U.S. this November at a starting price of $27,990 (excluding state and federal tax credits).
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