Mitsubishi i-MiEV

The tiny i-MiEV is the forgotten pioneer of the modern era. Mitsubishi launched it to Japanese fleets in July 2009 and to the public in April 2010, making it the world's first modern highway-capable mass-production electric car and the first electric car to sell more than 10,000 units. It also showed how platforms could be shared: PSA sold rebadged versions as the Peugeot iOn and Citroën C-Zero. Its short range kept it a city car, which is exactly the gap the Nissan Leaf set out to close.