Odd little Mia Electric signs up for French car-sharing duty – autoblog
Odd little Mia Electric signs up for French car-sharing duty – autoblog
May 13 
Go ahead and hop on.
The three-seat minibus known as the Mia Electric is going to be used in a car-sharing program in France’s Poitou-Charentes region on the country’s west coast.
According to Technologic Vehicles, Poitou-Charentes Auto-Partage, the new car-sharing service, chose to use the Mia Electric after the region’s government acquired about 30 percent of the company. Now, the government is offering subsidies for people who buy the car, which costs about 20,000 euros ($ 26,000 U.S. at today’s exchange rates) but is eligible for 4,000 euros in rebates. The car-sharing service will start offering the Mia EVs this summer
Mia launched the electric minibus last year, offering three versions ranging from single-charge ranges of about 55 miles to about 80 miles. The company at the time said it had pre-orders for about 3,000 vehicles and planned on ramping up production to as many as 14,000 vehicles a year by this year.