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Mitsubishi is adding to its armory, hoping to join in the battle of Nissan and Chevrolet who have become champions of plug-in vehicle sales in the U.S. Not only is the Mitsubishi making the 2012 i available on American soil for the first time ever, the Japanese automaker is launching a new customer reservation website, allowing potential customers to sign up and be on the waiting list.

Compared to the 2011 Mitsubishi i currently…

By 2013, Mazda wants to have the greenest engine around - and if all works out they will. Mazda's plan is to implement a 70 miles per gallon drivetrain into their upcoming MAZDA2. A Mazda spokesman clarified the 70 MPG result was from a Japanese test cycle. Fuel economy numbers will be lower in the United States, but still well above the competition's.

The official announcement is a "15 percent better gas mileage than…