Bill Penney Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi certainly has a lot to be proud about for the 2011 year. The results are in, and the company's sales were up an astounding 41.9 percent this past year compared to 2010. This period of growth also represents the auto manufacturer's highest number of sales since 2008.

The American version of i-MiEV, the 2012 Mitsubishi I, is the first in a long line of what Mitsubishi hopes will be an all electric line up. That does not mean Mitsubishi will completely stop making gas or hybrid vehicles, but they will build all their cars to be easily transformed into EV-ready autos.

"Every new car we develop will also be able to be driven by electricity," Helmut Bauer, Mitsubishi's German spokesman, told…