Mitsubishi hopes to bring the first electric vehicles to Costa Rica. Already making its way across Japan and the UK, Mitsu's i-MiEV (or the "Mitsubishi I" as it will be called in the US) might be the champion of South American electric cars.

Ariel Aizenman said Costa Rica was chosen to be the first 'America' to have Mitsubishi's iMiEV, even before the United States, because of its environmental record, concern for the environment and a pledge of being the first country going 'carbon neutral' by 2021.

The iMiEV is 100% electric, powered by lithium-ion battery which delivers up…