Great news from across the pond as the first 2012 Mitsubishi i rolls off of the line and bound for the United States and are set to arrive in November in Hawaii, California, Washington and Oregon, but no word on when we'll see it in the Southeast.

The pricing will be just under $30,000 which is lower than the Nissan Leaf,. Most of the specs remain the same from the Japanese model combining a 63-hp electric motor with a 16-kWh lithium-ion battery. Mitsubishi says that it will top out at 81 MPH and has a driving range between 45 to 75 miles on a charge which takes about 12 hours to get on a 110-volt household outlet.

 Keep an eye on the lot at Jim Ellis Mitsubishi and get ready to schedule your test drive!