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The Irish Government hopes to have 10 per cent of vehicles on Irish roads running on electricity by 2020. But do electric vehicles have the potential to answer a key part of our transport needs as we seek alternatives to fossil fuel?

Next month BMW will present the new, electrically-powered MINI E to the global media for the first time at the Los Angeles Auto Show. 500 MINI E vehicles will then be shipped to the US states of California, New York and New Jersey for testing with private and corporate customers.

Mitsubishi Motors will be showing a total of 16 cars at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show later this month. Among cars on display at the Mitsubishi Motor stand include two concept electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle. They will be the Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV and the i-MiEV CARGO, the i-MiEV new-generation electric vehicle for which the company is currently accepting pre-orders for the start of sales to individual customers in April 2010.