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A lineup of seven early electric vehicles parked in front of the Houses of Parliament in London, including a Nissan Leaf, Toyota Prius Plug-in, Audi A3 e-tron, BMW i3, Renault Zoe, Volkswagen Golf GTE and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, with a red double-decker bus passing in motion blur behind them.

Britain Just Passed Two Million Electric Cars. It’s Also Six Points Behind Its Own Target. Only in the UK.

The United Kingdom has just passed two million registered electric cars. It is also, simultaneously, missing its own government’s targets by a gap wide enough to park several thousand of them in. This is, it turns out, precisely on brand.…

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Mitsubishi’s automotive story is one of the more quietly fascinating in the industry — a Japanese manufacturer that pioneered the plug-in hybrid with the Outlander PHEV, sold it to millions of buyers who had never previously considered electrification, and then largely retreated from major Western markets while everyone else was declaring the electric revolution had arrived. It still makes some of the most capable off-road vehicles available, and its relationship with Nissan and Renault under the Alliance keeps it relevant in ways the showroom count might not suggest. Cars & Code covers Mitsubishi with the attention a quietly influential brand deserves.