OREANDA-NEWS. Electric Mitsubishi I-MiEV was launched in the Olympic Park in Sochi as the first official electric taxi. Electric car transports passengers between the hotels, beaches, palaces and sports race track on a specially designed route in the area of the Olympic Park and Adler. Also on the eco-taxi you can go to the train station and the international airport, wrote the press service of "MMC Rus".

"The launch of the project electric taxi confirms clearly the previously declared plans for local authorities to develop Sochi in accordance with the highest technological and environmental standards. This approach creates all the preconditions for the further dynamic development of environmentally friendly transport in the region. We regard this project as a pilot and we plan to expand in the coming years our cooperation in this area with the Administration of Krasnodar region", - said the head of the project development of electric vehicles of "MMC Rus", Alex Viner.