Wheelies - The Bargain Mitsubishi E.V. Edition - NYTimes.com ■ In an effort to bolster its electric vehicle sales, Mitsubishi has slashed the price of its electric i-MiEV city car by $6,135. The subcompact E.V. will appear in American dealerships as a 2014 model and will include standard features such as heated front seats and side mirrors, a battery heater, a CHAdeMO DC quick charging connection, aluminum wheels and a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob. ■ According to a recent report from the National Automotive Dealers Association, cash incentives, while they help sell cars when new, push their prices down later. N.A.D.A. found that a $1,000 cash incentive would decrease the sale price of a vehicle by $563 when it was a year old, by $381 after three years and by $133 for 9-year-old models. ■ As the terms and amounts available for automotive loans rise, so do the number of loans given, says a report released Wednesday by Experian Automotive, an automotive industry analysis firm. According to the report, the average car loan is up $756 from last year to an average of $26,719. At the same time, the average length of loans climbed to five years and five months, while their average interest rate fell to 4.27 percent from 4.53 percent. ■ Research presented by Craig Dolder at a recent meeting of the Acoustical Society of America indicates that Formula One fans may be getting more than 8,500 percent of their daily recommended noise exposure when seated next to a Formula One track during a race. Mr. Dolder, a graduate student at the University of Texas, Austin, found that the loudest place to be was next to a hairpin turn just before a straightaway. Newswise ■ General Motors said in an announcement on Wednesday that it had invested $24 million into equipment that would use landfill gas to produce more than 14 megawatts of electricity for the automaker's assembly plants in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Orion, Mich. G.M. says the new energy source will cut its potential annual carbon dioxide emissions by more than 98,000 tons - or the equivalent of 18,542 vehicles" emissions - and save the company more than $10 million a year in energy expenditures. ■ A man in Chamblee, Ga., was charged with theft last month when he plugged his Nissan Leaf into his son's school for 20 minutes while he was waiting for the 11-year-old boy to finish playing tennis. Although the accused man, Kaveh Kamooneh, protested that he had used only 5 cents worth of electricity, the police officer who issued the summons maintained that Mr. Kamooneh had still broken the law. USA Today ■ BMW announced this week that it would shuffle several of its top management positions. Jim McDowell, vice president of MINI of the Americas, will retire; David Duncan will leave his position as vice president of the Western region to take the position Mr. McDowell will leave vacant; and Peter Miles will step down as executive vice president of operations to fill a new position as vice president of sales channel development and customer relations. The changes take effect on Jan. 1. BMW of North America