The Sun drives the Mitsubishi MiEV and finds it acceptable
After the kids at CAR magazine were done with the Mitsubishi MiEV, the diminutive electric car paid a visit to the home of the Page 3 girls. The Sun got to spend some time in the upcoming electric and came away reasonably impressed. The lithium ion battery pack stored enough electrons to propel the car eighty miles after a seven hour charge. The Sun writer was impressed by the smooth transmission, quiet operation and even found the 14 second 0-62 mph run tolerable. Mitsubishi plans to offer up about 1,000 of these a year starting in 2010 after completing a field test of thirty cars in Tokyo beginning soon. The UK Mitsubishi importer Jim Tyrrell has already announced plans to order 500 of the cars for that market.
[Source: The Sun, thanks to Domenick for the tip]
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skip 6:27AM (6/17/2008)
I live in Belgium and know there's a lot of smoke blown about how it's different here and smaller and range isn't important - that's not really true - there's little need for a car in most places because you can take public transport or ride a bike, so the only time we actually drive is for longer distances. It's 70 miles from the center of the country to the beach, which almost literally the whole country drives on a sunny day - so let's call 140 miles the minimum anyone would ever accept in a car.
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Oksimoron 1:08PM (6/30/2008)
Theres a plenty of countries,throughout the world,with a poor public transport,for example mine,so MiEV definitely has the future.The range of
70-100 miles is quite enough for daily to do's.
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Haan 10:09AM (5/09/2009)
I live in in Maldives. it's a very small place. I live in Male (capital). And it only has a length of 6 km. So it's a very small place and a very crowded place. Smoke is everywhere and we sometimes see places like there is fog because of the smokes. So it's going to be really cool to have one of this I-MIEV's. i am looking forward to buying this very much. I hope i will be able to get all the details about it. So i will be very happy to know all the info about this. I will buy it as soon as it's out for sale. I hope very much that one of the quick charge thingy's will be available in Maldives too.
P.S: I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kent Beuchert 5:49PM (10/20/2007)
Smooth transmission? Most EVs don't even need a transmission. I wonder if he's confused. 0 to 60 in 14 seconds is totally absurd and unacceptable outside of retirement communities, as is the patheticaslly inadequate 80 mile range. That means no trips to any destinations over 35 mile away.
Not a viable form of transportation unless you live on a small Pacific island. Why do rabid environmentalists keep trying to stuff crappy technology like this (and wind and photovoltaic)
down everyone's throat? It won't work. Only super conscientious holier than thou types will tolerate
EV-1 type crap like this.
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bioburner 7:10PM (10/20/2007)
Kent B. I don't recall anybody putting a gun to your head and telling you to buy this car or else. ditio for the solar and wind. If the range and performance of this car do not meet your needs then buy something else.
Mitsubishi has already announced that a new more powerful battery will be used in the car giving it a range of 100 miles.
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phil easler 11:10AM (10/22/2007)
This would be a fantastic car to own. No petroleum to buy! Please bring it to the market in the US!!
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Phil L. 12:20PM (10/22/2007)
I like what I see of the MiEV - but I suspect that, if it made it to the US, it would be punished with the NEV classification. It loses lots of its appeal when limited by NEV rules.
The Sun article was short on details. Anyone know what crash/safety standards the MiEV is built for?
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Reader 10:34AM (11/21/2007)
Kent. You have to understand that the city's structures are very different in Japan so 100 miles is more than enough to do the daily commute. Only in America do you have to go 30 miles to do shopping. It's like a European structure where you go downtown so you don't need to drive once you get into the city because there's transits. Go look up Tesla Motors.
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