Mitsubishi i-MiEV, new Electric car Specifications, Details and Prices

Latest Electric car, Mistubishi i-MiEV Features, Reviews and Specs


The latest news from the Mitsubishi Motors is that they are coming with a brand new Electric car, named as Mitsubishi i-MiEV. The i MiEV is a zero-emissions vehicle based on the gasoline-driven 660cc “i” minicar. Even when taking into account CO2 emissions at the power plants that generate the power needed for charging the car, it emits only approximately 30% of the CO2 of a gasoline minicar.

Some other notable features of this new Electric car from Mitsubishi Motors, i-MiEV are that the cost per kilometer to drive the i MiEV is one third that of a comparable gasoline vehicle. Also strong acceleration is achieved through a compact and highly efficient permanent magnet synchronous motor that generates high torque from a low speed. Because the vehicle uses an electric motor free of the vertical vibration associated with gasoline engines, it runs extremely quietly.

Using the on-board charger, the vehicle can be charged with a 100V or 200V power source in the home. In addition, if quick-chargers currently being developed by power companies are used, it will be possible to charge the vehicle in a short time.

Specifications

Overall length : 3,475 mm
Overall width : 1,475 mm
Overall height : 1,610 mm

Wheel base : 2,550 mm

Track F/R : 1,310mm / 1,270mm

Ground clearance : 150mm

Interior length : 1,790mm
Interior width : 1,270mm
Interior height : 1,250mm

Curb weight : 1,110kg

Gross vehicle weight : 1,450kg

Seating capacity : 4Persons

Minimum turning radius : 4.5m

Performance
-Electric energy consumption(NEDC)*1 : 135W-h/km
-Electric range(NEDC)*1 : 150km

Power Plant
-Model : Y4F1
-Rated output : 35kW
-Max. output : 49kW/2,500～8,000rpm
-Max. torque : 180N.m/0rpm～2,000N.m/rpm

Tranction Batterry
-Type : Lithium-ion battery
-Voltage : 330V
-Battery energy : 16kWh

Transmission
-Final gear ratio : 6.066

Steering
-Type : Rack-and-pinion (Electric power steering)

Suspension
-Front : MacPherson strut and coil spring
-Rear : 3-link de Dion

Brakes
-Front : Ventilated discs
-Rear : Leading and trailing drums

Tires （Low rolling resistance tire）
-Front : 145/65R15
-Rear : 175/55R15

This new Mitsubishi i-MiEV plug-in electric car goes on sale January 2011 and will be available for £23,990.

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Renault will release a series of two electric cars - Twizy ZE and Zoe ZE

On Friday, the company Renault has confirmed its plans for mass production of two electric vehicles, built on the explanation of the concept cars ultra Twizy ZE and a small compartment Zoe ZE, tells the magazine Autocar. Production of the first one in 2011, will be established at the Spanish plant in the city of Valladolid, and the second - in France, a year later.

It is expected that the French Renault factory in the town of Flaine become a kind of center for the development programs of the company to produce to the market of compact electric - at this facility will meet the key models of electric vehicles, as well as to production and processing of batteries used in the propulsion machinery. In "Reno" suggest that the model Zoe will have two-thirds of the total European sales of electric vehicles.

As previously reported, the concept car Renault Zoe ZE equipped with 95-horsepower electric motor, receiving energy from lithium-ion batteries. These batteries provide a vehicle movement over 160 kilometers, and their charge from household electrical outlet will take from four to eight hours. Compact car Twizy ZE were equipped electric power of 20 horsepower and can travel without recharging about 100 kilometers. Maximum speed of the prototype was 75 kilometers per hour.



We note that on Friday, the alliance Renault-Nissan has also negotiated with the Atomic Energy Commission and the Strategic Investment Fund, the French agreement of intent to establish a joint venture that will investigate, the transfer of industrial production and recycling of batteries for electric vehicles. Renault plans to produce batteries at plants in France, Britain and Portugal.

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