Mitsubishi Company will present at the Paris Motor Show electrocar i-MiEV, which in December will go on sale in 14 European countries.
In fact, baby i, «ai, of the designer Olivier Bule five years . With the birth of her equip the "common" smart three-cylinder gasoline engine 3B20 volume 659 cm ³ (52 hp or 65 hp turbocharged version). A parallel over her conduct experiments.
At first i was turned into a MIEV - Mitsubishi In-wheel Electric Vehicle, "with an electric motor-wheels" . But on the series motor car from the wheels of the Japanese refused - the rear wheel rotates the traditional 47-kilowatt electric motor, and abbreviation MiEV in this case have been interpreted as the Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle, «an innovative electric car." Although innovative here at all non-electric, but rather podvesochnaya: if the front - the usual McPherson, a rear suspension - a very rare and tricky, such as De Dion.
Compared with the Japanese version of the i-MiEV, which is sold at home since April of this year, the European car improved interior, in accordance with the Euro-safety requirements modified bumper and standard equipment includes side airbags, inflatable curtains and stability.
Power hidden in the floor of the lithium-ion batteries - 16 kW • h. Cruising range - 130 km. It is clear that at a maximum speed of 130 km / h this distance is much shorter, but for a compact city (3475x1475x1610 mm), four-seater hatchback with a 227-liter trunk is sufficient. The more so if the mass of 1100 kg it has a reasonable momentum to disperse hundreds of 15 seconds.
Full charge battery takes six hours, but in the presence of three-phase socket process can be accelerated - 80 per cent charge is reached in half an hour. In this case, CO 2 plants, reduced to a fully charged electric vehicle, according to company Mitsubishi, a third less than burning the same fuel tank.
Battery pack consists of 88 lithium-ion cells and placed on a special stretcher under the front and rear seats
And what about the electricity infrastructure? Indeed, in the absence of "home" outlets especially not roll out. In Europe, yet the easiest to the Germans, in possession of 550 elektrozapravok. In Switzerland, these stations 120, France - 101, and in the UK - 99. Less than a dozen "charger" are in Copenhagen, Oslo and Gothenburg.
But next year, the EU should enter into operation at once two thousand new plants, but in America, where he will begin sales of rechargeable electric Chevrolet Volt outlets and Nissan Leaf - 5700 elektrozapravok.
It is expected that the starting price elektromobilchika i-MiEV in the 33-35 thousand euros, thanks to government benefits will be reduced to 28-30 thousand euros. About the same amount would cost and look-alikes »Mitsubishi - Citroen C-Zero and Peugeot iOn Japanese assembly.
On the left - Peugeot iOn, right - Citroen C-Zero
Concern PSA expects to sell 25,000 electric kei-cars a year, together with Mitsubishi - all 50,000 (of which 15,000 Mitsubishi next year should stay in Japan).
By the way, if the Mitsubishi i-MiEV our correspondent Sergei Znaemskomu could ride only a very little, his meeting with the electro-Fawn iOn promises to be more informative - read about it in the next few releases Autoreview.
In turn, the firm Renault next year threatens to erupt just three electric vehicles: "heel" Kangoo ZE, sedans Fluence ZE and ZE dvuhmestkoy Twizy . A Opel will sell in Europe, double Volta - Electric Ampera .
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