Joe, Everything you said is exactly mirrored by my own experience with my i-MiEV here in the UK. It is a very versatile, comfortable, nippy and wonderfully smooth to drive car whose external appearance very much belies its interior roominess - in the front and rear seats.
It is a complete mystery to me why Mitsu is not capitalising on its capabilities and market niche. If its price reflected that of the Outlander PHEV - proportionately speaking - they would cost $15k *before* subsidies and, therefore, would sell like proverbial hot cakes. If they can put the entire i-MiEV drive train in the Outlander *and* add a complete hybrid drive train to boot, let alone a body etc fully twice the size and sell it for $40k...?! I can only assume Mitsu is not interested for some utterly baffling reason. MW > On 4 Mar 2015, at 17:10, "JoeS. via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I'm surprised range is even discussed on this forum, as it's simply a matter > of suitability for an individual's needs. Do the math. Considering that the > average trip distance in the US is under ten miles, 95% of the trips are > under 30 miles, and the daily average is under 40 miles, the i-MiEV's range > is more than sufficient for most commuters and daily drivers in this > country. Ref: http://www.solarjourneyusa.com/EVdistanceAnalysis.php > > Opportunity charging allows the i-MiEV to easily achieve daily drives of > well over 150 miles, and that's not even using the now-standard CHAdeMO. > Since most households have more than one vehicle, if the range of the i-MiEV > is unsuitable for a particular trip, then simply arrange to take another > car. > > Our family's first i-MiEV is now three years old with 37K completely > trouble-free miles on it (yes, we often put on well over 100 miles/day > despite only having the 3kW onboard charger). It quickly became the family's > primary car, and late last year we bought a second i-MiEV (used, with > CHAdeMO) because of the first one's popularity. For longer distances, the > cover comes off the Gen1 Honda Insight, although the i-MiEVs account for > over 99% of our trips. With the back seats down, the i-MiEV's flat-floor > cargo volume exceeds that of most EVs (yes, more volume than a Leaf) and its > tight turning radius and small exterior dimensions makes it a delight in > congested areas. Having the key attributes of the modern car (Active > Stability Control, six airbags, Vmax>80mph, etc.) as well as multiple levels > of regen, I consider the i-MiEV a most under-appreciated modern EV which > admirably fulfills this family's needs. > > > > ----- > Joe Siudzinski > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVLN-iMiev-remains-cheap-EV-champ-nil-changes-2016-model-in-March-tp4674046p4674058.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
