i MiEV Go!

[spencermel]

they must make a sport version,with back seats! please! damn tesla,i hate 2 seaters unless if im at the track.

[CerebralTantrum]

Comments like "big oil days are numbered" etc seem to miss the fact that cars only make up a quarter of our oil consumption.

[SBha30]

This car and its technology will revolutionalize the idea of what a car will be. Its power train system has so many benefits -- high torque, smooth acceleration, higher efficiency and better reliability. Backed by a strong committed Japanese company, it will be financially successful. This will also be better for the earth. I am very optomistic. Thank you ol2005.

[gandy74]

In the future most people will have an electric car for in city and commute driving and a cellulosic bio fuel eternal combustion engine vehicle for longer ranges. Big oil your days are numbered.

[ol2005]

Thank you for comment.

In Japan, a battery car is sold next year by 2 companies. In addition, the construction of the hi-charging stands has already begun, too. This should face the direction that is good for the earth.

[cubanboy1981]

This car is fucking awesome!!!! This is the future and soon the oil producer companies can go to hell,fuck yes.God bless the japanese my friend.

[cubanboy1981]

This car is fucking awesome!!!! This is the future and soon the oil producer companies can go to hell,fuck yes.God bless the japanese my friend.

[100MPG]

Gen 2 bio fuel from waste eg: wood chips/WVO and Trees that help the soil (Jatropha), Elephant grass (but not corn & not soya) are much better than dino fuel and as good as Solar/Wind/Wave without the expesnisive infrastructure. The latter is fine for rich CA USA but not poorer nations.

[terrorist420x]

You forgot industrial hemp. Hemp can help restore damaged soil and can be grown in desert areas where there is little water available.

Electric and B100 both have a place in running cars in the future, and both have been viable for a long time. If you want a list of 60+ mpg prototype cars built since the 1970s that never saw production, PM me. I'll give you the specs and references. 65 mpg diesel wagon that does 0-60 mph in 11 seconds and tops 110 mph doable in the 1980s, the Volvo LCP2000!

[keecyan]

2年後がとても楽しみになりました！

[100MPG]

Still not as practical or fast as either the Audi A2 1.2 TDI or VW Lupo 3L (93mpg, zero road tax UK due 81 to 86 g/km CO2) - a car that can run on carbon neutral bio fuel / RME.

[terrorist420x]

The Audi A2 1.2 TDi accelerates from 0-60 mph in 14 seconds. The iMiEV is likely to compare judging by power to weight ratio and accounting for low end torque of electric motors. The iMiEV can also be run on wind and solar.

I wish GM would make the Opel Eco Speedster. 94 mpg US, 0-60 mph in 8.9 seconds, 155 mph top speed, 0.2 drag coefficient, 113 horsepower 1.3 liter inline 4 cylinder ECOTEC CDTI diesel engine, 1500 lbs weight, and can also be run on biofuels...

[100MPG]

A2 1.2 TDI is awesome from 70 to 100 mph on autobahn - it has the same amount of torque as my old 16v Toymota MR2 !

Even in ECO stop start motoring it can leave the lights quicker than most. But most driving is not about 0-60mph but 40 -60 in 4th

[terrorist420x]

40-60 mph acceleration, the iMiEV would still probably be at an advantage, since there is no delay in acceleration. No need to wait for an engine to demand more fuel or the slight 0.2 second hesitation that most gas/diesel cars have between accelerator hitting the floor and max acceleration being reached. iMiEV has no transmission; always in the 'right gear'. I'd love to see the A2 and iMiEV racing each other at a stoplight just to see who would win.

[100MPG]

Actually have a look at Fifth Gear UK show that compares EV Smart with normal Patrol model - EV has more power and torque but way heavier and slower off the mark. Also Tesla is 40% heavier than the Elise on which it is based. Until NAtional Grid can cope with Heat, Light, DVDs, PCs, Power tools, Cookers etc, i think EV is only a partial solution to cleaner air.

[terrorist420x]

Power to weight ratio of EV smart was lower than gas version and the gear ratio gave less torque than 1st gear of gas version. This accounts for the disparity. Earlier concept Smart EV by Zytec, 0-60 in 6.7 seconds. Tesla accelerates faster than the Elise, 0-60 in 4 seconds! The grid is fine in US and could support over 100 million EVs today. It takes 8-12 kWh of electricity to refine 1 gallon of gasoline; that electricity would run an EV same distance as a gallon of gas would run a gas car.

[100MPG]

I am not against EV ,just wary of the marketing. Power cuts can occcur very easily and then where is the national security? In USA and Canada (summer 2003) a very small fault caused huge disruption. In Sept 2005 LA had a massive power cut that trapped folk in elevators. Yes energy is needed to refine fuel but it's not all electric. Diesel requires less than gasoline and there are loads of by product fuels that come out of the equation eg: "natural gas", Jet fuel and heavy oils.

[terrorist420x]

If a power cut occurs, you can actually run the electronics in your home off of the EV battery pack. Members on the EV list did this when hurricanes knocked out their power a few years back. Further, electricity failures are rare, and this is no longer a problem if you have some source of wind or solar generation at your home to charge the EV with. The 8-12 kWh is the share of electricity used to get the gasoline, doesn't include that used for for other oil byproducts.

[HADJEE]

Hello Girls,

Electric cars don't require oil changes, tune-ups, fill-ups, etc.

See you at the hairdressers!

[ferzaq02]

ahahaha!!!

[100MPG]

Due in UK 2010? Around 200 km range. But at todays UK electricity prices it will cost 10 pence per mile (20 US cents) minimum.

[terrorist420x]

How much is electricity where you live? The 20 kWh battery pack gives it a 100 mile range per charge, or 0.2 kWh/mile from the battery. Factor in charging losses and you're looking at about 0.25 kWh/mile from a household outlet. I doubt electricity is 40 pence per kWh where you live, which is what it would be to equal 10 pence per mile! I'd guess more around 12 pence per kWh, which would be 3 pence per mile, which would be 6 US cents per mile!

[100MPG]

Normal low sulphur diesel is around 1.07 GBP per litre at the moment. So 3l/100km means 5.16 pence per mile. UK Govt now allows up to 2500 litres per year tax free bio diesel which works out at around 25 pence per litre or 1.2 ppmi if your A2 gets 3L/100km.

[terrorist420x]

Those are very good economics. How much tax does electricity in your country have? In the US, with residential electricity at $0.09/kWh, no motorized transport can beat an electric vehicle in low operating costs. Not even an 80 mpg US diesel(which are unfortunately not sold here anyway)! If you generate your own electricity from wind and solar though, you don't have to pay anyone to charge your EV. Making your own fuel would be easy.

[ManRayDali]

I wish I could buy one of those today!

[ol2005]

I want to buy it, too.

[Nichen]

Nice car!

[ol2005]

It is a really splendid car. This car is a battery car, but does the run that is more splendid than a gasoline car.