Hi Don, I got the impression the iMiev was not well received generally in the US. It is certainly a small car - tho by no means the smallest (think, Fiat 500) but it is still good for 4 fairly normal sized adults. I test drove one here last year and found it perfectly capable but basic. If one was after a 'city' car or one to bumble about locally in - even allowing for decent highway speeds - I can't fault it. It also has the advantage of being in a much lower price bracket than the Leafs of this world due to its lower overall level of bells & whistles etc. I don't know what they are going for in the US but we had a deal a while back where they were going for UK£13k all-in.
MW On 6 May 2013, at 16:42, Donald Dakin wrote: > <snip> > The iMiev is a well designed, purpose built Production EV. Sadly, > Mitsubishi decided that U.S. buyers can only buy an iMiev with a smaller > 60 mile pack, whereas in Canada and Europe, their customers are able to > buy the larger near 100 mile pack. > > Despite this, Chuck may find 60 miles is more than enough for him, and > most of the time charge off L1 or 3kW L2. But whenever he wants to, he > could tap into the L3 network and go far beyond his normal routine > (occasionally have a little fun). i.e.: drive from his N. SF Bay > residence down to the next Silicon Valley Rally in the S. SF Bay, etc. > http://recargo.com/search?search=san+francisco%2C+ca&commit=Search&filters[]=cha > http://recargo.com/search?search=sacramento%2C+ca&commit=Search&filters[]=cha > > There are two of iMiev EVs used at a Kaiser Hospital on the SF Peninsula > as security patrol vehicles. And though their Security staff stressed > they only get 60 miles range (hence why they have two of them, one > always on charge), they say they really like them. I do not think they > ever heard of the free level-3 charging nearby. I did not tell them, as > to change their routine would be against the grain for their Security > team (it would not be SOP - the mind-set of Security procedures are a > different beast). > > So, if a less expensive, shorter range, slower charging Production EV is > OK with you, then take a look at iMiev. > <snip> > > Actually the North American iMiev's are all the same when it comes to Battery > pack. Only one choice 16 KW with a rated range of 62 Mile (100 Km up here in > Canada). > > We really do love our iMiev. > > After reading the EVDL for years now and having a dream of converting my old > Civic but no time and place to do the conversion I am so happy that we bought > the iMiev last Aug. It's really an engineering marvel and everything that I > think an EV should be and it love's being hypermiled.... > > It's very efficient and it's a great conversation starter in a parking lot. > > I think anyone on this list would appreciate an iMiev provided you are > comfortable in a compact car. > > Don...... > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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)
