Electric Traffic Jam in Norway :-)

in Norway only ;-) .... for now

Making of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV

This is how the Mitsubishi i-MiEV is made : History & Factory

Citroen lowers the C-Zero price tag in France at 16,900 EUR

Maybe because of Renault ZOE starting at 13,700 EUR, Citroen revealed a new price tag of 16,900 EUR for its only electic car, the C-Zero - a rebranded Mitsubishi i-MiEV in fact -

This is less than half the original price tag when it came to French market at 35,000 EUR ....

Check out this page dedicated to this model: http://www.citroen.fr/citroen-c-zero

More info on Citroen website:  http://www.carstore.citroen.fr/promotions/gamme

Source: Automobile Propre & Citroen

Flooded i-Miev: A Close Look at a BMS Board

Look how complex this 3 cells BMS is on the i-MiEV ...

- Is this really necessary ? (See Jack Rickard's thoughts on this)
- How much cheaper would electric cars be without this kind of electronics ?


"We take a close look at a battery management board from a four-pack of lithium cells pulled from a Mitsubishi i-Miev electric car flooded in Super-Storm Sandy."

Mitsubishi Motors - i-MiEV at Pikes Peak - 三菱自動車 パイクスピークチャレンジ ハイライト

One month after the famous Pikes Peak Hill Climb race, Mitsubishi Motors is releasing a nice video on this epic event for them this year especially with the i-MiEV Evolution



See my other post about Mitsubishi at Pikes Peak last month



三菱自動車パイクスピークチャレンジの動画です。

【パイクスピーク12】三菱 i-MiEVエボリューション箱根を疾走［動画］

A great i-MiEV Evolution test run in Japan

Mitsubishi was 2nd at Pikes Peak

Following with the Pikes Peak Hill Climb event, Mitsubishi arrived 2nd in the Electric Vehicle category with its i-MiEV Evolution, a race car based on i-MiEVcomponents but with a radically different chassis (a bit like the Nismo NISMO RC based on LEAF components)

Famous Japanese race car driver Hiroshi Masuoka was behind the wheel and did a very good race, after a scary accident during practice





After rebuilding the the car for the race and skipping the other days of training, the talented driver did very well with the car !


Video

Also in the race, Beccy Gordon was driving a stock i-MiEV (with a mandatory roller cage added) and finished 126th

With a big smile on her face :-)

An i-MiEV / Citroen C-Zero passes by

On my way back to the office from lunch break

New Citroen C-Zero @ Citroen HQ Showroom

I went to Citroen Head Quaters Showroom after lunch on this sunny day, and found out that they have a new version of the C-Zero (Mitsubishi i-Miev) on display; They previously had a white one, but during six months, no EV at all...


Cute in red

Camel brown interior with stiched leather on the wheel and gear lever

Like a LEAF, this pens the charge port lid

i-Miev from my LEAF

Last monday, as I was driving back from work, for once, I saw this Peugeot iOn, (based on the Mitsubishi i-Miev) right in front of me a the red light