Kenichiro Wada, project manager MiEV from Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (Japan), said that this vehicle uses a battery as its power. It is no wonder when this vehicles are zero-emission and environmentally friendly.
Lithium ion (Li-on) is installed under the floor of the vehicle, so as it does not sacrifice to stay comfortable cabin space for four adult passengers. This position is supported by the placement of the motor and inverter that is right under the rear passenger seat. Installation of batteries under the floor of the vehicle is also an advantage of center of lower gravity of i MiEV to make it more stable.
When it is Compared to a conventional engine, the i MiEV electric motors are smaller, but it can generate high power at low movement. The dimensions of this motor vehicle also provides lighter weight gain with more power. From its size, this vehicle is into the category of car citycar.
The letter "i" in this vehicle is a symbol of mini cars of Mitsubishi issued in this country of the Rising Sun. According to information from Mitsubishi, the power that is able to produce this motor is 47 kW, it is equivalent to 64 PS. Maximum torque is 180 Nm with the 8500 round rpm. produced maximum acceleration is 130 kms / hour.
This vehicle has two ways of charging the battery, the conventional devices in the home with a voltage of 100 or 200 volts and fast charging system which the technology is still developed to date. Charging is done by plugging a charger with main plug at home or anywhere.
These batteries have high energy density. Each rechargeable Li-on at i MiEV consists of 22 modules, each module is equipped with 4 sel.Total of all batteries have a 300 volt power to produce 16 kWh of energy. Battery Li-on of i MiEV is rechargeable battery with capacity of 80 percent for 7 and 14 hours for each of the power of 100 volts and 200 volts.
As for fast charging, it takes 30 minutes only. By positioning the battery fully charged, the i MiEV can travel a distance of 160 km to completely recharge the battery. However, this distance will reduce by 20% -30% if the air conditioning system (AC) switched on during the trip.
"All the systems that drive these cars do not need to care for at least five years ahead," said Kenichiro, as quoted from Sindu Daily. Mitsubishi flagship variants will hit the Japanese market this coming 2009. If all on schedule, this product will be marketed outside of Japan in 2010.
Until now, Mitsubishi Motor Company (MMC) was to establish cooperation with electric power companies and Japan, as Tokyo Electric Power Company, Chugoku Electric Power and Kyushu Electric Power to support the existing infrastructure .** (Sindo) Photo: Sindo
