Future of cars?

The Mitsubishi that costs 50p per 100 miles

Mitsubishi's UK distributor announced plans for a revolutionary plug-in car based on its recently launched i microcar.

The new MiEV will be able to travel 10,000 miles on only £50's worth of electricity, and on a full charge will have a range of around 80 miles.
It could be the perfect car if you live or work in a large city like London because you will escape the congestion charge, and with four seats, it is more practical and usable than current electric city cars such as the controversial G Wiz.
The slight downside is that it will be quite expensive to buy at £15,000 to £20,000, but you should soon recoup your costs when you consider that over the same distance even the most economical diesel cars cost at least £1,000. Throw in a potentially highly benign tax treatment, cut-priced resident's parking permits, London congestion-charge exemption, and the hoped-for wide-ability of plug-in points, and the MiEV becomes a highly viable proposition for the city motorist.
It should also be better to drive than the current i city car. Mitsubishi said: "The small, light-weight, high-efficiency motor of i-EV provides sportier and quieter driving, and more power than the i's 660cc turbocharged petrol engine".
The MiEV can be plugged in overnight and takes about seven hours to charge. It will also be quick enough to use on the motorway; the MiEV has 63bhp and 133 lb/ft of torque and has a top speed of 80mph.

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[tigersaw]

Pretty damn useless then. If you live in London and only travel in London, then you have public transport. If you want to go outside the M25 you are going to have to find a charge point and a 7 hour wait, or have a second car anyway.

80 miles a day is amazing for that price! I'd happily have one. (I do exactly 80 a day so it might be pushing it )

Public transport is too expensive, slow, unreliable, and doesn't even take you where you need to go!

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

80 miles a day is amazing for that price! I'd happily have one. (I do exactly 80 a day so it might be pushing it )

Yup - you best not use the lights or the radio.

I can see you are looking at the bigger picture, though I think you'd wince at the cost price no matter how promising

Originally Posted by tigersaw

Yup - you best not use the lights or the radio.

I can see you are looking at the bigger picture, though I think you'd wince at the cost price no matter how promising

hopefully it'll become as fashionable as the (rather rubbish) prius which will means rich people will buy enough to drive costs down for us bods Would be a great motor as a bike alternative for no frills cheap tax free motoring

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

660cc turbocharged petrol engine

Could be interesting to nick the turbo off one of those

that mitsi look great fun to drive

























NOT i'll walk thanks.

A Polo Bluemotion 1 gets 75MPG read more here.

[tigersaw]

My Diesel Yaris does a combined of 60mpg and the annual tax is just £35 - close to the bluemotion, but it has better performance and was cheaper.