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The Mitsubishi i-MiEV (MiEV is an acronym for Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle [4]) is a five-door electric city car produced in the 2010s by Mitsubishi Motors, and is the electric version of the Mitsubishi i. Rebadged variants of the i-MiEV are also sold by PSA as the Peugeot iOn and Citroën C-Zero, mainly in Europe.
MIEV motors are constructed using an in-wheel motor rotor, an in-wheel motor stator, a rotor bracket, stator bracket and inverter directly behind the brakes.The batteries can be charged from a standard 15 A/200 V car charger in seven hours and with a three-phase electric power charged in 25 minutes (for up to 80 percent of full capacity). [2]
Mitsubishi i-MiEV recharging from an on-street charging station in Japan. Mitsubishi has given the i a prominent role in the company's alternative propulsion research projects, developing a version using their MiEV (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle) technology in 2006 and exhibited at the 22nd International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell ...
Mitsubishi i-MiEV recharging from an on-street charging station in Japan. The first electric car available in the Japanese market was the Mitsubishi i MiEV, launched for fleet customers in Japan in late July 2009. [21] [22] Retail sales to the public began in April 2010.
Epyon's charge stations are compliant with the CHAdeMO standard, which is used by the Nissan Leaf and the Mitsubishi i MiEV. Epyon's charging station can provide an 80 percent charge for the Leaf's 24-kWh battery pack in about 30 minutes. [6] Epyon was bought by ABB in 2011. [7]
The first commercial CHAdeMO charging infrastructure was commissioned in 2009 alongside the launch of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. [9] In March 2010, TEPCO formed the CHAdeMO Association with Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Subaru. [10] They were later joined by Hitachi, Honda and Panasonic.
In Japan, a pilot project for electric vehicles was started in 2006, with the participation of Nissan, Mitsubishi and today's Subaru, in which faster public charging points were tested. The first public charging point with the resulting TEPCO plug was set up together with the presentation of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV in 2009.
As of December 2012, 125 i-MiEVs had been sold in the country, 30 of which were sold by December 2011. [55] A Mitsubishi i MiEV charging in Melbourne. A two-year fleet trial of 10 converted Ford Focus Electric cars, that also included 14 i-MiEVs and 3 Toyota Prius PHEVs, [56] commenced in Western Australia in 2010. [57]