Video Summary
- The Mitsubishi i-MiEV costs £38,000.- Free charging is sometimes available in car parks.
- The journey was smooth.
- The i-MiEV theoretically has a maximum range of 100 miles.
- Decelerating and braking can be used to recharge the battery pack.
- There are only 64 horsepower.
- Driving requires energy conservation.
- The car has only drum brakes on the back.
- The driver can save power by carrying momentum through bends.
- Using lights while driving saps much-needed power from the batteries.
- The reviewer says real-world driving did not get close to the claimed 100-mile range.
- The lithium-ion batteries take six hours to recharge.
- Electric cars can maintain motorway speeds.
- Electric cars really only make sense in a city environment.
- There are no tailpipe emissions, cleaning up the local air.
- Electric cars are not a complete solution.
- Electric power generation is more efficient than burning petrol in a car.
- An electric motor is approximately 80% efficient, compared to 25% efficiency in petrol or diesel cars.
