Comments on: Mitsubishi i-MiEV lands in Australia tomorrow

By: John

John — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:36:12 +0000

What about traffic jams ? How far the car can go in a traffic condition ?

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:45:28 +0000

I know with the Nissan Leaf which costs $40,000 AU, the price is the same as a petrol same size car plus $10,000 for the battery, which you\’ll make back in no time, because an EV is much cheaper to run and a whole lot cheaper to maintain. (A Getz doesn’t compare, it\’s like comparing a mouse to an elephant)
The Nissan Leaf is a family car.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:32:23 +0000

Cost of electricity vs the cost of petrol? Take out a loan to pay for the car and think of part of those payments as the petrol bill.

Servicing should be a hell of a lot cheaper too with the motor being the only moving part.

By: Anf

Anf — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:08:23 +0000

45K for this….are they on crack. Maybe when I wake up and everybody is holding hands and there is peace on earth I may take a brochure. The environment already screwed anyway buying one these arent going to help.

By: Fenno

Fenno — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:20:24 +0000

You cant compare a Prius and a Fiesta. Different sized vehicles.
The whole idea of the hybrids is range (without the shortfalls of current electric vehicles) and to reduce emissions/consumption etc.
(Not to eliminate these them yet)
Marketing Hybrids into acceptance is the next step towards Joe Forklift and Sally Housewife enveloping a dependency on something other than fossil fuels. It may be expensive and Toyota were the pioneers but the technology is open and like the internal combustion engine we can look forward to 100 years or so of development and refinement.
It’s a good idea and nearly all the other major players are developing a Hybrid of their own before the transition into something new – which WILL happen in our lifetime.

By: toxic_horse

toxic_horse — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:01 +0000

Doing circle work in your front yard is a golden feeling.

By: Lazybones

Lazybones — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:43:47 +0000

This actually compares well to our local boys at bev, Who make the Electron (Hyundai Getz) EV for 48K. And as a bonus it comes with a 250kg towing pack. Which is 250kg more than the Prius.

bev.com.au/about/specifications/

By: t

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:36:49 +0000

i love the fwd haters.

being able to point my wheels out of the corner and power down to have the wheels drag me where i point them, is a golden feeling as i leave the rwd boys drifting and spinning out all over the place.

the mitsu looks like a good thing, make it cheaper and itll be a winner!

By: Layzbones

Layzbones — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:29 +0000

New technology has got to start somewhere mate. Considering the original talk was this car would cost $60K. I’d say thats a pretty good start. Anyway look on the bright side, you’re not going to get 180NM & RWD out of a Getz.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:09:21 +0000

At least it’s rear wheel drive…

I had the opportunity to drive one of these last year when Mitsubishi were showing it off to fleets, and it was a good car, I thought. No frills.

The expense is a worry, though. As others have pointed out here, you could get equal or better for less. From what I was told last year, the Japanese governments provided subsidies for people wanting to buy these cars, which took some of the sting out of the premium over the petrol version. I doubt our Government will do that here.