Just remember everyone, this was filmed in 2010. Eight years ago. The car is utterly obsolete now.
@theshadowman13986 жыл бұрын
Yeah and it's resale value is pretty much 0.
@nickrulez8097656 жыл бұрын
It was utterly obsolete then, the I-MIEV has been terrible since day one.
@johann.g.olafsson6 жыл бұрын
I have one of those, love it. You just have to match your expectations to its capabilities.
@stevecongrave16846 жыл бұрын
Not obsolete - these day you can fast charge it in 30 minutes and they are great city/commute cars. Cheap to buy and if you can charge at work free to run.
@toyotaprius796 жыл бұрын
Steve, normally for some it's 20 minutes 0-80%, depending on temperature. They are admirably sturdy things and were obsolete by 2013. It was never upgraded and kept the 3.3kW charger, didn't change the battery, didn't improve efficiency. But they're still usable town cars, and with such a small battery there's an advantage to recharge quickly, it's very much a shopping vehicle. Shopping cart?.. But it's a shame it was never built much to be sold as much as possible in the first place. At least the battery is cooled.
@bfun46155 жыл бұрын
I own an I-Miev and got it on the cheap. I love it, I only utilize it for around town travel mainly to and from work. Anything outside of that I drive my gasoline car. But having it now has changed me as a driver to drive efficiently and utilize every kwh of energy.
@datathunderstorm3 жыл бұрын
Paradoxically, I want one too! I already drive a 2008 Prius Tspirit Hybrid which is faultless and a stellar vehicle, but I’d like an i-Miev as a 2nd vehicle (instead of a motorcycle for example), for short trips - and exploring / enjoying the cheap electric car experience. Getting to work and back is a 34 mile round trip around the A406. Surely, an i-Miev could handle that, even in winter, if charged at home every night 😊.
@Jer_Schmidt6 жыл бұрын
And to think that yesterday I drove about 900 miles in an electric car. In one day. Yeah, we've come a long way!!
@TekAutomatica6 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Schmidt how long did it take?
@toyotaprius796 жыл бұрын
A stupidly long time! I know how, but how in the hell can you drive 900 miles in one day? You must've had to piss like 20 times (which you could just use an excuse to charge anyways).
@Jer_Schmidt6 жыл бұрын
Tesla. Superchargers. That's why Tesla has such an edge with their charging network. Drive 150-200 miles, then charge for ~half an hour and repeat. Just checked Google Maps and it shows that trip was actually only about 800 miles. It took me about 15 hours, with 6 charging stops, and I ate a meal during two of those.
@toyotaprius796 жыл бұрын
Haha, I know. I literally mean in a biological or comfort sense, how do you drive for that long? I get uncomfortable every 100-150 miles driving.
@Jer_Schmidt6 жыл бұрын
toyotaprius79 You need a more comfortable seat! ;-) I'm usually very much ready to get out of the car by the time I arrive at a Supercharger, but by the time the car's charged I'm good to go again.
5 жыл бұрын
its funny they say the headlights drained so much battery, it has a 16kwh battery and that can light up the headlights for 2 weeks straight
@harry1307473 жыл бұрын
Just one of the many points of misinformation.
@Dave-in-France5 жыл бұрын
This feels soooooo out of date in 2019.
@Jamal_Tyrone4 жыл бұрын
Even more out of date in 2020!
@datathunderstorm3 жыл бұрын
And I’m watching this on 31st January 2021....😳🙄
@themadplotter6 жыл бұрын
Shout out to the *Fully Charged* crew. Crazy to see how far it's all come so quickly.
@deyangeorgiev6 жыл бұрын
Would love to see that redone with a Zoe for example
@acommentator696 жыл бұрын
Lol pulled over because you were “driving suspicious”
@Tore_Lund6 жыл бұрын
I think the Geneva convention has something about protecting people from warrant less arrests, but then again, he was driving without his license, making a car tv show??
@thelining40785 жыл бұрын
Show effects.
@razvantudose264 жыл бұрын
@@Tore_Lund in Uk we are not obliged to have a driving licence with us.Now it's even easier with all this technology police have in their cars.
@christill5 жыл бұрын
So much fun to see how far we’ve come in such a short period of time. And I guess this was what led to Jonny joining Fully Charged. And interestingly as well, the i-Miev is now a very useful car if you can find one second hand. It has Chademo charging, battery cooling and a decent enough range for regular daily use. The car is the same but the infrastructure now makes it so much better.
@98XA6 жыл бұрын
Why didn't they charge with Chademo?
@ramblerandy23975 жыл бұрын
2010 video.
@bugsygoo6 жыл бұрын
All this video shows is how far electric cars have come since it was filmed way back when.
@evolt75534 жыл бұрын
Sad thing is, people don't understand it and think that only THIS is what electric cars are.
@sarahtheorme5 жыл бұрын
It does have rapid charge!
@jamesbaggaley14604 ай бұрын
1:01 it’s not a perpetual motion machine - regen just reduces waste energy from braking, it doesn’t magically create more range…
@ramblerandy23975 жыл бұрын
With fast charging, from a decent infrastructure, the i-Miev is a different animal. Interesting to see Jonny Smith in his pre-EVangelist days, sat across from his Fully Charged show mentor. Robert knew then. Jonny knows now, and Tiff is still learning. 👍
@drdremd5 жыл бұрын
So, when was this filmed?
@brockturner31125 жыл бұрын
I think this was part of a test fleet of vehicles in Europe around 2009
@oliverstemp91324 күн бұрын
2008
@MartinHornansky2 жыл бұрын
Hi. I would like to ask whether anyone does not know where is located the horn and how to fix/change it in case it is not working. Thank you.
@t8polestarcyan222 жыл бұрын
The i Miev is still good for short, local commutes. Mitsubishi should take another opportunity to go full EV but this time on Eclipse Cross and Outlander as they're currently PHEVs if you want to electrify on new Mitsis.
@thomasdepaor15183 жыл бұрын
It's all about planning or knowing you're route, I can do regular round trips of 150 miles, without any stress or issues, these cars can fast charge in 20/30 minutes, so it's a very flexible city car, than can do long journeys if needed. It's a city car above all, and the fact that it can handle longer trips is a real bonus.
@countteddy6 жыл бұрын
the imiev has rapid too dosent it?, but I guess back in 2010 there weren't many fast chargers....there was no tesla after all.....
@marzuqahmed2186 жыл бұрын
At 3:52 Why is there a piece of stick tape covering k in km/h?
@MrKeke25026 жыл бұрын
UK use mph. So when the car was at 70, they were actually traveling at 130km/h
@marzuqahmed2186 жыл бұрын
Kévin Lind I knew I'm British.But that would seem weird not for a manufacturer to not change.
@MrKeke25026 жыл бұрын
TheProGamer 75 This is just a test car part of an experimentation from Mitsubishi where they lended I-Miev to people for 1 year to measure there usage of the car. The test car is easily recognizable with it's proprietary charging port and no support for dc quick charging. I-Miev bought on the market where slightly different and better tuned
@MrKeke25026 жыл бұрын
TheProGamer 75 test car from Japan where they use the metric system. But I do agree it would have been a quick software update to remove that "k"
@ej_tech6 жыл бұрын
The time when electric car batteries where very short and the overall design of the car screams "eco" or "electric"
@ej_tech6 жыл бұрын
Tesla only had the Roadster and the Nissan Leaf just came out
@toyotaprius796 жыл бұрын
Well... it wasn't deliberately styled like that. They just converted a 2005 i-car body into electric. ... at the time.
@morosis826 жыл бұрын
Yep, toyotaprius has it right, this is a Japanese kei car with an electric motor.
@SNORKYMEDIA3 жыл бұрын
1:11 tiff going for a quick downchange - oops no gearbox!
@DorsetSaferRoads6 жыл бұрын
I did bournemouth to hull in my 24kWh leaf last christmas took 7 stops but if you count in a 2-3 stops you would do in a petrol car it actually only took us about an hour longer and cost us less than half what it would in a petrol car. In the new 2018 leaf you could easily do it with just 2 stops just like you do in a petrol car.
@markfogel36826 жыл бұрын
Adrian Chapmanlaw my car has 600 mile range on a single tank. I guess doing the distance I would probably stop for snacks etc but no extra fuel will be needed and I could probably return home on the same tank. With electric I guess you must plan the trip to make sure that charging points are available on route?
@DorsetSaferRoads6 жыл бұрын
Mark Fogel and that will cost you 20p per mile in the process not 10p per mile worst case. Not to mention the far Lower emissions thanks to the greater efficiency of electric generation even if is coming from fossil fuel which an ever greater quality is coming from renewables. Instead of stopping and queing at a petrol station you stop and charge whilst having lunch or a pee stop and a coffee.
@markfogel36826 жыл бұрын
I guess this could work for some... not for me I am afraid as I often drive to remote locations for surfing or mountain biking carrying surfboards and bikes on top of the car. I will need to have a 300 mile minimum otherwise I will be risking getting stranded in mid Wales or Cornwall. I don't buy into the green credentials as making the energy the car needs is a fairly dirty and inefficient process... not enough clean energy sources yet however I do like the fact that it does not pollute in the process. Nothing worse than sitting behind an old smokey diesel in traffic. Driving electric cures that problem however unfortunately moves the pollution somewhere else. Cost is always an interesting factor also....if only it had the ability to carry big non-aerodynamic stuff for longer distances + being fully loaded. Hopefully the battery tech will improve soon enough.
@DorsetSaferRoads6 жыл бұрын
Mark Fogel actually a lot of the energy we use is coming from renewables, a lot more comes from gas which is much cleaner and more efficient than petrol or diesel. The rapid charges in service stations are mostly solar and wind backed. Also charging at night actually helps stabilise the grid. As more places for destination chargers it will become a lot easier. I agree it's not for everybody right now tho.
@morosis826 жыл бұрын
"not enough clean energy sources yet" UK runs without coal power for three days in a row www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/24/uk-power-generation-coal-free-gas-renewables-nuclear
@rogerhudson97325 жыл бұрын
Hasn't Johnny come a long way? In those days he drove a Honda hybrid.
@johannesamschl92876 жыл бұрын
Okay, the video is nice, but you have to exchange "electric car" with - "iMiev". This is 2018, the iMiev was constructed 2008 or earlier and got in the market in Europe at 2011. But for a such early EV it is still a good car for cities and daily use about more or less 40-50km. If you have such a user profile, you get a really cheap car (2nd ✋) with an increadible low of TCO.
@t8polestarcyan222 жыл бұрын
I do less than 30km daily meaning the iMiev is still good for my daily (semi) local commutes. Mind you I do use the motorway.
@lookoutleo4 жыл бұрын
is it not got high speed dc charge?
@harry1307473 жыл бұрын
It has. Twenty minutes to recharge.
@maxh.58586 жыл бұрын
When was this filmed ?
@ianthomas87436 жыл бұрын
Max H. ten years ago
@Mainiac12216 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh, so this is where Fully Charged started
@deloreanman146 жыл бұрын
I still don't get why he was pulled over. Driving suspiciously? Is it because they were driving so slow trying to conserve power?
@thechangingman37636 жыл бұрын
It was a set up too ridicule the idea of driving an electric car. What they are trying to say is if you drive an electric car you will find yourself driving around industrial estates at night driving slowly to conserve the little power you have left until you find a place to charge the battery at a late hour.. then you will probably get pulled over by the police for “driving suspiciously” as if that’s a law under the road traffic act.. yeah right!
@Tore_Lund6 жыл бұрын
@@thechangingman3763 Not kidding. In the 90' I had an EV and besides the compulsory 30 ft extension cord and different adaptors, I also carried a set of crocodile clips with a socket. That came in handy on night at a local police station after hours where their florescent road sign had been cracked by a vehicle exposing the wiring.
@f1since086 жыл бұрын
Erm.. the Metro Centre is in Gateshead, not Newcastle...
@rogerhudson28143 жыл бұрын
But the car has DC fast charging ??
@TekAutomatica6 жыл бұрын
Regen doesn't extend range, just limits the damage. Freewheel is far more effective when eaking out range.
@thechangingman37636 жыл бұрын
Does charging the battery extend its range?
5 жыл бұрын
it does extend range, if you did not have it you had wasted the energy into the brakepad instead of the battery,
@jasiekxl6 жыл бұрын
no chademo ?
@wojciechmuras5533 жыл бұрын
The first CHAdeMO station didn't open in the UK until 2012. This was filmed in 2009!
@Kauppamopo6 жыл бұрын
was this the moment which started fully charged (robert & jonny)
@markargument50476 жыл бұрын
Didn't know that Newcastle moved the boundaries to include Dunston as part of the City. Someone should really of went to geography at school me thinks.
@unexceptionalcars9146 жыл бұрын
Driving suspiciously? What did you do?
@thelining40785 жыл бұрын
Driving silently and without a cloud of smoke... how offensive.
@gurdipsingh97895 жыл бұрын
6 hours to charge. Stuff that
@CORRIGEEN716 жыл бұрын
Old video ev s are a lot better now
@yagooatthegoat5 жыл бұрын
They have a KZbin channel fully charged now
@martijnkosters90246 жыл бұрын
Johnny sitting with a ‘run LPG’ shirt on whilst interviewing the man with home he would review electric cars 8 years later :P
@dadautube3 жыл бұрын
look again > 03:15 < that's not 3 bars, it's 2 ...
@barrygoldwater94506 жыл бұрын
Suspicious driving? Police state?
@johann.g.olafsson6 жыл бұрын
The video is about 8 years old, and most of the comments seem to have been made at that time too.
@TekAutomatica6 жыл бұрын
Jóhann G. Ólafsson still relevant for most nations on earth. Norway has exceptional charge station infrastructure and few motorists cf UK.
@jacekgromek31906 жыл бұрын
They have a 100% right. But BMW i3 with range extender solving a problem.
@TekAutomatica6 жыл бұрын
Jacek Gromek sadly i3 rex has problems but so far is, the best phev.
@grofflek3250 Жыл бұрын
Looking back, I find it fascinating that Tiff Needell was more enthusiastic about EVs than Johnny Smith 🤯
@hugopnabais6 жыл бұрын
NO NO NO, braking does not extend the range!!! It just doesn't waste energy!!!! The range is still limited to 100 miles!
@thechangingman37636 жыл бұрын
That’s like saying recharging the battery doesn’t extend the range it just doesn’t waste energy.. of course recharging extends the range, the range of the vehicle that is.
@hugopnabais6 жыл бұрын
The Changing man you clearly dont understand the principle of energy conservation. There is no outside energy. The maximum range is still 100 miles. It would only allow you not too waste energy and have a range closer to 100 miles even if you brake!
@thechangingman37636 жыл бұрын
Hugo Nabais no I understand the first law of thermodynamics perfectly, do you understand that an electric car is not a closed system. When you are free wheeling down a hill you are being assisted by gravity are you not? And when you brake to slow your decent from that hill you acquire energy you did not feed into the system. Regenerative braking transforms that energy and stores it in the battery, essentially it’s a free charge.. all be it a small one and you would have to roll down a big hill to make a significant difference in most EVs granted but it does extend the range of your car.
@Tore_Lund6 жыл бұрын
@@hugopnabais Actually coasting from 30 MPH conserves energy better than recharging with your motor. Use it only at high speed and begin coasting when your speed is low enough, for the fewest Ah wasted.
5 жыл бұрын
but to get up to speed you use some that 100miles range and gain it back when brake... and in total from last charge you extend range..
@michaelclark31924 жыл бұрын
So this is how Fully Charged started.
@omariisaac63146 жыл бұрын
I thought that when you mash the brakes it changes 😐😐
@tommyestridge93016 жыл бұрын
You need to find some rapid charging stations.
@ignasb6 жыл бұрын
I doubt that there were any 8 years ago when this episode was filmed
@worldhello12346 жыл бұрын
This thing is based on a Keicar.
@MrWilliam.Stewart3 жыл бұрын
Tiff, you legend you.
@t8polestarcyan222 жыл бұрын
Found out that Mitsubishi is having another go with new EK X EV with Nissan's help with a rebadged Nissan Sakura.
@aaryeshg.65266 жыл бұрын
3:53 "Over 50 mph" It's km/h Johnny. X-D
@SMGJohn6 жыл бұрын
*sigh* Mph can also be written m/h. God help you.
@lavix56 жыл бұрын
SMGJohn, did you notice tape on the gauges before "m/h"?
@aaryeshg.65266 жыл бұрын
lavix5 Thanks for clearing that problem. This is a JDM-spec car, not a Euro-spec car. So it's officially an import.
@anjumsadiya6 жыл бұрын
lavix5 when did he do it?
@JohnC-iv8jo3 жыл бұрын
Some how I think Johnny would not take part in such, unintentional misrepresentation these days.
@unexceptionalcars9146 жыл бұрын
Police just wanted to be on the TV
@countteddy6 жыл бұрын
omg that's sound old,
@theyoungbarista67154 жыл бұрын
As they said "electric cars aren't a complete solution" until Tesla came around and completely changed the game. I still don't know how they done it.
@theyoungbarista67154 жыл бұрын
Nowadays that journey would take 6 hours instead 2 days in a electric car including charge time.
@GoldenCroc3 жыл бұрын
you can cut 5.5 out of the 6 hours out of eery charge session they did, since there are fast chargers now, which the i-miev will happily accept, so even with this limitied car it would be waaaaaay faster.
@farishanafiah8461 Жыл бұрын
2:04 Six hours for full charge? No thanks, give me range extender EV or hydrogen fuel cell instead. Battery has never been the answer most EV people believe.
@oliverstemp91324 күн бұрын
This was 14 years ago. Things are much better now.
@charlie_06953 жыл бұрын
The Mitsubishi is a 10 year old car electric cars in 2021 have better technology and range and they charge quicker.
@pug2052 Жыл бұрын
75% of what you pump in is wasted so 1 gallon of diesel in my Volkswagen Bora TDI will do 60 miles on a run I don’t call that a waste at all
@schiltz3716 жыл бұрын
Utterly ridiculous, who wants to spend upwards of 30k on a car that is only Ideal for running errands but never road trips? They do have super chargers, but significantly reduces the life of an insanely expensive battery. So the cons still out weigh the benefits of owning an electric car right now. Another problem is the resale of these cars as well. you may be able to get a Nissan Leaf used at reasonable rate, but the batteries will never go down in price. Last I checked they were rough 5 to 7k for new battery and that is subject to climb higher do to supply. The only logical way I can see is some sort of universal battery pack for cars according to class size that could be swapped out for another pack at a station so driver could be off in roughly the same time as a petrol car would need to fill up its tank. An added bonus to that would be never having to buy another pricey battery pack again.
@wojciechmuras5533 жыл бұрын
If the battery is cooled, you can safely charge it at 2C. That gives a charging time of 30 minutes. Advanced battery chemistry of today allows for as much as 3C in some cases without degrading the battery. That's 20 minutes of charging.
@aaryeshg.65266 жыл бұрын
There needs to be battery changing stations, NOT battery charging stations. Today's chargers can do it in 30 minutes, but nobody has 30 mintues to spare for charging. Changing to an already charged battery on spot would have been better.
@bid846 жыл бұрын
It takes a good 3 hours to deplete a modern electric car battery. A half hour meal or drink while it’s charging wouldn’t be a hassle.
@logicalChimp6 жыл бұрын
Aside from the fact that range keeps going up and charging times coming down, the difficulty with battery swapping is the mechanical coordination - modern battery packs are *seriously* heavy, and would require precision factory-grade equipment to swap (plus a system for accurately aligning the car first) - and all this would (probably) be obsolete in 5-10 years, by which time you will probably get a 200-mile charge in 10 minutes (or less)
@JeffKelley6 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the fact that many batteries (like my Bolt EV’s) use coolant to regulate battery temperature. A battery swap for a liquid-cooled EV battery would need to figure out how to handle those connectors without leaking.
@thechangingman37636 жыл бұрын
Renault actually tried to develop this concept, the Renault Twizy was the concept car designed to have a battery that could be swapped out in minutes by a robot. This was the reason Renault devised a battery leasing strategy as it would have made sense if you swapped batteries on a journey at a charging station to not own the battery. The concept was never fully realised and it was decided that the idea was short sighted and would quickly become redundant as battery and charging technology improved.
@wojciechmuras5533 жыл бұрын
How about 18 minutes, as with a modern 800V car, like the Kia EV6?
@PierreAlainMaire Жыл бұрын
Watchig this nowadays is something 😆 You did not help, for sure...
@Peoplestariff6 жыл бұрын
Robert meets Jonny ! #fullychargedshow
@jawadarif56766 жыл бұрын
For local run it perfect but for long run it rubbish
@GoldenCroc3 жыл бұрын
Energy sapping lights, huh? Dont buy it, simple physics says it shouldnt be noticable at anything more than walking speed. More than likely, it was something else, such as the heater, pulling juice.
@blackflagsfromkhorasan66875 жыл бұрын
They took an 100miles car to 500miles trip! What's the problem with a car???
@stevencorrea79825 жыл бұрын
It only gets a hundred miles.
@MaxTheUragi5 жыл бұрын
Tesla three years later: bitch, what?
@MadIIMike6 жыл бұрын
I don't think E-Cars are at a point where it makes sense for the average person, the prices are kinda insane and in many cases your electricity comes from a nuklear powerplant or coal etc. Add to that the enormous energy cost to produce them and the hazardous waste caused during production and after they're disposed and they're really not too different from a "sensible" car driven for over 20 years.
@shanehnorman6 жыл бұрын
This is a favourite point of mine, too. Until the manufacturing process for cars, including mineral extraction, becomes green, a switch to electric brings little or no overall benefit to the planet. Electric does make for cleaner city air at levels up to a few feet above ground, but that's about it. Meanwhile, ICE efficiency continues to rise, to the extent that a one-litre touring car engine can now pump out over 125 bhp at over 50 mpg. A 1960s one-litre Mini delivered 50 bhp and 35 mpg. I have a strong feeling that government moves to ban ICE and go electric will produce unintended bad consequences unless our dirty manufacturing process is addressed.
@toyotaprius796 жыл бұрын
Or maybe someone doesn't get it or is in denial? Hey, Johnny here actually reviews electric cars ow on KZbin, you should try checking him out. All the questions you gave have been bunk or met with over time.
@toyotaprius796 жыл бұрын
In all seriousness you three ^^^. There is nothing like that happening (in such proportion anyways). Who are you listening these things from? Manufacturing of an EV (batteries and mining and all), is only worth 1 - 2 tonnes of CO2 to the total EV's amount. That 1 tonne can be done with 3 months of driving, in 6 months an EV would have produced the same amount of emissions as a 'typical' family diesel, and the difference widens. EV's in real world conditions will produce less 50% less CO2 in its lifetime while assuming electricity grids don't increase their renewable mix and decrease coal production. The latter is happening everywhere assuredly. EVs still have over twice the efficiency of current cars, and their rate of improvement (of efficiency, material use, range, power, cost) in the last 8 years is way higher. It has developed more or less like smartphones now. It's not exactly our like current diesels are making it easy to live where we live. Just watch fullycharged if you really want the full picture. Smith here is in it.
@MadIIMike6 жыл бұрын
Oh sure, I would totally trust a KZbinr that already has E-Vehicles in his name, just like I'd watch a Apple vs. Windows/Android video from people like "ILOVEAPPLE" etc. I do work in the Automobile industry (don't ask about specifics, I got dozens of NDAs...), and I can tell you one thing: Electric Cars do not have any noble intentions behind them nor would they fulfill them. The statistics are quite biased in favor of the E-Cars, but generally if you assume a lifetime of 90k miles for both, the savings in Co² with the mix in the USA are very marginal and the waste left by E-Cars isn't factored in. Also, the price/value simply doesn't exist. People that want a VW UP won't consider a E-UP starting at about 2,5 times the price. People that want a sportscar won't consider the i8. People that want a well constructed/build car won't consider a Tesla. If you have the money, don't really care and just want to feel like you're saving the world... sure, go for it. I kinda see them like Apple products, which people just seem to buy to be part of a group or whatever.
@toyotaprius796 жыл бұрын
Hhahaha, lol. If you're gonna let that of all things stop you, sure go ahead! Is it my loss? Sorry man, but you make no sense at all. I can t. Claiming yourself to be "in the Automobile industry", who are you foolin? I can show you that I borrow my sources from the Union of Concerned Scientists, who update their study on the matter every few years, but you wouldn't care really now, would ye? EVs are fully recyclable (1/20th of the battery that's gone bad can be broken up wile the other 19 modules in good pack are often re-purposed for battery storage. And it is most of them as manufacturers do collect them before being crushed and scrapped. Everything else you wrote was cherry picked whattaboutery, man. Like bringing up the e-Up! which VW has long stopped serious production. And then there's this stuff about Apple, I haven't a clue or interest about Apple, never did.
@1Aevum6 жыл бұрын
The problem is that they are using one of the WORST electric cars on the market. most modern electrics can get 80-85% charge in 1-2 hours.
@logicalChimp6 жыл бұрын
As others have said, this was recorded ~8 years ago... (although that *really* should have been part of the video intro)
@OriginalPiMan6 жыл бұрын
Toby Jackson I think Mitsubishi stopped production of the i-MiEV a year or two ago, but I'm having trouble finding evidence of that
@OriginalPiMan6 жыл бұрын
You're probably right, either that or it might have been recent enough that your local Peugeot dealers haven't run out of stock. I'm in Australia, so we haven't seen a new iMiEV since 2013 and I've only seen two on the road that weren't my own.
@OriginalPiMan6 жыл бұрын
That's a lot cheaper than in Australia. I bought my 2011 model almost two years ago for AU$17 000 (a bit under £10 000) and I can see a 2012 model available now for AU$14 700.
@rcajavus81416 жыл бұрын
i-miev, peugeot ion and citroen c-zero all had fast dc 0-80% in 20 minutes back when this was recorded - why wasn't it used in video, perhaps shoddy UK electric grid had no DC fastcharging ChaDeMo - that this car had back then :D
@barnseyfrommossley3 жыл бұрын
This is 11 years old. It should be removed because it is so out of date. Fast charging will give a 80% charge in less than 20 minutes, and chargers are now available at every petrol station and services.
@cococly6 жыл бұрын
4:43 he is talking as if the electricity that he used to charge his electric car are made out of MAGIC. Does he know the power source of his electricity? It could very well be from a coal plant, which is even worse than burning gasoline.
@CharlesGregory6 жыл бұрын
No, even if it was 100% from a coal plant (which it wouldn't be, and certainly wouldn't be today), that would still be an improvement over a gasoline vehicle.
@cococly6 жыл бұрын
source?
@morosis826 жыл бұрын
That's easy. They use coal power to refine petrol, also. Nearly as much per litre as you can simply put into an electric car to drive on the same distance. And if, like many who buy these cars, you have solar, or - wonder of wonders - operate on a grid like in the UK where they've operated for multiple days already this year with ZERO coal power, then your argument is null and void.
@evolt75534 жыл бұрын
Are electric cars really green? An investigation of Bjorn Lomborg's claims. (by potholer54/Peter Hadfield): kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqiwgXl6pt6ZqKM
@themightydash17146 жыл бұрын
Yeah I think i'll stick with my diesel, 100 miles and a 6 hour charge wait vs 1,000 miles and a 1 minute refill, no brainer. Be good when battery tech catches up though.
@evolt75534 жыл бұрын
This was filmed 10 years ago. And they were slow-charging because there wasn't as much infrastructure as nowadays.
@t8polestarcyan222 жыл бұрын
No need for diesel any more unless you really do lots of long commutes and I mean doing it everyday! Any EVs are more than enough for short commutes including the Mitsi iMiev. My daily commute is less than 30km (including short motorway trips) meaning I don't need to charge my MG ZS EV for a week! I should be able to charge the iMiev every 2 nights or so.
@laitchdasi6 жыл бұрын
Hypocritical.. On one channel he's all electric.. On the other.. He's all petrol ⛽ with slight empathy towards electric. Really.. I watch both channels.
@alexanderbarr6 жыл бұрын
Murad Sheshani This episode is 8 years old. Fully charged was not even a youtube channel then and Robert Llewellyn did not work with Johnny.
@emilesorenson48842 жыл бұрын
Get a Toyota Yaris hybrid
@oliverstemp91324 күн бұрын
It’s a job job EVs are not like this anymore
@YingHuiThe19586 жыл бұрын
thank goodness the current crop of cars almost eradicate this problem.
@TekAutomatica6 жыл бұрын
Ying-Hui The sadly they don't unless you have Norwegian infrastructure
@YingHuiThe19586 жыл бұрын
Jaguar iPace.
@team33836 жыл бұрын
Just goes to show you how preconcieved and shallow minded journalists are - especially car related journalists.
@jocalibusohump6 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@martinwinlow5 жыл бұрын
Baffled why you 2 thought it would be a good idea to try to drive 300 miles in a car with only 70 miles of range... or is maths not really you strong point? Just another wet attempt at copying Top Gear’s pathetic misrepresentation of Tesla’s Roadster. Doubly pathetic...
@frangulearobert10936 жыл бұрын
100 miles range? 38000 pounds? And it looks like an ice cream fridge.. Mitsubishi... Get your shit together!
@OriginalPiMan6 жыл бұрын
Frangulea Robert Mitsubishi no longer sells this car. As far as I know, the only electrified car Mistubishi sells these days is the Outlander PHEV (Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicle)
@timfordfalconxf77145 жыл бұрын
Scrap heap Guy likes EVs God damm
@rustychassis Жыл бұрын
You're right, these EVs will never catch on.
@dave_riots6 жыл бұрын
This thing isn't fun to drive in the winter. *AT ALL.*
@Kallenator19886 жыл бұрын
It is rear wheel driven, of course it's fun in the winter!
@pug2052 Жыл бұрын
And electric cars are still shit 13 years latee
@computerbob064 жыл бұрын
Shame on you Johnny!
@mateoproano5496 жыл бұрын
A diesel engine is around 45% efficient and a modern petrol is not far behind reaching just short of that. Just wanted to correct that false fact that 75% of the energy is wasted, its less than that and it does make a difference.
@MsSomeonenew6 жыл бұрын
You will need to provide some proof of real engines that do this, because no one has actually produced anything like that.
@TekAutomatica6 жыл бұрын
Mateo Proaño 1191cc TDI 50% efficient since 1999
@mateoproano5496 жыл бұрын
MsSomeonenew well if you did some research you would see that the new Skyactive-X engine from Mazda can reach up to 56% efficiency and as Like W said that diesel engine is 50% efficient you would know better. This engines have been produced already. Don't expect me to do the research for you, get off your ass and use Google.
@mateoproano5496 жыл бұрын
Luke W thanks for the info but yeah most diesel engines reach around 45% efficiency
@TekAutomatica6 жыл бұрын
Mateo Proaño container ships now over 60%
@petercavellini32326 жыл бұрын
So, clean Air in the Cities, pollution everywhere else....?🤔
@donviruz776 жыл бұрын
Should've did it with a tesla
@alexanderbarr6 жыл бұрын
Matt Patt tesla only had one car back then
@theshadowman13986 жыл бұрын
Yeah and Jeremy shown that it was utter crap.
@alexanderbarr6 жыл бұрын
The Shadow Man That review was staged to ridicule the idea of electric cars then. Apparently the brakes broke and the battery overheated but tesla said the data recording that they had on the vehicle showed no evidence of the issues jeremy clarkson reported.
@theshadowman13986 жыл бұрын
Tesla was full of shit, and lost twice in court.
@alexanderbarr6 жыл бұрын
The Shadow Man no. The case was dropped by both parties on agreement to not slander each other. Top gear lied.
@gamingmac96076 жыл бұрын
Get back the horse and carts
@PooriaHana4 жыл бұрын
Tigg looks at the guy and thinking "Poof! Energy efficient! What a fool!" Electric car owners please know that Disposing batteries is the worst thing to environment. the best thing is to use public transportation or just enjoy petrol cars!
@evolt75534 жыл бұрын
Electric cars are still cleaner over their lifetime than a comparable internal combustion engine car.
@pHD77 Жыл бұрын
Try googling - battery recycling already exists for EVs. Only caveats about that right now is the cost of doing it, because they haven't had that many EV batteries come in, since an EV battery often finds another "life" doing something like home power storage or aids in grid stabilization. But once plenty of those batteries truly reach end of life, it's already possible to extract about 85-95 percent of the materials used in EV batteries to go into new batteries. In short, it's already somewhat circular in terms of keeping the polluting footprint of EV batteries down.
@buzzardbait46 жыл бұрын
Worst value for any vehicle, for the money.
@Zero_Ninety6 жыл бұрын
Apparently this is the future. God help us all.
@bid846 жыл бұрын
Zero Ninety It was 8 years ago, therefore the past, equivalent vehicle now , Volt/leaf can do 250 Miles + and charging takes a couple of hours.
@theshadowman13986 жыл бұрын
Oh wow 250 miles ( on a very good day ) and waiting hours for it to recharge, no thanks petrol it is.
@beetooex6 жыл бұрын
+The Shadow Man. Fair enough. Every year they get less shit though. Tipping point is not so far off...
@MsSomeonenew6 жыл бұрын
This is the future... if you can't work out the calender.
@OriginalPiMan6 жыл бұрын
The Shadow Man Not waiting hours; waiting half an hour. Fast charge standards are frequently improving, with the general goal being to fill a large car battery to at least 80% in under half an hour. The next model of CCS quick charge can do current batteries around 15 minutes.
@FhargaZ6 жыл бұрын
Really crappy car
@dparker8419k6 жыл бұрын
Yes r Elson musk this is the future
@evolt75536 жыл бұрын
You mean Elsa from Frozen? :D
@theshadowman13986 жыл бұрын
You must be some kind of masochist if you are willing to spend almost 40K on a car that is ugly as a backside of a baboon and continuously at risk to run out of charge and it takes half a day to recharge.
@wojciechmuras5533 жыл бұрын
This car now costs under 5k. And 5k for a commuter car that doesn't burn a drop of expensive gasoline is really not bad. Of course if you have a petrol car waiting in the garage for any longer trip. PS. Half a day, or as we, EV drivers call it... the night. It's really a non-issue, you come home in the evening with a low battery, plug in, go to sleep, wake up, unplug, and enjoy a full battery. It's great.