Mitsubishi’s iMIEV Brings Innovative Ideas to Electric Cars
Well we’ve been seeing a whole bunch of new electric vehicle concepts, securing the age-old idea that we’ll all drive electric cars in the near future.
Unfortunately electric cars still have a problem with range. Most of them are very energy efficient, but still can’t drive very far without needing a recharge.
Mitsubishi has put some innovative ideas into the iMIEV to solve this problem. Use green energy!
The iMIEV features a solar panel on the roof and two compact wind turbines in the front to generate electricity. Along with solar and wind, the iMIEV has a regenerative braking system, which uses braking friction to generate electricity.
These technologies help recharge the car’s battery and helps to improve the car’s range. The solar roof alone adds about 20 miles to the range. It’s not much, but every little bit helps, and if it’s green energy, all the better!
In addition to the green power, the car features LED based lighting, heat-absorbing window glass, and green plastic – a plastic made from plant resin.
It’s great to see some innovative thinking in creating a green car, it’s ideas like this which will give us the car of the future, not just a simple concept.
via Treehugger
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It’s a really great concept car with some very good ideas for improving the range but if it was more aereodynamic it could boost it’s range significantly. Maybe a more sporty design could make it sell way better
it’s true, the design could surely be improved. Car manufacturers always think they have to redesign the outside of the car when they make an electric car. The tesla’s the obvious exception, but most electric cars do need a bit of a makeover before they’ll be widely accepted.