i-MiEV is The Sounds of Silence. it is MIEV (Mitsubishi In-wheel motor Electric Vehicle) or MiEV (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle)Listen carefully and you might hear the slight whir of its motor, the hint of wind noise and a faint thrum from the tires. Think whisper; that's how quiet this minicar is.
Could this be the sound of future driving? If Mitsubishi has its way, then this Mitsubishi i MIEV — a test bed for an electric vehicle scheduled to be introduced for 2010 — makes a pretty strong case for it. This particular car is one of a 30-vehicle test fleet that's running around Tokyo right now.
At Mitsubishi's first driving demonstration of its i MIEV (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) prototype, we jumped behind the wheel to check out the sounds of silence. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. started production already i MiEV electric car in the next year, and planned to go to Europe and the U.S. market in 2010.
However, whether this environment-friendly cars will also go to the Indonesian market. It seems impossible if the car is environment-friendly can go to the market conditions in the middle of a global economic crisis at this time.
In this case the Director of Marketing KTB lift speech. "Being that our constraints hybrid car or low emission can go to the market of the country," said Marketing Director of KTB Rizwan Alamsyah detikOto when contacted on Saturday (11/4/09).
According to him, in the course price Jepangnya perunit i-MiEV is expensive and even 2 times normal price car, so it is difficult to determine when the cost of the car to enter Indonesia.
However, Riswan be sure if the car can the government subsidy from the KTB can consider the value of the mitsubishi i-MiEV to when in Indonesia, the Indonesian society itself will be moved from vehicle to vehicle beremisi friendly environment.
"One of them revealed the price miEV i-entry by the government, the community can move on to greener cars" said Riswan.
Meanwhile, Indonesia persistence Mitsubishi i-MiEV incorporate the reasons are very environmentally friendly terbukti sure if there is a reserve unit of the vehicle, ready to attend KTB.
"We are ready if there is a message unit i-MiEV," he said.
However, it seems impossible because of the many considerations. "Although there is, it is not possible. What about the needs sparepart they need," he said.
"Once again, it is not possible. We still have to front," specifically.