The pdf specifications state that it's NEDC range.
But it would still seem to be more efficient. Makes one wonder if they improved the battery some?
JoeS wrote:What year model does Mitsubishi say you have after you put in your complete VIN after the equal sign?
https://www.mitsubishicars.com/rs/file/monroney?vin=
JoeS wrote:This is the first I had heard of a "Long Range" i-MiEV, and I also would like some corroboration of that assertion as well as details of this battery pack. Note that there was no EPA rating change (after it was bureaucratically downgraded from 62 to 59 a few years ago). Although judicious hypermiling on the flat and warm San Juaquin Valley could readily produce RR=99 on a new 16kWh battery, a consistent RR of 99 without hypermiling is 'interesting' and maybe does indicate a change? Enquiring minds want to know, as I would have expected Mitsubishi to tout this ... although by 2017 they had given up on the i-MiEV for the US market.
0-60 in nine seconds also doesn't sound right, as our previous US versions have the (infuriating) acceleration ramp-up that gets us into the 14-second region. Looking at KiwiEV's videos shows that the European version did indeed accelerate a bit faster (12 seconds), but nowhere near 9 seconds. Get rid of that ramp-up and 150A current limit and I bet she'd do it in under 9 seconds as IIRC this same motor was used in some of Mitsu's performance vehicles.
JoeS wrote:Speculating, perhaps they changed nothing other than software:
1. For acceleration, simply did away with the artificial ramp-up and upped the 150A max current limit.
2. For range/battery capacity, maybe they reprogrammed to allow the battery a lower usable voltage limit (and perhaps reducing the invisible 'turtle' range)?
kiev wrote:the miev specs on the mitsubishi web site show range of 160 km (100 miles) with 16kwh battery pack... Wow! The rest of the world has a more efficient version now.
https://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/en/showroom/i-miev/
PV1 wrote:...Never heard of an "upscale" i-MiEV for the US. It seems yours has:
1. Larger battery
3. 5th Seat belt, for a very narrow middle, rear passenger.