Look like Mitsu still try to promote EV

[camiev]

Look like Mitsu still try to promote EV
What do you made of this?


http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1076367_mitsubishi-unveils-pikes-peak-challenger-i-miev-evolution

 

[JoeS]

camiev, your link was to last year's announcement.
Here's the link to this year's announcement, with two vehicles entered (but no iMiEV like last year):

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/...g-to-pikes-peak-with-two-miev-electric-racers

I'm personally hoping that Mitsubishi wins in what is becoming a competitive EV field, and also takes OVERALL honors.

Wonder what Mitsu has brewing back home that we don't know about...?

 

[RobertC]

It's good to see that Mitsubishi is still promoting electric vehicles.

From the article:

Peak output of the MiEV Evolution II is 536 horsepower.
Other modifications include lighter weight and a more aerodynamic body.
Mitsubishi installed an all-wheel-drive system that consists of four electric motors (one for each wheel) and is controlled by the automaker’s Super-All Wheel Control (S-AWC) technology.

Man, I'd love to drive that car!

 

[jz1]

The Pikes Peak Hill Climb will be the first race where electric vehicles will hold the overall title. They're only 30 seconds off the record and they've been getting faster by leaps and bounds. I wouldn't be shocked at all an electric car took the overall crown this year.

It's interesting that Toyota's entry this year is also 536 horsepower. I wonder if there's a power limitation and that's why they're both 536 hp? The Toyota has 1627 lb-feet of torque which is crazy. The real advantage of electric vehicles in this race is that they have the same power and torque at the top as the bottom; the same can't be said about ICE vehicles.
http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2013/05/toyota-targets-new-electric-car-pikes-peak-record-with-improved-ev-racer.html

 

[Barbagris]

It's interesting that Toyota's entry this year is also 536 horsepower. I wonder if there's a power limitation and that's why they're both 536 hp? The Toyota has 1627 lb-feet of torque which is crazy. The real advantage of electric vehicles in this race is that they have the same power and torque at the top as the bottom; the same can't be said about ICE vehicles.

I think it is simpler (Mitsubishi case): use 4 motors, 100 kW each (400 kW, 536 hp)

Last year, 3-motor, 280 kW total

Another sources:

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/05/17/mitsubishi-confirms-pair-of-miev-evolution-ii-electric-racecars/

More deatils in:

http://www.worldcarfans.com/113051657725/mitsubishi-miev-evolution-ii-to-race-at-pikes-peak

But... 400 kW of power, from a battery with only 50 kWh (8C)... seems hard to fuel the motors for near 10 minutes (perhaps a little more) of climb...

Good luck!

Semi Off Topic: An Euro-Clon is the Peugeot iOn. And each time I hear "Pikes Peak" I remember "Climb Dance", and old short movie, with another Peugeot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH1jRX3CjZs

 

[misterbleepy]

Climb Dance

One of the all time great short car movies :thumbsup:

 

[jz1]

Duh, that's really obvious when you use the metric system. Not that it doesn't make sense to think of power in multiples of 746 instead of 1000. As for the power output of the batteries, if they don't care about longevity or safety they could go with Lipo batteries like they use in the RC world. With 20 seconds of searching, I found a Lipo battery than can sustain 65C discharge and burst to 130C. So if you're conservative and only discharge at 30C, you could output 1.5MW from a 50KWh battery which is nuts.

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__26734__Turnigy_nano_tech_450mAh_2S_65_130C_Lipo_Pack_E_flite_Blade_130X_.html