Mitsubishi i-MiEV: An Electric Car for Environmental and Public Health

Studies in Canada, France, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States find no convincing cause-and-effect relationships between 30-year rises in air pollution and asthma incidences. Asthma specialists give greater likelihoods, as causes, to breathable waste products from dust mites in heaters and insulation and to commercial, industrial and residential cleaning products.

Researchers with the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and with Asthma UK have final conclusions on hold since asthma attacks increase in congested traffic. Air pollution from traffic congestion is generated by emissions of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide from biodiesel-, diesel-, gasoline- and petrol-fueled cars.

Emissions from the power stations that generate the electricity that recharges electric plug-in cars such as Citroën C-Zero, Mitsubishi i-MiEV and Peugeot iOn join in polluting. 

Electric cars keep emission levels and pollution rates lower when battery recharging times respect off-peak hours from 11 p.m. (23:00 military time) to 7 a.m. (7:00).

Michael Boxwell lists daily peak hours for electricity demand in the United Kingdom from 8:00 to 10:30 a.m. and from 5:00 (17:00) to 7:30 p.m. (19:30). The national power grid in the United Kingdom makes correlations between battery recharge times and mini-peak, off-peak and peak usages exact with reports every five minutes. The updates note the level and source of electric power since higher demand results in higher electricity costs and lower electric bills result from lower demand.

Michael Boxwell offers respective carbon footprints of 38 and 70 grams per kilometer (2.29 and 2.47 ounces per mile) for off-peak and peak battery recharge times. 

Electricity from coal-fired power stations pushes the carbon footprint for the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the innovative Electric Vehicle, to 152.28 grams per kilometer (5.37 ounces per mile). Michael Boxwell comparatively quantifies Toyota Aygo’s and Fiat Panda’s internal combustion engine-generated footprints at 164.46 and 186.70 grams per kilometer (5.80 and 6.58 ounces per mile).

The 85 percent recyclability, that will reach 97 percent by 2020, of light, long-lasting, powerful lithium ion reduces unfriendly environmental and public health impacts of batteries.

Michael Boxwell says that his Mitsubishi i-Miev family car, driven 8,600 miles (13,840.36 kilometers) from December 2009 until March 2011, cost £7.13 ($11.63) in monthly recharges.

He thinks that airy interiors, easy maneuverability, good visibility, high-up seating, six-hour charge times and 93-mile (149.67-kilometer) ranges make the Mitsubishi i-MiEV budget-, environment- and health-friendly.  

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet. 

After a debut at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show, Mitsubishi i was successfully released in January 2006. In July 2006, 3 1/2 years later, Mitsubishi i-MiEV was launched in Japan.
Mitsubishi i-MiEV (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle): five-door hatchback is electric version of Mitsubishi i.: AutoGuide.com @AutoGuide, via Twitter Dec. 1, 2015, @ https://twitter.com/AutoGuide/status/671805753154400256

Mitsubishi i-MiEV charges in Dortmund's city center.
central North Rhine-Westphalia state, northwestern Germany; Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 14:43: Rudko, Public Domai (CC0 1.0), via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dortmund_16.03.2011_15-43-16.JPG

Mitsubishi i-MiEV's dashboard: Electric Road Trip @EVehicular, via Twitter Nov. 7, 2015, @ https://twitter.com/EVehicular/status/663187700883841024

"Mitsubishi i MiEV 2016 Review / TestDriveNow" (4:53)
Uploaded September 4, 2015, by Steve Hammes New Car Reviews to YouTube ~ URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CXICLEFYCw

system diagram of Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric vehicle
electric power steering system (EPS); electric vehicle electronic control unit (EV-ECU): LeeColleton at English Wikipedia & Shigeru23 at Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mitsubishi_iMiEV_(System_Diagram)_F.png

Mitsubishi i-MiEV: Mitsubishi's affordable electric car was launched in Japan in 2009 and internationally in 2010.
Mitsubishi skipped over a 2015 model but the i-MiEV has returned as a 2016 model.: Mitsubishi i @Mitsubishi, via Facebook Sept. 13, 2013, @ https://www.facebook.com/iMitsubishi/posts/603353726375024/

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Boxwell, Michael. 3 August 2015. The Electric Car Guide: 2015 Edition. Discover the Truth About Owning and Using Electric Cars. Coventry, England, UK: Greenstream Publishing. 

Boxwell, Michael. 2 May 2016. The Electric Car Guide: 2016 Edition. Discover the Truth About Owning and Using Electric Cars. Coventry, England, UK: Greenstream Publishing.