First drive of i-MiEV (Series One) - Page 2

Very tall for the short and narrow foot print.  It would suit big basketball players!

Under the front: the electric assist rack and pinion steering plus the electric air conditioner compressor

Under the rear:  AC motor and small transaxle housing with two half shafts (note reverse mechanically selected)

·        There are a number of little clever things like the use of PBS-bamboo fiber (referred to as Green Plastic) used in the tailgate trim

Note: The use of PBS-bamboo fiber cuts CO2 life-cycle emissions (from extraction of raw materials to final disposal of product) by more then 10 percent compared with using polypropylene

Here is the very simple clean instrument cluster