Owners can also make use of an associated smartphone app, which allows the climate control, lights and locks to be activated remotely, and gives information on journey times and the car's location.
The Mii Electric shares its drivetrain with the recently revealed Skoda Citigo-e iV and replaces the petrol-engined Mii, which went out of production in July.
With an 82bhp electric motor mated to a single-speed transmission, the Mii Electric produces 156lb ft torque, enabling it to accelerate from 0-31mph in 3.9sec and on to a limited top speed of 81mph.
A 36.8kWh battery pack gives a WLTP-certified range of 162 miles. That's two miles fewer than the 164 offered by the Citigo-e iV but 79 more than the ageing Volkswagen e-Up.
Styling changes over the outgoing Mii are subtle, limited to 16in alloy wheels and the addition of illuminated badging to the back and sides. Unlike the Citigo-e iV, the Mii retains the mesh grille fitted to the petrol car.
Inside, the Mii Electric sports a redesigned dashboard, heated, 'performance-inspired' seats and a leather steering wheel, handbrake and gear selector. Boot space is unchanged, at 251 litres.
The Mii Electric is aimed squarely at “those who spend the majority of their time traversing metropolitan and suburban streets”, says Seat. It can be charged in around four hours to 80% capacity from a 7.2kW home wallbox or one hour from a 40kW public fast charger.
Seat said the Mii’s shift to electric power will help prepare its dealerships for the arrival of the El-Born in 2020.
Company president Luca de Meo said: “In Europe, the electric vehicle market grew by 46% in the first four months of the year. Moving forward, we expect electrified vehicles to play an important role within our range.
“The Mii Electric is the start of that journey and at the same time brings to the market an affordable electric car.”
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Peter Cavellini
Sounds ideal..
If your retired and don’t do a lot of miles then this type of car and this range would suit.
Blancster
Peter Cavellini wrote:
Why would you need to be retired?
When are you retiring from useless comments on almost every article on here??
Takeitslowly
Peter Cavellini wrote:
Hilarious...BLANCSTER certainly has like most on here, MARKED YOUR CARD. did you plagiarise that load of tosh from the Ladybird book of nonsense and myths surrounding the reasons to buy an EV?. Fool.
TStag
If they can price these cars
If they can price these cars to compete with regular ICE cars then they will take off. I’m about to start commuting to London every day so need a main family car and a small commuter car to do about 15 miles a day. These cars are perfect as commuter cars.
My only wish is that someone brings out a sportscar as I don’t need the rear two seats! Come on Mazda sort it...
Mikey C
A sensible city car if the
A sensible city car if the price is affordable. I imagine sales volumes will significantly fall over the previous petrol versions though
A bit tedious when each version of a 99.5% identical car gets its own publicity launch though. Will we get the razzmatazz again for the electric Up next week?
Andy1960
Fair
With a 162 mile range (150 in the real world), overnight charging at home and 1 hr charging from a commercial charger this might be the real deal - provided it is priced sensibly, which probably means a manufacturer subsidy.
Takeitslowly
Andy1960 wrote:
The price is quoted within the article, did you read the article?.
Tom Chet
Bad news for the Honda e?
This and the Citigo-e strike me as more useful, and hopefully cheaper, than the Honda e. Presumably the Honda is aiming at a more fashion-conscious market, less concerned with cost.
ralphsmall
EVs
Nice little vehicle. Would you please stop calling them Zero emmision Cars they are anything but Zero emmison. How far do you need to drive them to break even on production energy and how is the electricity that charges them generated.
si73
ralphsmall wrote:
This has been said many times before, surely it is obvious that zero emissions refers to the cars emissions, not its power supplier or factory, the same as emissions are given for ice cars based solely on what they produce, not the manufacture of the car or production/refining of its fuel.
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