Seat have introduce an all-electric version of the Mii. Dubbed the eMii and based on VW e-Up!, the zero-emission city car is being referred to as a
prototype by the company's officials, who pulled the covers off it at the
Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, Spain.
Powering the new Seat eMii is an electric motor that
generates 81 horsepower and 210 Nm of torque, according to Autocar,
quoting the automaker. This allows it to reach 100 km/h from a
standstill in 11.3 seconds - more than a second faster than the e-Up!, and up
to a top speed of 129 km/h.
Charging its batteries takes 9 hours using a
household plug, and once completed, the eMii will offer an estimated 160 km of range. Seat says that plugging it into a public fast
charger will fill the batteries up to 80 percent in just 30 minutes.
Workers at Seat's new 'Metropolis:Lab Barcelona',
created to develop new vehicle connectivity features, which will become
operational this April, will get to test a fleet of 10 Seat eMiis around the
Spanish city, as part of a local carsharing pilot project. The staff, which
consists of approximately 1,000 people, will have the small EVs at their
disposal, and will get to operate them using a digital key and their
smartphones.
In addition to presenting the new Seat eMii
prototype, the automaker also revealed the company's vision of the future at
the Mobile World Congress. Previewed by the Seat ID simulator, this is a
technology that forms new interactions "between the car, the user and
their environment".
It also features a predictive assistant that
"helps drivers optimize their time, anticipating their needs and offering
suggestions automatically according to the context", and provides
real-time traffic forecasts, en-route recommendations, and suggestions
depending on the driver's schedule.
