The Mia Electric is an Electric City Car with a Central Driver's Seat
Added 2019-11-18 15:01:01 +0000 UTCI asked the Lane Motor Museum if I could come and film some of their oddball cars. Of the four I featured, this one is my favorite.
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You say that like that's a problem
Aaron Ries
2019-11-26 20:30:13 +0000 UTCI got this idea from a nifty little accessory I saw on a couple '50s cars: it was a little prism or jeweled piece of clear plastic/glass that sat at the base of the windshield/dashboard, designed to capture and glow with the colour of the traffic light blocked by the low windshield.
Matt Dupuis
2019-11-20 17:39:40 +0000 UTCI'm not sure if it's right, but that sound like a plausible explanation. The drivers seat seems to be pretty far back from the windscreen.
Jeremy P
2019-11-20 17:30:10 +0000 UTCI was thinking lunch trays too!
Jeremy P
2019-11-20 17:28:30 +0000 UTClet me know if you need anything translated.
2019-11-18 19:47:16 +0000 UTCSorry Rob - I have to guess: Can you see traffic lights from the driver's seat? I wonder if those are to help you see the colour of them without ducking your head ?
Matt Dupuis
2019-11-18 19:12:59 +0000 UTCHere, I got you this (strange turn signal sound): https://youtu.be/TQegJoa0F6Y
Garrett Rabenold
2019-11-18 18:16:27 +0000 UTCSomething about those interior trays remind me of a lunch tray you'd see in a hospital cafeteria. Looking forward to more videos of cars from the Lane Motor Museum, that place is a treasure and I need to find an excuse to go back.
Nick Elrod
2019-11-18 18:08:09 +0000 UTCToo bad I'd have to sit on top of the engine
Aging Wheels
2019-11-18 17:10:12 +0000 UTCDespite not understanding absolutely anything in that, I loved perusing that manual. Thanks for the link!
Aging Wheels
2019-11-18 17:07:09 +0000 UTCI love the looks. It just needs a battery and motor upgrade (and for it not to be built by the French).
evilution
2019-11-18 16:22:06 +0000 UTCGreat video, being french I looked for the purpose of those dashboard mirrors, no help in the user manual. Link here: http://vehiculeselectriques.free.fr/Download/mia/mia%20manuel_utilisation_livre_16_05_2013_0.pdf
2019-11-18 16:02:33 +0000 UTCYou have to convert the bus to a central steering position. :P
Aleksander
2019-11-18 15:20:06 +0000 UTCDude I so love your enthousiasm :) And that's a cute and quirky car.
RLB
2019-11-18 15:08:55 +0000 UTC
