Car Detailing for Mitsubishi i-MiEV

Detailing your Mitsubishi i-MiEV

The i-MiEV is a tall, narrow egg of a car with the motor under the trunk floor and charge doors on both rear corners, and the few still charging in Toronto driveways belong to people who bought into electric driving early. There is no engine bay to clean, so we focus on the flat glass, the thin cloth that holds odours, and the charge-door seals that collect salt. It is small enough to detail quickly and unusual enough that we enjoy it.

What we watch for on a i-MiEV

• The motor sits under the rear cargo floor, so there is no engine bay; the front compartment is cleaned dry
• Charge-port doors on both rear quarters collect salt and need their seals wiped
• The tall, narrow body has a lot of flat glass that films inside and needs a polish
• Thin cloth seats absorb odours and respond to extraction
• Front and rear tires are different widths, and the small wheels trap salt behind their covers

Electric vehicles: quiet, glassy and light on the engine bay

EVs have big glass roofs, minimal controls on screens, vegan leather and no engine bay to degrease. The work is mostly about glass clarity, screen-safe cleaning, paint protection and careful wheel and charge-port care.