Yes, the vehicle has a very "plastic" feel inside. Essentially when it was built they put an expensive battery in a "cheap" vehicle. The Mitsubishi I is a Japanese Kei car in Japan. Built to be small and cheap ($12,000 new). They put a $20,000 lithium battery in it and came up with the i-Miev. Result you have an Expensive cheap car--not a good idea if you want it to sell well and only 600 units sold in Canada.

Yes, 2 million per year and 26 million total cars in Canada. Only 6000 people..that's how rare the i-Miev would be. Yes, the majority of adult Canadians have vehicles. Reason: Canada is a huge country and long distances between locations. Public transit is very poor between major centers and only large cities have a somewhat decent bus system.

As for crowding on the roads. In the major cities and especially between major cities the traffic can be very bad.

On the major highways outside of major cities the roads are typically wide open. As an exampmle: If I travel from Abbotsford (where I live) to Rosswood (where I want to retire) the distance is 1400km. The first 80km is between two small cities and can be slow travel (60-80km/hr) but after that wide open (100+km/hr for the entire trip...except through the small towns along the way).

Getting a bus to do the same trip.

• No direct bus. The trip would take 3 different busses.
• First bus to Kamloops--leaves once a day.
• Second bus to Edmonton--leaves two or three times a week.
• Third bus to Terrace--leaves every other day.
  ...No bus to Rosswood so you would have to walk 38km

Total bus trip time: 5+ days plus a 10hr walk.

There is a reason people have cars in Canada ;)

Of course the other option is a 1hr flight and shuttle bus from my city to destination. It's about the same price as fuel for a 1400km journey by car.

I know most Nigerians don't fly much but in Canada is can often be cheaper than driving and much faster.