Recent content by Vike

Pretty excited when I read this, but when I went to that site today the Canada link took me straight to a page on the Outlander PHEV. Glitch, or has our Mighty Mouse also been banished from the Great White North? I'm with you on the regen paddles - those look sweet. I'm resigning myself to...

$8k sounds hard to justify given the market value, maybe consider the alternatives for replacement - it seems resale on all electrics is pretty low, so maybe better to put that $8k toward a LEAF or Volt coming off lease? Any chance a more dedicated/ambitious i-MiEVer (I'm sure they're all here...

If you have a dealership and are only concerned with personal transportation, the electric Smart comes pretty close value-wise. The problem, of course, is no back seat and limited (as in cab of a conventional compact pickup truck) cargo space. I find it unfortunate that those seeking an...

Concur with all the above. Many of the comments at Green Car Reports reflect the usual ignorance, either of the car itself or the fact that "practical" means different things to different people. The i-MiEV has supplanted our Gen2 Prius as my favorite car ever, and I doubt it will be bettered...

I'll second Joe's concern. From the vague "technical note" that was posted, I gather that Mitsu added a "Contact test" and CHAdeMO makers added that test, but the tests aren't compatible. Older models aren't affected because when asked by a modern charger if they support the new test they say...

We used to, but it did so badly in newer crash tests (i.e. offset collisions) that sales (never strong) utterly tanked. I'm guessing Mazda could have fixed it in the next gen, but it sold so badly I doubt it would be a good investment. This is a shame, as it was probably the most efficient and...

I really wish it won't, for a couple of reasons. First, from the Volt owner's perspective, it's completely unnecessary. DCQC is really a tool for occasionally extending the range of a BEV beyond the norm, either for a busy task list or a longer trip. Volt can handle those situations with its...

If the companies actually combined, the i-MiEV isn't really an attractive product for Nissan, especially with the new Nissan/Mitsu kei cars being electrified soon. Even those will be more important internationally than as U.S. products, which I doubt they'd be. It wasn't cheap to get the 'i'...

Yes, I remember, though rest assured I am keeping my silver Weeble for as long as it's running and affordably reparable (I don't recall, you might have caught me in a funk of concern over parts & repairs, but I'm pretty much over that, though the specter of having it totaled in a fender bender...

Thanks for the links, Ben - fun to read, and kudos for a spirited defense of our favorite rolling egg. Good to read you again! I won't go over it all again, but the U.S.-spec i-MiEV is far and away the most mysterious EV on the planet. Mitsubishi's behavior with respect to their clever little...

Yeah, that's my bad. As for what "worst" list(s) you were talking about, your wording wasn't specific and the winking emoji might be taken to imply snark, so I interpreted it as taking exception to my argument that "CR's got it in for the i-MiEV and that's something they have to answer for."...

Your point being? On what conceivable basis would you say the i-MiEV "didn't actually make any 'worst' lists"? I cited a specific example of exactly that -- did you think I made that up? For the record, here's the URL for CR's "Worst Cars of 2015" list...

It was very destructive, especially because of network effects. CR's take was quoted and re-quoted, referenced in many survey articles listing EVs or (egads) Worst Cars. CR delivered the i-MiEV another kick in the crotch last December, bothering to include a car that barely exists (in part...

I'm in the far NE Heights, north of Alameda just off I-25, but we putter around the NE down to downtown/UNM quite a bit, and the i-MiEV's usually the car we take to Isotopes Park - just look for your twin (though my 2012 ES isn't so well equipped - no rear speakers, no heat for passenger seat...

Given the massive depreciation on these cars, you have to wonder what the problem is. It wouldn't take much to total it for cheap, and I can't believe they're particularly accident-prone. Perhaps Progressive has had some personal injury claims experience that's skewed their underwriting - we...