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Someone who has been fairly active on this forum, bennelson has had a serious accident, while testing a friend's converted electric motorcycle. Here's a post on EcoModder with information...

Sad news, folks: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1111892_rip-mitsubishi-i-miev-lowest-range-slowest-electric-car-departs-u-s-market

Nissan has released the first teaser image of the new Leaf: http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2017/05/nissan-has-begun-teasing-its-next-gen-leaf.html This image makes me think the camouflaged cars we have been seeing lately are mules - and the new Leaf will be a total redesign.

This is exciting news I came across yesterday - a new company called EV Fleet Inc. will begin producing an electric 1/2 ton truck chassis, with several different cargo options: EV Fleet, Inc.: | Electric Pickup Trucks for Fleets...

Hi, My Dad's stock portable charger is not working at all. It is the new 12A/8A unit they got to replace the original 8A unit that my Dad broke by driving away with it still plugged in; and this one has the latch broken. When we plug it in, it doesn't light up at all, and the GFI breaker is...

Have you done any aerodynamic modifications to lower the drag, and if so, what sort of results have you seen? In particular, things like smooth and flat wheel covers, a smooth belly pan (full or partial), adding a Kamm back, adding rear wheel skirts, or swapping out the wiper blades with the...

This is quite interesting: http://www.plugincars.com/open-source-ev-home-charger-priced-offered-99-caveats-127763.html So, $119 for the base kit, $219 for the full kit, $319 for the preassembled full unit - all then need the cable of your choice, as well.

I'm wondering if plugging a ScanGauge II or Ultragauge into the ODB II plug in the i MiEV would let you see the range remaining and the rate of energy use and the remaining charge, etc. - without having to scroll through the stock display on the dash? Has anybody tried this? If not, I can see...

This is excellent! A solar powered car that seats four people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=905HHucCkKI 905HHucCkKI The Solar Team Eindhoven (STE) of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) presented the world's first solar-powered family car. "Stella" is the...

It is great to see this sort of vehicle coming onto the market. It is a reverse trike model called the Elf and it is built by Organic Transit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqWeYsrfNK8 They also have a larger fully enclosed utility trike model called the TruckIt. They are pretty serious...

The Mitsubishi i MiEV and Outlander battery problem (and probably the Boeing Dreamliner 787 battery flaw?) has been found: http://green.autoblog.com/2013/04/25/mitsubishi-outlander-plug-in-battery-fire-cause/ Edit: more information here...

This is the latest SIM-Drive concept car, called the SIM-CEL - SIM-Drive is a consortium that includes Mitsubishi: Sim-CEL has Tesla-quick performance, lasers for high beams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsfMiLxytEI&feature=player_embedded...

Greetings, I've been ecodriving for almost 5 years now, and I've lowered my energy cost by at least 50% average all year round. Even though I drive an ICE (until I finish building my CarBEN EV5 project), the basic principles are the same for all drivetrains. Here's an episode of Chronicle...

Hello, My brother has done a little research and found this Siemens Versicharge 30A indoor/outdoor charging station: http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-203352378/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053 Does anyone on the forum have one of these or a similar one who can verify that it is...

In helping my Dad learn about the i MieV, I was shocked to find that the remaining range estimate does not have its own dedicated display! It is the 7th display out of 8 - the toggle button is a real pain to use *especially* while you are driving. (My wife's Scion xD has this same problem...)...

I have been designing an electric car for a few years - and this year I started actual construction; using a 3-axis CNC machine called a PhlatPrinter 3 to cut 1" layers of foam. I then glue the layers together so they form a "stair step" rough shape of the design, and now I have been smoothing...

My father bought an i MiEV yesterday! My brother has been driving his for several months already - so that is two i MiEV's in our family! My dad (who is 82 years old) has been riding his e-bike, but not he will be a lot safer and warmer driving his i. And my brother's wife has been driving...

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1080166_dealer-discounts-2012-mitsubishi-i-electric-car-to-smart-level So, you can buy the i MiEV for under $25,000 -- pretty good deal!

I missed the start of this thread over on CleanMPG.com and it quickly got very long, because of concerns about charging the i MiEV. http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44322 But Wayne (who is the guy who coined the term "hypermiling") has coaxed some impressive numbers out of the i...