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Well that may leave this thread a bit bare for some time since, in Oz at least, the I has a 5year warranty so there should be no at owners expense repairs. The remote control is covered under any reasonable insurance policy, less excess maybe, so that is not a expense either. Front and rear...

Guys... I hope you realise... Granturismo 5 'the real driving simulator' is a CG game. Best not get sucked in.

Another tyre (tire) option.... http://forums.aeva.asn.au/imiev-tyre-wear-status_topic3671_post48256.html#48256 The Oz iMiEV had 145x65 R15 dunlop enersave 2030s on the front. The Continental ecocontact 155x60 R15 goes on same rim with 0.4% change in rolling diameter, but with a very different...

No no don't move it !!! it is just what we all need to hear about. Hopefully just an isolated case.... but all our warranties run out one day and the very detail of how Mitsi dealt with it is important. ..and how tonymil detected it and how he worked with it 'till battery replaced etc.etc. We...

Good news Tonymil ! You have our full attention on this battery replacement exercise. Please flood us with detail ! Chili's charge. Does that come with rice ? Chili's here don't have parking let alone L1,L2 charge stations. BTW, when it comes to full on DC fast charging stations, my nearest is...

Yes, agreed. The energy meter is in kWh not Ah (as was common in EV conversions) or volts. It counts in and out kW and a large part of the 'recalibration' is the clearing of cumulative errors from counting in/out. Still, no driver fault was flagged in Tony's case ? (meter not reaching 16 bars...

Yes, I hear what you are saying re the recalibration of the gauge but... 1) Tony's experience that showed 14 bars with no other driver indication of a fault suggests the contrary (albiet with a possible battery fault, but un-flagged to driver) Indeed this may make most sense. 2) My iMiEV...

That's a question I have too. Don seemed supremely confident on how the power meter works... although I can't see technical backup of the assumptions involved. Can anyone direct me to statements by mitsi of what to expect ? I've only got 27,900km up so far and I still see 1 bar = 1kWh and the...

Any updates on the replacement battery pack ? Mitsi must have great confidence in their BMS to send an i with a cell fault back out on the road. There is a risk of somewhere between inconvenience and gross failure if there is a known cell fault. ...unless perhaps there is a BMS shunt...

Actually wrong math. The LEV50's are taken to about 3.955V at end of charge but the capacity of a battery pack is calculated at the nominal voltage at a given discharge rate. In the case of EV lithiums this is usually the 1hr rate (~50A). The LEV50 nominal voltage is 3.7V so the correct...

That's the point of this test. The 5% is just a general recommendation. In fact, when charging the i, there is no black ban rule on using extention cables. Consider the cable heat and power wasted and rain and foot trip factor etc but you can do it. It is not like a voltage dependant induction...

The charge-amp 'in J1772 plug' EVSE works reliably at all current selections on my i. 6A, 10A and 16A (the 16A actually takes the i to its 3.3kW charger limit with only 14A on 230V mains) This came from http://charge-amps.com/um-evse Note. This plug is only IP44 , not the IP54/67 of the yazaki

I did a little test to consider the EV manufacturer advice not to charge via extention cords (cables). I connected my iMiEV charging from its 'portable' 10A EVSE unit at the end of 100m + 20m + 10m + 10m of extention cables. The cables were just dumped in a loosely bundle on the ground...

I thought the LiFePO4 cells have a voltage of 3.2V, yet the Yuasa LEV50s used in iMiEV are clearly stated as being 3.7V What is the chemistry ?

OK, so there is a fair chance the iMiEV battery pack was at fault given that Mitsubishi is taking the non charging battery issue seriously. One trick of the trade I use, having come from EV conversion background, is to charge my i via a timer. There is the usual 16A MCB (230V) with RCD feeding...

So a newer, lighter and more efficient emotor ???? Given the present emotor is 95%+ efficient already that last part has me wondering. Newer ? OK, this year's model Lighter ? I guess that a kilogram matters but... Hey, if they really want to move the technology on then leave those bits alone...

The other thing that towing a trailer (apart from its utility purpose) could be the option to experiment with aerodynamics in the i's brick wall rear end area. I do plenty of 100kmph driving and the wind drag is very noticeable in energy use.

Thanks for posting with the pics sandange. I guess that vehicle manufacturers think that towing means a minimum standard size of 1200kg trailer or perhaps 750kg without brakes and that would be OTT for the little i. I agree that responsible load and driving are the important issues for towing...

edit: now 44,040km in 15 months 170km daily commute most at 100kmph. Charge twice a day. Charge off wind turbine and PV at one end. Gas fired Pstation at the other. Love that car ! :D

OK, so spend hundreds of millions of dollars developing a 30 minute fit DC fast charger option and just add that development cost to the selling price of the vehicle. I think you get the point. I'm always told never to say never. Let alone never ever. ;) Looking at the J1772 signalling...