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What a beautiful day (finally) here in Northern New York- 60F and sunny, most welcome after the winter we had! I took iGor the iMiEV out to stretch its legs today, doing what I had been hoping to do since June 2012 when I bought it. I drove about 80 miles away from home, stopping to charge a...

I'm an electrical engineer and member of the IEEE- this month's Spectrum has some serious bear bait in it. Don't read if you're in a fightin' mood. http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/unclean-at-any-speed Cheers Rich

A cold front came through last night, dropping a little snow and providing Potsdam with its coldest morning so far this year (about 7F/-14C). I _thought_ I noticed some reduction in both power output and regen level. I almost always drive in E mode, occasionally using B to "downshift" coming...

Hi all- The leaves are falling in northern New York and we're looking at frost any day now. It brings me to start thinking of winter conditions, specifically low-temperature considerations for the i. I tried my hand at putting together a "Low Temperature Reference Chart," which pulls together...

I just noticed something tonight while using the i-MiEV's remote control. I plugged my car into my L2 EVSE (AeroVironment) and started to charge normally. I then did some experimenting with the remote to set the timer for charging for several hours later. While charging, I turned on the...

One of the things I realized after buying the i-MiEV was how difficult it appears that it will be to change out bulbs in the headlight assemblies. It's very cramped under the hood, and there is almost no clearance behind the light assemblies. The car's brand new, so not a problem right now...