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Yes, for sustained high current loads, the NEC (National Electric Code) says to limit the current to 80% of the outlet's rating, so 80% of 20 amps is 16 amps. Your car will only draw a little over 14 amps when charging, so your outlet is . . . . perfect!

Actually, the 'charger' is built into the car - What you're buying is the EVSE which connects the AC mains to the charger in the car That one will work just fine and will recharge the car as fast as possible, using either 120 Volt L1 or 240 volt L2 - Of course, L2 will be faster. The car's...

This sounds like the stock Panasonic EVSE, which is only capable of 8 amps on 120 volts - Very slow. Many of us had this EVSE 'upgraded' so that it can do 12 amps on 120 volts *or* 12 amps on 240 volts, but I kinda doubt that's been done to the one you're getting, because she says she has...

The Tesla Mobile Connector which comes with every car they sell is the neatest thing since sliced bread - I wish every EV manufacturer had the foresight to come up with something similar, rather than just giving us the nearly useless 120 volt Level 1 EVSE which they usually have preset at 8 or...

Well, my wife passed away after 5 major lung cancer surgeries over the last 3 years and before she died, she indicated that she wanted her car to go to our daughter in law . . . . who lost her drivers license after an accident at age 16 and never got another one until last month at age 42. We...

I'll have a right hand mirror available in a couple weeks. One of our 3 cars was recently totaled and I plan to buy it back as soon as the insurance company is ready to write it off

To mount wheels which require a larger center bore, it's not terribly expensive to have the wheel put in a lathe and have the center bore machined to whatever diameter you require. I did not have to do this with my iMiEV when I mounted BMW Mini wheels, but not wanting to use spacers, I did have...

The key numbers so compare are the overall diameter and especially the overall circumference of each tire. The 185/55 is just 1.3% smaller for both measurements than the 175/60, that results in the revolutions per mile going from 867 for the 175 to 877 for the 185. That's pretty close and I...

Our original 2012 SE just found a new home - It has just over 35,000 miles on it. We gifted it to our daughter in law who now has her first car!

$13K AU to USD is still about $9K which is a bunch to invest in an old car . . . . and then there's shipping to the USA and installation costs. I'd love to have that installed in one of my cars, but it just doesn't seem practical

I'm inclined to believe the problem has something to do with the LiFePO4 battery as well - We have so little experience here with anything other than lead acid 12 volt batteries. My thought would be to put a good lead acid battery in there and see what voltages you have when charging and when...

The dealer installed it, so you assume it's new and in good shape and it's never sat for a long time . . . . or, you checked the date code on the battery and that's how you know it's new? Sadly, not all dealers would pay for a brand new battery for a car they're going to get rid of soon...

We sure did. Never heard of the "30% after 10 years or 20% after 5 years" guarantee - The form we signed said basically the opposite - Degradation is to be expected and the warranty only covers defective cells. I've got one car which basically goes to turtle and slows down with 3 or 4 bars...

A brake recall? That's a new one - Details please In Mitsubishi's opinion, any battery that fully recharges to 16 bars on the fuel gauge is in satisfactory condition, no matter how many amp hours it actually has remaining, so it wouldn't matter if your dealer did do a battery capacity test...

On the ID.4 Premium models (First Edition and Pro S) they added a false floor to the rear half of the cargo compartment to make it a flat floor at the same elevation as the folded seatbacks, which seems like a terrible waste of space to me - You end up with a flat floor with 3 or 4 inches of...

Yeah, 5 miles to go with 2 bars flashing is no problem at all, and as others have said, even if you ran it down to zero with a mile or two to go, you would make it home We used to worry around here about such scenarios 8 or 9 years ago, but it's of absolutely no concern anymore. Once you've...

That's how they charge these cars on every other continent except for North America - Granted, they're using a slightly different EVSE than the wimpy 120 volt ones that come with our cars, but I'd bet the car would charge with a correctly oriented EVSE Don

Joe's given you pretty much all the advice you need, as usual - He's very knowledgeable about these cars I wouldn't worry too much about the Minnesota cold - They sold these cars in Canada and Norway and cold hasn't been much of a problem with them, other than extreme cold does shorten the...

In nearly 10 years with our first iMiEV, I've never driven any other . . . . until last week when I bought a 2021 VW ID.4. When you compare it with the iMiEV, which cost us roughly $36,500 in 2021 dollars, the ID.4 is a completely different animal at $41,750 including destination charge. That...

Let us know what it looks like when you get another one - At $32.50 with shipping, someone is probably clearing $20 or $25 on everyone they sell. For that $$$ I think I'll make my own Don