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My takeaway on this airbag mess is that there is a corrosion issue involved with the "metal Shards" being expelled. When I first heard about the recalls, I remember that coastal areas or damp areas were targeted first for replacement. I always wondered how you determined if the car you were...

Free Supercharging for life was always an option for the Model S. When I bought my S85 in 2014, Supercharging at the time was included in the $10,000 85 KW upgrade package over the S60 model. The package included the larger battery, different tires, a couple of other minor things and free...

300 bar 700 bar? Sounds scary to me. I drive CNG fueled vehicles and they are only 250 bar (3600 PSI) in the US and limited to 200 bar (2900 PSI) in Canada. If you have ever seen the result of a CNG tank explosion at those "low" pressures you sure wouldn't want to be within a city block of...

Not that it hurts anything but you would be surprised how much heat is generated in the drive system during recharging from the internal charger. The motor which is in the cooling loop and also electrically part of the charging circuit gets quite warm. The coolant pump runs for several seconds...

I can also say with Allstate in Florida, the two cars (a 2012 I-MiEV SE and a 2014 Tesla Model S) both with full coverage were within 10% of each other. The I-MiEV was the 10% higher vehicle. I asked the agent at the time why and his response was the value of the car is way less than the value...

Do you know someone with a CANION that could plug into your car? You need to look at the cell voltages and see where the issue is. You might have a single failing cell not a totally bad or degraded pack. The dealer (for a fee) could also look at the levels. A failing cell should get you a...

The car picture is a gasoline KEI class Mitsubishi, not an electric. Along with it's age, the best giveaway is the tailpipe visible in the picture of the rear of the car. That being said, if you don't care for your car at all (as evidenced by the additional non corrosion damage) it's going to...

When I see all that unsprung weight, I think of the old 60's Jaguar XK-E's with the inboard mounted disc brakes---just to get rid of that weight! I am glad to see Mitsubishi still looking at future EV's. It was hard to figure out a lot from the translation of the article but it appears that...

If the unit has a "tag" on the back that says the unit "automatically adjusts", you may already have a unit that has been converted. I never saw a tag like that on the stock Mitsubishi EVSE. However, and I don't have a evseupgrade EVSE in front of me, I believe they are marked with that...

The I-MiEV has pressure relief valves in the rear by the taillights. In a tightly sealed car you can hardly close the doors or the rear hatch without them. I would expect a pressure spike when you shut the door even with the vents. Might be just the heat from the sun on the exterior along...

Try calling R.C. Hill Mitsubishi in Deland, Fl. The owner wants to get rid of the parts from my 2012 that I sold him in a disassembled state. I know he has the steering wheel airbag. If the parts department seems confused have them ask R.C. about it, leave them your number, and hopefully...

If the I-MiEV continues in production, I doubt there could be any changes to the vehicle. At the current selling price I am sure there is little to no profit in selling it. That also leaves no money for engineering or retooling for a replacement model. It's possible that the existing parts...

I am not sure it can be done. Some of the VIN coded electronic modules can be re-coded with the dealer's M.U.T. scan tool, others cannot. I might be wrong but I believe the ETACS is one of the items that cannot be reprogramed and can only be replaced with a new uncoded unit which can have a...

In the I-MiEV, the front speakers and rear speakers are the same size and will interchange. However, the front speakers are "2 way" with a small coaxial tweeter in the center. The rears do not have the coaxial tweeter. I know they fit in either location because I took the fronts out of the...

Your best bet is to replace the charging "brick" (EVSE) that came with the car for one that will do both level one and level 2 (240 volts). The 8 amp, 120 volt unit is not worth upgrading as the cabling to the connector and internal components are too small. As noted many times on this forum...

Interesting video on the Riversimple. I like his business model, sort of a beyond "renting" the battery in a BEV to a whole renting of the car and some of it's components. It looks like they have solved the fuel cell stack cost problem by "renting" that also. My only question in the video is...

The problem with H2 is the problem in getting it, transporting it and making it work in a vehicle. Although hydrogen is the most common element in the Universe, once it bonds with something else, it is really hard to separate it back out. This has all been covered before so no use going into...

I guess the question is about the 2016 or whatever is the current I-MiEV. Does anyone here own one? Has anyone seen one? I was actually shocked at the 8 sales of whatever they are selling for the entire 1st quarter--it was at the bottom of the list for all EV's (except ones no longer made)...

I just stopped by my local Mitsubishi dealer where I had purchased one I-MiEV and leased another a couple of years ago. Asked my previous sales person about the timing of the PHEV Outlander. She said, "another three months" and then "fall". I told her that I can't wait any longer and have to...

In a normal world you might be able to rebuild it. Unfortunately in this world where you can buy a lower mile, undamaged, clean title I-MiEV for $5k it just doesn't make sense. It's getting to the point that a flat tire will total a I-MiEV. That being said, if you were able to get it for next...