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Thanks Stan. I ordered one. I wish it was installed last winter. And thanks for your great documentation on how to install the heater. Good job.

It's interesting to compare cost per unit: Tesla is the cheapest per battery kWh. The LEAF has the lowest cost per pound. Spark has the lowest cost per HP. iMiEV is the lowest cost and the lightest. . This chart represents the latest values I could find. Please update as the data changes. I...

Checking the arithmetic: If 100% is 16kWh & 17% is 2.72 kWh then 100% - 17 % = 13.28kWh The battery could take 13.28kWh from one bar to full and some slightly larger kWh from the Chargepoint station. If the iMiEV charger is 95% efficient, the Chargepoint station should read 14 kWh for...

She likes driving her Jeep Liberty with infinite heating, cooling, range and her own Garmin GPS with her own Recent and Favorites. She doesn't drive often, maybe one or two short trips a week. It takes her four months to use half a tank of gas. We now use Shell premium because it last longer...

Be a gentlemen. Be happy she wants to share your life and your car. My wife will not drive our MiEV. Not only should you be glad to go through the routine, but you could set it for her if you know she is going to drive it. (Oh and while your at it, next time, put the toilet seat back down when...

My guess is the decisions ARE being make by, and paid for by, the factory and that's why the local shop explanations are not clear. The local mechanic is just following factory directives. In the past replacing the battery meant shipping a car from japan, swapping batteries and shipping back to...

JoeS: I like the way you think, but you are a little harsh since you can "simply" manually disable the 'safety' feature. I like this 'safety' feature, but I dislike the manual disable from the Fiat owner's manual: In order to move the vehicle in cases where the transmission will not shift out...

Yes, I ordered a pack. Brain says that my UPS SHIPMENT HAS BEEN PICKED-UP. I don't have a organized plan, just lots of half baked crazy ideas. For example: 1. A small 90 cell trailer that parallels the 88 MiEV cells. I've had better ideas. 2. 12V car batteries @ $170. These cells don't like...

There is 4 cells in an 8.5 lb module wired 2S2P. Two in-series pairs that are wired in parallel. That's 7.5V @ 130 AH per 8.5 lb module. Two series modules might make a thin 12"x9"x3", 12V battery with 15V (16.8V max) @ 130 AH per 17 lbs.

Sorry. Yes, that's the link that I neglected to insert. Thank you for correcting my error. If the Fed tax credit could be changed to a $7500 discount at purchase, many more buyers would be interested. Yes, I agree -- the game is changing.

It should be obvious to anyone that has driven a Mitsubishi i-MiEV that Michael Perkins has not. Has anyone ever had trouble reaching either milestone? Other than that, this is one of the more positive reviews. (Okay, okay, Beccy Gordon only averaged 47 mph in her stock i-MiEV climbing up...

Nothing. Free, but I don't think I saw a single ChargePoint station during my first year. I have had my ChargePoint for two years and I still have the original $25 in my ChargePoint account. All the stations that I needed to use the card have been free so far. That is changing quickly now that...

All five no cost stations said NOT AUTHORIZED: Session Limit Reached. I bought my ChargePoint card online with my credit card. I then registered on their webste, and I still have my original $25 on it. The problem was I never clicked the "add another card" on the account page. There was already...

The $3,600 includes the shipping to EVTV but not the shipping from EVTV. My shipping was $460 196 Cells: 96S2P so that's $18.37 per 65 Ah cell 48 Modules with 4 cells in module Construction 2 in-series pairs in parallel ` Length 11.9291" (303 mm) ` Width 8.7795" (223 mm) ` Thickness...

I drove pass my local Bowie Town Center a few days ago. Wow! A new eVgo (level 2 and 3) CHAdeMO charger. 1. Sort of: The level 3, nrg eVgo Freedom Stations are never called CHAdeMO. Edit:(My guess is nrg is not licensed to use the CHAdeMO name.) I guessed wrong. Riveted to the cable side of...

Many of the older Japanese 15" SPACESAVER tires had wheels of 15", 100mm 4 bolt, 4", 4.5" and 5" wide. I bought several of these real cheap ($6) at a junk yard. These spacesaver wheels are difficult for the recycle yards to sell. Most of the acceptable spacesaver tires seem to have the same...

MRAnnen pointed out that the motor rpm is the speed in mph times 100. Closer inspection shows: Since the i-MiEV motor’s usable maximum is 8,500 rpm at 81 mph: 8500 rpm/ 81 mph = 105 rpm/mph Therefore: mph x 105 = rpm This agrees with Canion data: Thanks to MRAnnen for pointing out this...

Great lecture on Li-ion Batteries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxP0Cu00sZs

Don. You're right. You point out three issues that I missed. Thank you. The chart says 22.4, but I typed 24.4". That's a typing error. Both Revs/Mile are way off. Yep. You're right again. Now the most interesting part: Yes! "Pretty tricky." Does the i-MiEV have BOTH hardware TMPS AND...

That's a coincidence. One day last week, I spent all day (and $8 for toll roads) in a auto parts "junk yard" looking for a SPARE TIRE for my favorite car. The SpaceSaver temporary spares T125/70D15 and T135/70D15 with 100 mm four lugs from some old Toyotas, Hondas, and VWs seems to fit the...