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http://www.electric-vehiclenews.com/2012/02/renault-to-produce-electric-cars-in.html "Our high end line will go to China," said Carlos Ghosn chief executive Renault AND Nissan on Feb. 16. Chinese media has speculated that the French group could set up production in central China's Wuhan...

http://www.electric-vehiclenews.com/2012/02/gs-yuasa-to-start-auto-lithium-battery.html GS Yuasa Corp intends to sharply cut production costs for automotive lithium ion batteries by bringing a new factory onstream next month. The company unveiled the new plant in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, to the...

Quixotix, Great photographs. Thanks. I though the heater was the A/C. I was wrong, also. Heat pumps don't heat well when it's cold. That's is a big, heavy 600W heater *** Correction 4.2kW PTC HEATER***. Below is an album with a few heater related snipets...

iMiEV Transmission Expanded http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2941449447691.2127385.1004832596&type=1&l=69bc9b5fae 9.Rod assembly 10.Control lever (main) 11.Shift position sensor (main) 12.Control lever (sub) 13.Shift position sensor (sub) 14.Control shaft (sub) 15.Motor housing...

Great photo. Thank you. This means that the USA i has only one encoder, and the EV-ECU is providing the transmission mode distribution (to the "Combination Meter" et. al.). Sweet.

http://yfrog.com/hwr0rqzj 35km/25°C=1.5 km/°C ~ 1 mile/°C below 0°C Reduce max Range 1 mile/°C or: 35 km/117 km (max range in chart)= 30% reduction in range for -25 °C

If there is no adjustments to move the pedal closer to the Hall sensors, the adjustment is in the EV-ECU. In the EV-ECU the adjustment is either in hardware or software. If it is a EV-ECU hardware adjustment, there should be terminating resistor potentiometers on the signals from the two Hall...

It seems to me that we could move the magnet on the pedal or the HALL IC to ZERO the creep. Maybe the the pedal has an adjustable mechanical stop. I would be tempted to put a magnet on the side of HALL IC sensor. Take a few photographs around the Hall sensor at the top of the pedal. Look for...

http://www.caranddriver.com/photos-10q1/335484/mitsubishi-i-miev-transmission-photo-335602 The above is a photo of the first generation iMiev transmission. Click ZOOM to get HD. On the right, the Shifter Encoder has a short electric cable with a connector. Looking carefully we notice the the...

You got it right. "The linkage goes right through the center of [the shifter encoder with an] electrical connector." Good Job!

No microswitches hidden under the "gearshift lever" panel. In the photo that Quixotix posted the Shifter Encoder is in a black plastic box. The "gearshift lever" cable turns a shaft on the Transmission that goes through a black box with a electrical multi-pin connector with bright red dot on...

Correction! REAR tires are 175/55R15 http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=ContiEcoContact+EP&partnum=755TR5EC&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes Overall Diam. 22.6" Revs Per Mile 919 81 miles/h x (919 r/mile) x (h/60minutes) x 7.065 = 8765 rpm

Yes. Thank you. Great experiment.

You mean a hair over 6 feet. I get 8019 rpm for a 24" OD rear tire, but tirerack says 869 revs per mile which is 8288 rpm. I guess the tire compresses 3% in radius under load. For the front tires 145/65-15 with 22.4" OD, from...

How does the iMiEV transmission Gear Selector mode of "Park" function? Does Park simply short out the motor? That would be the simplest solution, but the car might slowly creep down hill if the parking brake wasn't set. Is there be a park mode in the Transmission that the Gear Selector...

Why is there an electrical connector on the transmission? It must be ABS or Traction Control. Probably Hall effect sensors for axle rotation. The darker grey (almost brown) electrical connector is on the top, back left portion of the above drawing.

JosS, Thank you. Your postings have been an inspiration. I enjoy the detailed, technical side. I am trying to understand the iMiEV transmission mode of "Neutral." Is there an electric clutch on the big pink gear of the cutaway drawing? That is what it looks like, and there seems to be an...

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From: http://www.greencarcongress.com/2011/10/imiev-20111010.html http://bioage.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fbe53ef0153923408eb970b-popup "The fixed gear ratio transmission of the 2012 North American-spec Mitsubishi i is engineered to make the most of the electric motor’s high torque output...

Interesting paper in Journal of Asian Electric Vehicles, Volume 8, Number 2, December 2010 http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jaev/_vols Further Evolution Towards a New Generation of Electric Vehicles i-MiEV by Kenichiro Wada "“i-MiEV” motor’s maximum speed is 8,500 rpm, and the maximum output...