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I concur with Sandage. The diesel heater is a game changer for cold weather operations. It evens out the range swing from summer to winter and even saves battery cycles.it should be standard equipment to have dual electric /diesel heaters for ev's sold in the north. Given the standard of...

That's correct. Heating pads would work better but you have to remove and open the pack and the figure out how to get them in there. Maybe pads above and below the pack on the outside would work and be much easier to install. Don....

Hi mike, I just read this whole thread and it seems to me like you want to treat the car just like any other car without special treatment because of your high temps. While I don't personally believe that is best for the battery. I respect that your expectations are that the car should operate...

On North American imiev a with the cold weather package. There is a flap that directs air to the feet on both sides or when quick charging directs cold air from the cars AC system into the the battery. There is a servo that operates this flap. It's located on the drivers side near the...

Last winter I also used rain x for the interior and I found that it did work but not perfectly and in some areas not really at all. I guess you get mixd results depending on the humidity and temperature. Also the number of passengers makes a difference. I eventually stopped applying it because...

My 2 cents on L1 vs L2, What don says is true about the health aspect for the battery. Mixmike6 I think you will find that L1 can meet most of your needs but as winter gets colder more energy is needed for heat. L1 sometime is not enough if you get home late and need the car the next morning...

Hi Sandy, That QC sure does completely change the game in terms of EV use. I'm glad you had a chance to experience it. Looking around on the net I get the feeling that L3 chargers are falling in price. They seem to be accomplishing this by selling units that are 25 KW making it easier to...

Hi sandy, I ran the electric heat for about 10 min or so on high with the fan on max. Loads of heat coming to in the car but the diesel heater did also heat up. Not a big deal I guess. Like I said maybe if I get motivated I will add another valve In there since I started down this road...

Very very cool.... I like those lights in the handles. Very nice job on wiring it into the existing lighting system. Kudos to you for the great ideas. It took a long time to install but you did 3 major upgrades at the same time. Well planned and executed.... Don......

Well I installed the one way valve with kind of disappointing results. When I run the electric heat the diesel heater does warm up a lot. I guess there is less heat transfer with the valve in place then when both heaters are in series which was the case before adding the valve but it's still...

I think the discussion comes back to the diesel heater because that just does the job. Everything else fixes part of the problem but not entirely. I found heated insoles in my boots gave me the best bang per watt-hour. Warm feet go along way.... Also preheating in a heated garage can give you...

Hi guys, I concur with last few posts you guys got the details right. Sandange congrats of getting the unit fired up. Just in time for the change of weather. The mini timer has a clock in it but it goes dark after a short timeout. I did not measure the current draw of the unit but I guess...

Hey sandange Good job on the install. I like the fuel tank. My mini timer was defective also. They sent a new one but it took a month. You can fire up the heater using the yellow and red control wires that goto the mini remote timer. If you short the yellow to the red wire in the bundle that...

I'm going to back up what malm mentioned about inaccurate temp of the cells. I left the car outside for 3 days while on vacation morning temps were about 16 deg c but the cells all seemed to be at 21-22 deg. Pretty sure that is wrong. Using the latest release of canion. Don.....

I think most people that drive on the highway with the imiev for those type of distances drive about 50 mph. If that is possible and your winters are not too cold you can do a 45 mile trip. The flatter the road the better. In winter with electric heat you tend to use it sparingly to clear the...

Hey all, I found by accident searching youtube someone posting videos of 100 km + test runs of his imiev here in quebec. http://youtu.be/RjEp25QhZOc It's nice to see some other explorers in the area. Don Btw Pv1 my last video was done with an iPad mini I don't know it the ipad...

Well I had my first long distance trip in the Imiev yesterday. I did about 275 KM for the trip to visit a friends factory and 25 in the area after getting home. So I managed to break 300 Km in one day. The trip was Montreal to Saint-Hyacinthe about 85 KM where I charged for about 40 minutes...

Hi Martin, Thanks for the Temp display on the trip summary page. A couple of suggestions related to restarting the app while driving after a crash (of the app of course): Can we perhaps turn the green text on the trip summary page red if the Communications stops (i.e. the FPS go to 0)...

I'm glad you guys caught this bug. I think the cell temp data is one on the most usefull information that canion exposes. Without canion we really have no hint as to what the battery temp is or the temp distribution. I can see that the temp data will be less expanded using the correct...

This regen getting disabled is interesting. We have had discussions on adding some kind of coast button. If the canion team can figure out what is happening to disable regen it may be interesting to capture this information and post it. Perhaps doing a log and analyzing it with canion in this...