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________________________________ From: Mark Abramowitz via EV <[email protected]> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: I Am An i-MiEV Driver & Range-Angst Addict I think he's just like most consumers. He buys a car and believes that there won't be much difference between that and what he's used to, except he just has to charge. The potential issues that you are experienced with just don't make it into what most people hear about. Particularly as we move from the enthusiasts and early adopters to widespread use of EVs, there really needs to be better education of buyers. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2015, at 6:45 AM, paul dove via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > This guy is not too smart apparently. > > I have a 2012 i-MiEV and while a 60 mile range is slightly limiting it only > took a week of driving it everyday to figure out exactly where I could and > couldn't go on one charge. I read about charging before hand to start driving > an electric car without knowledge of charging and batteries is stupid. > > This vehicle does come with a larger battery as an option 20KWh instead of > 16KWh which IMO would be worth the added expense for my needs. > > So far I have not had any problems except for the first week. I went > somewhere on the edge of my range and when I started home the road was closed > so I had to go 5 miles out of my way to get around it which left me with one > blinking bar while still 5 miles from home. No problem, I pulled into a > convenience store and gave the attendant 5 bucks to plug in the outlet behind > the outdoor ice machine. I sat there 30 minutes and then went home. I > probably would have made it home but I wanted to be sure. > > I watched the gauge, it has 16 bars and it appears that I get 3.7 miles per > bar on average. It also has a miles to empty display on the dash that seems > accurate. Also, the manual says that you must drain the battery all the way > and then fill it all the way about every three months to keep the fuel gauge > accurate so I did that the first few days I had it since it was used when I > purchased it. > > Overall, I love this vehicle. I think the shape is silly.... but then it's > Japanese and it seems it was quite popular in Japan as a gasoline car before > they started making the electric version. > > Paul > > > > ________________________________ > From: brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 4:46 AM > Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: I Am An i-MiEV Driver & Range-Angst Addict > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150417/07661d83/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
