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I wrote a looong article on Medium about the car... Portuguese, sorry, but there is Google Translate for that! https://medium.com/@cgauer/comprei-um-carro-elétrico-usado-de-8-anos-e-agora-25bf8c8a1483 Best

Another update! I'm happy to report that now the car does charge from zero to 16 bars non-stop. The original Panasonic 50Hz "16A" EVSE cable/charger, had issues or was interrupting the charge due the frequency difference (we are a 60Hz country). From 0 (no Turtle) to 16 bars, I managed to...

I had to pay another 50 USD of taxes, but now this is done electronically with the "Correios" thru the web. From purchase to receiving it at my door, it took 15 days. Neat! Best

rnlcarlov, USD 92 ! https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/1m-long-EV-charger-cable-16A-SAE-J1772-to-IEC62196-2-converter-type-1-to-type/32822908133.html Top quality! Apparently silver plated contacts, nice cable, etc... China is getting electrified really fast. There isn't much space for a so so...

The car is doing really great! What a joy! Check the traveled distance + range left, considering that did it all on São Paulo's chaotic and hilly stop n' go traffic (70%) and the rest of it on express lanes at ± 60km/h. And directly from China, J1772 (Type 1) to Mennekes (Type 2)...

Had no chance to do a full charge from empty yet. I had still 8 bars left when I started, still it pumped 6.8kW. The original EVSE had issues or simply was derated. It never went beyond 5-8A... Best

Guys, for the sake of the charger/DC-DC longevity, ideally how many amps should I pump out of my eMotorWerks JuiceBox L2 EVSE? 8A it barely gets hot... Maxed out, 16A it gets pretty hot... It can be set as low as 5A or perhaps even less. Efficiency shouldn't be as good on really low rates...

Folks, I just came back from US and brought a nice JuiceBox Pro 40A... I must say that the original 240V 50Hz EVSE had some issues... Not only it never charged close to the stated 16A but it also sometimes interrupted the charging process well before the the battery was full. had to unplug and...

Indeed, 7 came, but 4 went back to Japan. I do know the owner of a 2012 North America Speck (bulky bumper). Best

Hey! Yes we do! Three of them. Two between the city of São Paulo and Campinas and one at the university of São Paulo, broken, but I'll try to fix it. PlugShare indeed! Works best for us. Where are you? Portugal? As you probably noticed, my car is one of three i-MiEVs in Brazil... Scary...

Yeah, I can clearly listen to it while starting the car and also while parking. Every single time I hit the brakes I remember that vacuum is being produced.. More from outside with the windows open... Watching some YouTube videos, sounds normal, but that is pretty much the only noise the car...

Well... It does have a MMCS, a Clarion NX700b unfortunately it is from 2010.... Navigation is utterly slow and just a piece of sh...t, if you compare to Waze.. The UI is appalling and after 5min a fan kicks in ruining the pleasant i-MiEV silence... It does feature a reverse camera input and...

Some pictures!

So folks, it turns out that it does indeed stop charging 2-3 bars before full... But unplugging and plugging it back again, it charges another 3-4 hours all the way to the end. Weird, right?! Yesterday, before trying this full-charge event, I drove it until and past the turtle mode. I left...

Guys, Isn’t there an inertial switch within the battery pack, that disables the high voltage circuit in case of an accident? I don’t know if it resets automatically... Mit engineers mention it during the Euro Encap crashtest video (Youtube). Best