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Probably the car is trying to avoid overloading the grip of the rear tires.

I just noticed that a seller on Ebay is selling an aftermarket cruise control for the iMiev. Anyone has experience with those? It seems to be a fully electronic system...

I took the car to the dealer today, they just called me and said that the brake vacuum pump needs to be replaced. They will have it ready tomorrow.

This is the strange thing, there seem to be two independent issues. I haven't had time to take the car to the dealer yet (too many things to do and the closest dealer is not that close), but somehow the brake pedal does not seem to sink as fast as it did the other day.

Yes, that is the sound.

I checked the service record for my car, and it says "IMIEV BRAKE VACUUM PUMP - REFLASH ONLY". So it was recalled but they only changed the software, and not the pump.

I would have recognized it if it was the ABS, this is a loud noise from a pump when I release the brake pedal. Is there a way to inspect the brake pump?

Yes, precisely that. In a normal car that would mean there is something wrong with the brakes, but I wasn't sure whether somehow that was normal on the i-Miev's brake system. Thanks everybody for the comments, I will take the car to the dealer to have the brakes checked. I will let you know...

After I got the car I installed plugshare in her and my phone and signed up for the charger cards. Actually, there is an i-Miev owner at my workplace. I haven't talked with him yet.

Yes, she can fully recharge at work. I think the RR it's around 89 miles with a fully charged battery.

Today my wife called because the car had the brake light lit and an alarm was sounding. This started when she was waiting, with the foot on the brake, in a long traffic light. It continued for about ten miles when she stopped to call me, after that the alarm stopped and she could drive home...

Today on the commute back, she used 3/4 of the battery with 15 miles left. And saved around 20 minutes with the carpool lanes.

I followed your advise, thanks. Today the car managed to get to her work with half of the battery, and about 38 miles of range on the indicator. We will see how it does on the trip back.

Good to know. Does it use the AC as a heat pump to generate heat as well?

Thanks. I hope he finds another good deal, there aren't many i-mievs for sale. Usually the longer 50 mile route is the fastest when there is heavy traffic, so not much fast driving. I am not sure how it will improve using the HOV lanes so that range becomes an issue. The 38 mile route is...