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Short version On 5 November, we traded in our 2012 i-MiEV for a 2014 BMW i3 BEV. As a result, I will no longer be an active member of this forum but will become an active member of its sister MyBMWi3 forum. I have really enjoyed participating in this forum and have learned so much from the many...

It appears that only ~2,000 North American i-MiEV's will ever exist. Because few mechanics or body shops will be familiar with the i-MiEV, owning the i-MiEV Service Manual, Body Repair Manual, and Technical Information Manual will be crucial so that either you will be able to repair your own...

I disconnected the 12 v. battery on my i-MiEV before storing it 6 months ago. The charge level when I stored it was ~40%. I was pleasantly surprised that the 12 v. battery's voltage was 12.3 after sitting for 6 months, so I have just reconnected it. When I started the car, the battery pack's...

After a year's trying to get approval for my building permit to install a charging circuit in my condo parking space, my application was finally approved! The installation of my charging circuit is tentatively scheduled to start in early September so that I should have a functional charging...

I have lifted my i-MiEV onto jack stands so that its tires won't flat-spot or dry rot where they contact the concrete surface for 6 months. In the rear, I could place the jack stands under the jack points along the sides of the body which would allow the suspension to hang at full extension. Or...

It's not obvious to me how to remove the rear windshield wiper blade. I want to remove the rubber blade and its carrier from the wiper arm. The front windshield wipers can be removed by pressing a small tab which locks the blade to the arm, but I can't find a similar tab on the rear windshield...

Have you found a car cover that works well with your i-MiEV? I will be storing mine for 6 months in my condo parking garage where no rain can fall on my parking space but outside air with dust certainly blows through. So I don't need a cover that protects the paint from rain or sun, but I'd like...

The i-MiEV made Yahoo Automotive's list of the top 10 auto failures of the past decade. My Honda Insight also made this list :) I don't know whether to feel like a chump for buying two "failures" or to feel smug because of my discriminating taste :) I know that JoeS has the same distinction...

The top of the rear bumper gathers dirt and is exposed to items loaded into and unloaded from the rear cargo area. This could lead to the paint on the top almost horizontal area of the rear bumper being scratched. I have wondered whether a clear plastic film coating could be installed over...

Today, I received the following email from Better Place Hawaii: This is significant because, with over 150 public charging stations in Hawaiʻi, Better Place owns more than half of all public charging stations in Hawaii. They own several public charging stations in areas of Oʻahu where...

Before buying my i about a week ago, I asked the salesman to inflate its tires to 51 psi, the maximum inflation pressure on the sidewall, prior to my picking it up. When I picked up my i, the salesman told me that he couldn't inflate the tires to 51 psi because the tires weren't warmed up so...

After traveling almost halfway around the world from Uppsala, Sweden, to Honolulu, my wife and I took a cab directly from the Honolulu airport to Cutter Ford Mitsubishi where we purchased an i-MiEV SE for just over $29,000 plus general excise tax, and documentation, registration, and license...

A new forum member, Phuc (velkommen!), has made his first post about a mobile phone/GPS mount that works in an i-MiEV. When I looked at the forum containing his photos, I was surprised by how active the Mitsubishi i-Miev / Citroën C-Zero / Peugeot iOn section of the Norwegian Electric Auto...

Several searches of this forum failed to find this fun video showing an i-MiEV in a GT5 race repeatedly cornering on 2 wheels with the other 2 wheels way off the ground! I also liked the sound it made when it passed the camera in contrast with all other cars. No word on how it finished, but it...

I just got a jaw-dropping bid for installing power to my condo parking stall so that I could charge a new i. The bid included running one 208 v. 20 a. and one 120 v. 20 a. circuit from the closest electrical panel which is a significant distance from my parking stall, so 2 separate circuits. I...

I missed this when it was first aired on 31 August 2012, but you can watch the MotorWeek test of the i on the PBS Website at your leisure. This same episode includes a test of the Ford Focus EV. The i test was a bit brief but fair, I thought.

We're in Nice, France, while on a long road trip through southern Europe in our 2000 Honda Insight. I've never seen so many Mitsubishi i's in one place (well, they're actually Peugeot iOn's). Auto Bleue has placed 126 electric cars, most of them iOn's, conveniently around Nice as sharable...

I have a first-generation Honda Insight. OBD2 code readers plugged into the diagnostic port will read standard OBD2 codes but won't read the many codes associated with the hybrid electric system of the car. Mitsubishi must have a diagnostic tool that will read i codes just as Honda has a...

Like JoeS, I own an original Honda Insight which we shipped to Uppsala, Sweden, where we live half of each year and are now until the fall. This has left us with no car in Honolulu, our other home. I am actively researching the purchase of an EV for Honolulu because, in many ways, Oʻahu is...