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What route did you take between Madison and Rockford? I've wanted to go out of town with mine, and the farmers market in Madison is a nice destination. But I've been hesitant about taking I-90.

Today I saw another I-MiEV being driven for the first time. It also happened in Rockford and was a white with blue model. It appears the owner had it brought up from Texas when moving. So it would appear there are three in Rockford now.

For the rebate, it has been a while, but I do believe you need to wait for the plates to arrive. The checks are issued twice a year. I think June might be one of the file-by dates. My I-MiEV came from McHenry, about 45 miles away. I was able to drive home from the dealer. The plates are $35...

Robb, I was tempted to drive from Rockford to Elgin a few weeks ago in my i (about 45 miles). I would have needed to recharge in order to make the drive back home. It is somewhat relieving to hear that I might have faced extreme disappointment from the station being in use. I had to attend an...

Robb, did you get standard plates or EL plates? If EL, what number did you get? I have 373.

It finally arrived! I received my '10% of purchase price' IL state rebate! I bought my car 11 months ago and submitted the paperwork once the license plates arrived. The state only issues checks twice a year. I was really hoping to have the check by March. A couple weeks ago I emailed the...

I used an app on my Motorola Droid X that is called CAR PERFORMANCE. It is free for anyone else to download to repeat the performance test. My 0-60 time was 11.432 seconds. The app is terrific in that it will provide 0-20 time, 0-40 time, 1/4 mile time, and other neat stuff. For comparison...

First, I think Don has channeled most EV owners the same way office workers think that the Dilbert author works at their company. The slight change I would make to Don's list for my situation is I first looked at the Tesla and got sticker shock. But my soap box topic for the day is the...

I would be in favor of seeing the dash display become a screen like a tablet or smart phone. The advantage would be allowing the user to customize which information gets displayed. Having a few "default" screens would be good for those who don't wish to spend the time customizing in addition...

A letter was sent to me from my dealer. According to their service files, my 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV may be due for Oil & Filter Service! The service, with Tire Rotation is only $49.95. It's so tempting to call and schedule an appointment just to see if they figure it out. Should I get them to...

Creep Mode "update". It was announced on Sept 11 that Tesla would offer a remote software update to its Model S owners. (Prior to most of the comments posted about the initial report.) The update will allow them to enable creep or leave it disabled. I think that is great customer support. If...

Let me apologize in advance if this comes out the wrong way. But for myself, I've taken on a cost of ownership mentality for most things i-MiEV related. The way I would have approached the purchasing situation is in terms of Return on Investment [sorry for that turning into a pun]. For $120...

To respond to your question, I've submitted several remote charging station locations to web sites. For the Recargo.com web site, I've submitted the 4 closest sites that show up when searching for 61108 zip code (as of this posting). I also submitted the dealership where I bought the car in...

Rick, Thanks for posting. I've often wondered why there isn't a dedicated topic for "Charging Stations". There are sights such as Recargo, Chargepoint, Plugshare, 350green, and the US Department of Energy's afdc (Alternative Fuels Data Center) site. I propose a new forum heading of "Charging...

I've been keeping track of my mileage per kWh pretty meticulously so far. Since August, the average has been around 4.0 miles per kWh. Typical driving conditions are speeds below 45 MPH, no A/C use, and using Eco mode for accelerating and B mode to slow down for maximum regen (and some coasting...

Good day Steph, Welcome to the forum. I'm curious to know about the charging infrastructure in your area. You mentioned having to travel to Paris to purchase your car. Is the public place you are plugging into close to home? Are there many chargers around to support other EVs since it...

I finally received my Electric Vehicle license plates. Sorry the image is so big, I haven't figured out how to scale it down on the forum.

The number of "20,000" for world-wide sales was used. According to Wikipedia, since full production started in July 2009, over 28,000 i-MiEVs and rebadged versions have been produced as of August 2012. Even if sales are slow in North America, the sales in Asia and Europe are still encouraging...

The three modes have an effect on acceleration/deceleration. The modes don't matter too much when it comes to maintaining a speed over level terrain. And it takes less energy to maintain a speed than to achieve that speed. To use an internal combustion engine analogy, think of what RMP's are...

Below are a couple interesting images showing the 16kWh battery pack. The first image shows the car in ghosting to see where the battery pack is in relationship to the rest of the car. The second image is just the battery pack.