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Hi, To me this car has been very economical. No repairs in 9 years. No oil changes. just changing tires twice a year ( winter vs summer tires) And moreover for Joe, I forgot how high were the electrical bill in CA, here we pay only around 5cents/kwh up to 40kwh a day on a 2 month...

What !!!! 292 Wh/mi . I have an average lifetime of 190 Wh/mi. on my I-Miev. Is it because of a lead foot or the wheight of the car ? Otherwise nice short description of america.

Times are changing fast in the EV recharging world. I recall my record 371 km (232mi) in 24 hres in 2013 with one 13h L1 charge and others 4-5 hrs L2. ( sleeping in car during L1 charge). And then this 327km (204mi) in 17hres on L2 on the way back. On L3 this year (not done yet) I...

Poor people who don't know about snow. :o . It is so nice. Right now, I am back from 10km cross country skying in this white stuff. What a pleasure ! So nice to have 2 countrys to live in : cold winter and hot summer. Please don't offer me your bungalow in Phoenix !! :lol: Pier in a...

I personnaly installed infra-red heating light bulb Under the dash. They come in many intensity. I used 50W and 75W bulb. The small bulb for reptile vivarium are good. (exo-terra brand). My feet always feel warm and red... These are 120 volt, so I use a 75w 12v inverter. Just install a...

Your data being as follow: 1% Discharge = 154whrs 1% Charge = 110whrs. Share your 1% results. I do this test from time to time to get data for future reference. Up to now, it is not very regular, so it is difficult to draw conclusion, but on the long term we will see a constant I...

My technicians told me -- without me asking -- that the warranty was extended to 10 years. Moreover, he is supposed to have formation soon as to replace a single cell.

I beleive you should not be so affirmative about the robust ness of the I-miev basttery. Around here I know of 3 battery failure of I-Miev and around 200 sold. There is at least 6 times more Leaf sold and I didn't hear about one battery failure. The only ones I read about was in very hot...

PV1 wrote: « If it wasn't for the warranty, I'd like to just drop the pack and manually charge that cell back up. » At the dealer, before changing my pack, they tried to charge the bad cell separately to full charge without any success ( stayed to 75% soc). Pier

Quelle régularité ! What a constant way of driving comparing 2014 and 2015. Same Wh/km of 100. Since the most important factor to monitor is the tension (volt) at the weakest cell, we can see that yours was 3.395 volt (2014) down to 3.235 volt (2015). As a comparaison, the weakest cell on my...

Of course Joes, you can delete this thread. It is not very useful since BlueLightning with help from Xavier and Martin went much farther on the subject of battery capacity and degradation.

Malm wrote : « 108 versus 121,5 Wh. Only 12% difference within 4 years would be very good.» Indeed, it would be very good, but I hope my number will increase with higher temperature. It was -5°C while charging.

Some more data for those interested : a few examples of Wh per 1% Soc, to show how irregular the data are without knowing why. Since in constant driving conditions, the data are regular on the whole scale , I decided to make calculations for older data, dividing WH Out by % Soc used with my...

Answer to Joes Don't be stupefy Joes, to me this battery pack has to be used --- not using only 50% as the volt do. In every day errand, I keep it between around 30 to 50 % soc, never a full charge for long but just before leaving. But many times I need to drive 80, 100 and even 120 km (75...

Malm, your 108 appeared to be low compare to my 150Wh which would give a total capacity of 15 kwh to the pack. I don't question your hability to evaluate the capacity of your pack, considering your experience with this car and much more km ( mine has only 16,000 km). It is very informative to...

I just saw that Malm is running at 108 Wh / 1% Soc. It is quite low compare to mine, which is between 128 Wh and 160 Wh, depending upon what ??? I will find out in a couple of month when weather will improve.

Energy vs %SOC or Wh / 1%Soc I am collecting data of energy (Wh) for 1% Soc. It could also be Wh per bar. I hope to record the degradation of battery pack in time. But data are erratic for now. There is variation but I don't know yet what are the variables: energy spent faster or...

Bobakka, here in Canada, Warranty is probably the same as US W. It says «« Main drive li-ion battery is covered for defects in material for 8 years or 160,000 km. ... Gradual capacity loss of Main bat. based on time and usage is NOT covered under warranty. See owner's manual for more...

Thanks RobertC, change done. Pier

Tanks for your suggestions. I will collect data for future comparisons. Collecting data for Wh Reg on charging will be difficult because Canion often crashes especially on a long period of 5 hres. Also, the cold of winter isn't a good time to experiment, since temp has some effect on...