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Yet another JDM vehicle, but Mitsubishi recently announced the Minicab EV, replacing the Minicab MiEV. It is due to go on sale 21st December. It comes with a 20kwh battery and a subsequent range increase to 180km. Apparently it uses LEV61 cells, an improved version of the LEV50(N) cells used...

Was quite surprised to see an i-MiEV while watching the 2nd season of Sweet Tooth on Netflix! You can see it in episode 5 around the 36 min mark.

It has been just over a year since Nissan and Mitsu started sales for their joint developed Sakura and eK-X EV, but combined they have surpassed 50,000 cars sold! 8-) Auto makers seem to be moving towards larger SUV type vehicles, but here's to hoping they make it overseas in the future...

In my other posts, I talked about my very early 2009 i-MiEV with its highly degraded battery (SoH below 50%). Unfortunately due to its reduced range and slow DC charging I had to say goodbye, but in its place I managed to find a worthy replacement with a much healthier battery - a 2015 i-MiEV...

So I don't know if this is just a side effect of my very tired battery (24 Ah, or around 50% SoH), but I've found my SoC to be very unstable above 70%. Here's what I'm seeing recently: - Charge to 100% on level 2 (RR @ 80~90km depending on the driving style) - Drive around 10km back home from a...

It's cherry blossom season in the Tokyo area right now - just happened to find a nice parking space at the local park!

This is my first post, so hopefully this is the right place! I bought a used 2009 i-MiEV here in Japan a few months ago for around 360,000 yen. The main purpose was to use it as a second car for quick shopping trips etc. Where I bought it, they told me I would be able to get around 100km of...