/Chris wrote: I'm an electrical dolt, but I thought there is no danger in
handling an EV
in water because there is no potential relative to ground. Even if
isolation has been compromised and the body is hot, it would be hard to get
two parts of the body at different potentials./
For that very reas
Hi,
Thanks for your note.
Yes, winter driving with the heater on does rob the car's range. I regularly
make a 65-mile round trip to SFO without recharging, but not with the heater
on. Invariably, I pre-plan my longer trips and find places to charge which
makes it doable when combined with a me
As the very happy owner of three i-MiEVs (one purchased new, two used) in the
family and with over 50K miles now racked up on these vehicles, I find
myself constantly needing to correct the misperceptions promulgated by the
media about the i-MiEV, the most egregious of which was Consumer Reports a
I'm surprised range is even discussed on this forum, as it's simply a matter
of suitability for an individual's needs. Do the math. Considering that the
average trip distance in the US is under ten miles, 95% of the trips are
under 30 miles, and the daily average is under 40 miles, the i-MiEV's ran
