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Old 11-23-2009, 01:29 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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Wow - nice to get 8 new batteries!

We also certainly lucked out with some very generous donations of used batteries.

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I was thinking the LED stacks from Forkenswift would be good, along with an Amperemeter for the batterypack and one for the engine... Would it be redundant to have a voltmeter on the total battery voltage as well?
I don't use a pack voltmeter. Not really necessary since the LED array essentially shows you more valuable voltage information. I'd recommend it even with new batteries, because they will not be perfectly balanced even in the beginning, and will drift further apart over time. You need to know which one is the weakest under load to keep from murdering it.

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So for around town driving in the summer when I need to carry stuff around and for the winter daily drives I'm thinking a EV will do the job quite nicely...
Same thing as the ForkenSwift. Lots of fun to drive too, even if it is the one of the lowest powered vehicles in your fleet!
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