Ben's Refurbished Mitsubishi Miev

[NeilBlanchard]

Why would a rear wheel drive EV be better? You'd lose some regen capacity, because the rear wheels only have about 30% of the braking power vs the ~70% that the front wheel have.

Just get a Tesla!

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard

Why would a rear wheel drive EV be better? You'd lose some regen capacity, because the rear wheels only have about 30% of the braking power vs the ~70% that the front wheel have.

Just get a Tesla!

Nah the reason would be to convert a FWD car into a hybrid. Rear wheels would be driven EV, front would be whatever motivated the car originally.

In my mind the volt frontend (if you do it you take the whole kablamo) if I could narrow the halfshafts would look rather wierd but would be a great form of motivation in the zx40 or a another very lightweight vehicle like an insight or even a subaru 360 with a VERY long rearend..

Your range would increase and FE should also increase due to less weight and improved CDa.

Ah well, pipe dreams are free.

[MetroMPG]

Rear wheel regen: I wonder how that behaves in a curve on ice/snow...

It's got to be no worse than an ICE engine-braking, or else by now we'd surely have read another "EV's Equal Death!" news report about all these iMiev's spinning into the ditches trying to recover energy.

[bennelson]

I engine brake all the time in my rear-wheel drive pickup. No problem with that at all.

It is a little different driving a rear-wheel drive car than a front wheel drive one. I do think about it a little more in winter.

Only things that are ever rear-wheel drive now-a-days; sports cars and pickups! Guess which I've driven!? Suppose that qualifies the MiEV as a sports car!

[Christ]

I've got a friend coming from Wisco the end of this month making a round trip through SC before he goes back to Wisco.. I can give you his email if you like, I'm sure he won't charge too much to help you out if you need it. He's doing a 'working vacation' type of thing.

His email is xxxxxxxxxxxx (e-mail altered by moderator for privacy)

[War_Wagon]

Hopefully no one at the auction location has hit the key and tried to drive it. You might want to tell whatever transporter you use not to even try to start it, they will turn the key to unlock the steering but hopefully no one has actually tried to power it up.

[6 Speed]

Ben, you have a PM

[bennelson]

Thank you for offers to help move the car!

I was able to find a professional auto transporter out of Chicago who has a two-spot trailer and was making a run close to the one I was requesting.

So, I was able to book moving the car at a fairly reasonable price.

It should be interesting unloading it by pushing it down a ramp into my driveway... Last time I did something similar, it was with a Citicar, which weighed 1/4th as much and was summer weather!!!!

[hamsterpower]

Originally Posted by War_Wagon

Hopefully no one at the auction location has hit the key and tried to drive it. You might want to tell whatever transporter you use not to even try to start it, they will turn the key to unlock the steering but hopefully no one has actually tried to power it up.

I noticed that too. The key is ZIP-tied into the "ignition"(?). I seriously doubt that no one has moved this under it's own power or atleast tried. Think of the geniouses employed at dealerships and auctions to move cars. In fact I'd be worried about a dead traction pack because it was left on for a month.

Sorry Ben, for adding to your worries.

[highend]

Hello to all, I was also watching those two mievs at copart LOT:

LOT 30532052 and
LOT 30531882
(I can't post links yet but easy to find with these numbers)

I wonder if these can be run again? I think traction pack should be OK