Merry Christmas! ❄️

Sorry, no updates, no clue about the status, but I guess no news are good news!

It would *probably* be possible but just as probably not practical as there would be all sorts of potential physical and electrical differences between the cars/cells. There are several groups world-wide trying to re-work the i-MiEV/clones' battery to take more recent and more energy dense cells with some success but one of the main problems is that the car's firmware simply can't be re-programmed to acknowledge a battery capacity greater than the original 16kWh. So, despite everything working, when the SOC has fallen to what the car thinks is near zero, it goes into limp mode despite there being much more charge remaining in the battery. It's been a while since I looked so maybe they have cracked this. Such wonderful wee cars, I can understand why they have such a good support community.

Read the thread in the description! 😁❄️

I suggest hopping on the myimiev.com/forum/ discussion forums!

2x 1MegaOhm resistors!

There is one of these cars for sale near me with exactly the same problem, is it worth buying?

Answers to both your questions should be on the imiev forum!

Yes I recommended that to the customer!

If the legs were really long it could be a concern. But not for so short runs. The inverter voltage measurement drifts >10VDC compared to the battery voltage which prevents startup.

@@DalasEVRepair Early adopter woes I suppose. Bit of a fail for the designer/manufacturer of the inverter board to incorporate such a unreliable voltage measuring circuit.

So what led to this issue? I didn’t see any electrolytic caps on the voltage measurement circuit that could have dried out.

@@ThanosSustainable according to the forums these circuits just drift as they age, and start to cause issues. New replacement is advised, this is just a temporary fix

@@DalasEVRepair Bet you a tenner this fix goes with the car to it's end. 😉

Yes these cars are very finicky with OBD2 readers. I had to use "Car Scanner" app, and only scan one part of the system at a time, otherwise it locked up!

@@DalasEVRepair yep I have this same issue! That's my solution too.

Torque won't work. Try Hobdrive (more details than canion)

@@DalasEVRepair in my situation Car Scanner cleared errors but in last month did not want to read them :/

I suggest joining some Facebook groups that are local to your area, and ask there!

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