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Category: Electric Vehicles

Robin – the E Deliver 3 – going places

By Dave Posted on April 18, 2025 Posted in Electric Vehicles, Robin - E Deliver3

OK, it’s a few weeks since we bought our E Deliver 3 and named it Robin (from its number plate). We have many plans for it, some of which we have achieved, others we are still working on. Those achieved …

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Squirrel has been sold

By Dave Posted on February 18, 2025 Posted in Electric Vehicles, MiniCab Miev

Sadly we have had to sell Squirrel as we don’t have the room or money to keep it and the LDV eDeliver 3 we are buying. We will keep these pages and posts here for reference and posterity. We wish …

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Places we have been

By Dave Posted on January 29, 2025 Posted in Electric Vehicles, MiniCab Miev, Travel

Squirrel our Minicab Miev is on the market via trademe so may not be ours for much longer. We have plans for a bigger van with longer range so that we can continue our travels into our dotage. In the meantime, …

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Squirrel – 5 years and 54,000 kms

By Dave Posted on October 2, 2023 Posted in Electric Vehicles, MiniCab Miev, Travel

A couple of days ago it was the fifth anniversary of the day we picked up the Miev Minicab, and since then we have done a lot of kms in the van. With petrol now costing $3.12 per litre, and …

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Miev Minicab – Air Conditioning

By Dave Posted on July 23, 2023 Posted in Electric Vehicles, MiniCab Miev, Uncategorized No Comments

How it works and how to use it. Background There is a certain amount of mythology out there on the web about the heating and air conditioning in early electric vehicles (iMievs and Leafs), some of which is reasonable, and …

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MIEV Minicab – software for looking at state of battery etc.

By Dave Posted on July 19, 2023 Posted in Electric Vehicles, MiniCab Miev, Uncategorized 1 Comment

50 years ago I had a Mini Cooper, and it came with a speedo and fuel gauge, an ammeter and an oil pressure gauge. I added a voltmeter (this car had a dynamo – not an alternator), and I wanted …

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EV Fuel savings

By Dave Posted on July 5, 2023 Posted in Electric Vehicles, MiniCab Miev No Comments

While lying awake I was thinking about power usage in the van. We have done 50,000 kms in the van in 4y9m. At 6km per kWh, this works out to 8,333 kWh of electricity. We pay between 12 cents and …

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Charging issues at chargers with our Mitsubishi Minicab MIEV – error code P101C

By Dave Posted on July 4, 2023 Posted in Electric Vehicles, MiniCab Miev, Other Technology 1 Comment

This is a post to document issues with fast chargers and our van and progress made understanding them. We have had our Miev Minicab for nearly 5 years now, and have done well over 50,000kms. We love the car and …

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