Recent content by PeteInOz

G'day Gents, Sorry to chime in late here but I just came across this post and I thought I would share some insights about a couple of things you should know before thinking about or trying to possibly upgrade the Ozzie PHEVs to ChaDeMo. I seriously looked into this issue some time back but was...

Further to my last, I just called VTech's local Aussie supplier and they want $900 + GST (10%) for the PHEV Box. That's BS!. They are not doing VTech any favours by trying to fleece Aussie buyers I feel. The price of the PHEV box, plus heater attachment, plus shipping directly from VTech works...

G'day VS2, Thanks for the further info mate. Didn't realise you were so close ... and yes ... given the terrain and lower speeds I can easily see now how your fuel consumption may indeed be lower. I will give the PHEV Box a little more thought though price + shipping is still a bit of a...

G'day ZZCOOPEJ and VS2, Many thanks for the observations and advice. I fully appreciate zzcoopej's comment about the losses incurred from the EV motors at higher speed and the reason why the Mitsubishi has incorporated the serial and parallel hybrid modes. I guess I was just thinking that if...

G'day Guys, Given some adverse health issues, it has been some considerable time since I have logged onto the forum here. Anyway, over the last day or so I was Googling a number of things and came across several references to the VTech PHEV Box, which at face value looks like a good piece of...

G'day Nathan, Mate, I must apologise, as when I responded I thought that this thread was a rather new thread and that you were just in the process of acquiring your car. Anyway, I do have both charge connectors as I am a relatively new kid on the block (i.e. I acquired my PHEV on the 30 June...

G'day Neverfuel, Thanks for the confirmation of the UK tram system and your own experiences .... they are greatly appreciated! You may well be very right that it may have been a spurious software glitch that may have caused the failure, but given the nature of the fault experienced by...

You're very welcome Sawman82. Enjoy!

G'day Trigania and all, Given the serious nature of the fault that has been reported by Trigania here and her understandable apprehension about the vehicle's safety, I approached my local Service Manager here today and provided him with a link to this thread and expressed some concern that the...

Thanks jaapv for your reply. There is no doubt, as you say, that there is a great deal of complexity and seamless interaction between the various drive trains, and that Mitsubishi must have worked tirelessly to fine tune all the systems at hand to produce the final product. I have only raised...

Hmmm ... this fault indication is very interesting indeed. I suspect, though I could be very wrong here, that if the 'tram track[s]' infrastructure was electrified then it may have interfered with your onboard electronics - thinking that a charge cable may have been inserted (i.e. there may...

G'day All, I am located in Canberra, Australia's best kept secret :-). I have been a PHEV owner since 30 June 2015 and we are just loving the vehicle, though it could have come with a better EV range IMO. Anyway, if you haven't already read my post, then I would strongly recommend you...

G'day Nathan and welcome to the world of PHEV. I would strongly recommend that you make sure the dealer provides you with the 10Amp connector cable, which Mitsubishi is now supplying in addition to the original 15Amp charge connector. Acquiring this charge connector will aid in getting you up...

Thanks for the input and links Jaapv. Whilst I have been out of the engineering game for nearly 20 years now, as a retired electronics engineer myself, I believe my use of the term 'drag' is technically correct and appropriate in the context in which I have used it, both here and elsewhere on...

Thanks for the comments jaapv. As I have previously stated elsewhere, I tend to think that the 15% DC to AC conversion loss you mention is rather poor in this day and age given that, and by comparison, roof top solar inverters will only lose about 5-6% on average (i.e. they are typically 94-97%...