EvBatMon for Android devices
With a OBD2 (On-Board Diagnostic) adapter and this simple application installed in your Android device you can see a lot information about your electric car. It’s specially important to know the battery health.
Versions for the following EVs:
- Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (available)
- Mistubishi i-MiEV (already in beta)
- Nissan Leaf (coming soon)
- Kia Soul EV (coming soon)
If you are thinking in buying an used Mitsubishi i-MiEV or even a French equivalent as the Citroen C-Zero or Peugeot iOn, this app is a must have, since the other well known app, the caniOn, doesn’t show the remaining battery capacity.
If you don’t have a compatible OBD2 device you can buy one OBDLink LX, which is also compatible with caniOn.
EvBatMon for i-MiEV showing the remaining battery capacity
With the EvBatMon app it will be easier to compare the endurance of older LEV50 and newer LEV50N cells used in i-MiEV batteries.
More info:
Cool-looking app. I signed up for the beta and will be configuring it to my tablet later this week. Another good app
for i-MiEV variants is caniOn . . .
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=emobility.canion&hl=en
More good i-MiEV news: Mitsubishi just announced a 2017 model year for the North American market . . .
http://insideevs.com/mitsubishi-i-miev-lives-on-for-2017-model-year-in-u-s/
http://myimiev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3037
Benjamin Nead with this app you’ll probably find out if your i-MiEV has the LEV50 or LEV50N cells.
Let me know when you know it 🙂
How to calculate your usable battery capacity with caniOn:
1. Start driving with 100% charge.
2. Stop at some point and take down SoC, Wh out and Wh reg, e.g. 75%, 4000 out, 700 reg.
3. usable Wh=(Wh out – Wh reg)*(100%/(100%-SoC%))
Example: usable capacity = 3300 * 4 = 13.2 kWh – This is the number the ECU and BMU use!
Hope this helps 😉