Seems not terribly timely and/or reliable as this was completed on Saturday, November 26:
As of Monday night, still not updated. The "103 km" (64 mi) is the distance to and from Decatur when I was testing the Huntsville fast DC charger, a CCS with a BMW i3 compatible CSS plug. So I though to modify my daily commute to put a big number in. However, I notice the Community, "116 km" (72 mi) is the EPA metric for EV range.
To test the EPA limit hypothesis, I'll run the car to 71 miles to see if my 'personal best' is updated. Since the BMW i3 has been out since 2013, surely folks have beaten the EPA limit in the past three years. That "72.1 mi" upper limit for the BMW i3 community looks too low.
Beating the EPA numbers is something Prius owners regularly do. Some of us do it for the one tank challenge:
Note, this was done on cruise control over a three week period in July 2013. Everyday I would add miles until passing the 1000 mile. None of that pulse-and-glide nonsense, just cruise control at 25 mph and running over an hour on each trip to dilute the 'warm-up' cost. It was application of my engineering studies of the Prius.
I've already been refining my engineering studies on the BMW i3-REX and at low speeds, I'm seeing data suggesting there may be more overhead than originally thought. Granted, I'm driving after dark, lights are on, and occasionally a touch of heat to keep the windshield clear. But there may be more overhead, perhaps battery pack thermal management(?), that may be reducing the expected range.
Bob Wilson
