Recent content by Alessandro

I' m rather interested to the kWh consumption to fill up the i3, not in particular a comparison between 230 V and less efficient 110 V (and not the time to charge it, either)

I'm not sure it' s like this, I hope to see inthe next future a balanced test (from 0% to 100%) to figure out that

my understating is that it's much more difficult to charge the "last" kWh than the previous ones, a cleverer sample should be to charge the battery from zero to 100% - if you have time and opportunity to do this experiment

Ok. thank you all I'm very keen to know your numbers

How efficient is the i3 if charged from a 110 V/230 V home socket ? Have you ever tried to charge your i3 at home and, if so, how many kWh does it take from a flat (or near flat) battery to full capacity ?

It doesn't work so for me, quite the opposite, my home power is only 3,3 kW continuos at 220 V (16 A ?) or 4 kW for 3 hours at max plus the instantenous solar power, ~ 6 kW at max, if any (depending of the days and hours). That's why I' d be interested in a more powerful charging, particurally...

An other point where I' m a bit confused is which kind of charging is the most efficient, for example I heard that 6 kW is more efficient than 3 kW and so on, is that true ?

No, actually I'm in Europe (Italy) right now (and I' m not a BMW i3 owner, not yet at least). Thanx so much anyway, very useful infos By the way, an other problem I could face to is to have a "mobile" charger in two or more different houses (both with solar PV plants), say, for example, at home...

Ah, ok. So, if I started to charge at 7.4 kW then I can't swithch a bit later to, say, 3 or 4 kW (due to loss of solar power) ? Assuming I had that power, instead, does it mean that with this 7.4 kW connecton it takes only 3 hours to charge the battery, including losses ? By the way how much...

Thanks again. For instance, actually my main concern would be to set the charging process so that I can use the home elect power only (with no solar) or if possible the sum of solar power (when available) plus home power, say 6 or 8 kW, I hope it's clearer now

Thanx again, as far I understand 18,8 kWh is the part of the 22 kWh battery actually used in the i3, but there is also some charging loss, I guess (something like 80-90% at least, so those 18,8 kWh becomes 21 to 23,5 kWh depending of the kind of charging). That also means, if I understand it...

By the way, how many net kWh does it take to fully charge your i3? Does it change anything from a pure BEV and the Rex version ?

Thanks for you answer. Actually, I haven' t any electric car, yet, but I'm trying to find infos how I could maximize my solar PV potential and the devices eventually needed - the optimal should be to have a device capable to set different power levels, depending on the solar PV production in...

What is the max power I can charge the battery from my home charger (220 V, 3 kW) ? I say that because I have a ~ 6 kW solar pv that can give me an extra 2-3 kW on a regular basis, so could I charge the battery from those 10 kW, at max ?

Ok, thanks