Recent content by bdcrane

My i3 really doesn't like hot weather. On previous occasions parking for some hours in the sun on a hot day (90s F), the car would throw phantom error lights (check engine, or airbag) until the car cooled down, and the error lights went away. Yesterday though, when I got in the car after leaving...

My CEL just came on for the first time today. I got my Rex a few weeks ago. I got a call from BMW telling me to come in for a software update the week before last, but when I took it in they discovered that I already had the most recent software version. I did use the gas engine for the first...

Here's a link to the press release: http://www.chargepoint.com/press-releases/2014/0728?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoluKvNZKXonjHpfsX66%2B4uUaOylMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DT8RiI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFSrfMMbd52bgEUhE%3D

I'm guessing the locations so far are more a reflection of individual businesses opting to install a charger, and not any kind of public planning. The two in the Eastern US seem to have been installed within the last month or two, so I think we may see more before long. Maryland recently...

Does anyone know if any SAE DC combo chargers are slated to come online anytime soon the MId Atlantic region? I live in DC, and plug share tells me that the closest fast chargers are in Atlanta and Vermont. Would love to see one along I95 between here in Philadelphia, or on the NJ turnpike.

I was contacted by phone a few days ago about a software update. Does anyone know how critical this is? I will need to take the car in to the dealer around Sept 10, either to get my permanent plates, or extended temporary ones. Can I wait to do both at the same time? I will be driving ~200 mils...

Any suggestions for those of us reluctant to pull up the seat and start fooling with the car's wiring? My iRemote works most of the time, but fails sporadically. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to when it will update it's information, and when not.

Was this lease offer for a closed or open end lease? Just wonder if you might end up with owing on the vehicle if at the end of the lease the actual value of the car is less than the residual.