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So, the center dash actually points away from the driver ? LOL. How do they get away with it ?

Personally I expect a premium car to have a longer EV range. Without REx, i3 would be dead in the water.

I'd definitely buy this over the actual i3 ;) It is not clear to me why the manufacturers (with 100s of millions resting on these cars), don't check general customer reaction before approving designs. If BMW checked and still approved - that is even worse.

You are going to get chemistries that won't require TMS. Some already don't (like the titanium ones). Back to the list - the biggest one should be the minimum EV range. For PHEVs : Should cover commute in winter and 70% battery capacity. For EVs : Should cover normal city driving in winter...

In software engineering we say - tell us your requirements, not the solution. You are mostly giving solutions - instead of real requirements. For eg : Instead of saying xyz HP motor - your requirement should be I want 0-60 in x seconds or some other performance spec or It should have a TMC -...

5 or 6 hundred mile travel is clearly not the intent of the i3 REx. It is meant to give the suburban moms peace of mind - and in case you run out of battery jiuce to be able to reach home (or some other charging station). Ofcourse this doesn't preclude some of us from trying longer trips - but...

At the rate they are selling, I don't think they will sell out anytime soon.

Since there are so few EVs available, all of them compete with each other. If the 40 kWh model had supercharging, I'd be very seriously considering one. So, I'm looking at Leaf ($30k) to S ($65k) - with i3, Infiniti LE in between. BTW, there is one more EV i3 competes with - RAV 4 EV. With over...

Tom, What is your idea of "pretty well" ? I'm beginning to think 1,000 to 1,500 is about what an EV can sell per month (in the US). Given the price, 1k is about the max i3 can sell (esp. given that a lot of well to do interested parties are bying S).

What is "premium" content changes over time. It used to be that BT was premium at some point. I see a profound shift in the car buying habits in the last few years. Americans are buying compacts in great numbers - take a look at the aggregate numbers in WSJ. I think I3 + range extender will...