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    Retrofitting/fixing EU gas tank into US model?

    So I've looked at the realoem's catalog and it lists the same part number for fuel tank for both EU and US (part number 16117391827). It there a chance this is an error? Or maybe the tank is the same, but they put some kind of 0.5 gal filler part (piece of plastic) inside US version (can't find...
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    Highway efficiency?

    So I have my i3 for a little over a week now and I'm using it to commute, which is a 40% of rural road (driven at 60mph) and 60% of highway (cruise control set at 70mph) with very little city driving on both ends (less than a mile total). My over all efficiency shown by trip computer is 2.9...
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    Charging overhead - why L1 is so inefficient.

    Ever wandered how much overhead does the charging process have? Yesterday I've charged my i3 yesterday from 7 to 100% using my 32A EVSE in less than 4h: Even at 100% it was still drawing about 600W of energy, just to cover it's charging process. To validate my result - the whole charging...
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    Max current on L1?

    HI, anybody knows what would be maximum current i3 would draw from 110V outlet? I have a 20A line available at work and I could get myself a Clipper Creek ACS-20 station, but the question is - will it work any faster than factory cable?
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    How to turn REx off?

    I've tried search and failed, so my apologies if it was already discussed here. The problem at hand - I was driving on the highway today and knowing that I won't reach the destination on battery alone I have turned on hold mode around 20% of battery and let it sit there. But the last 5 miles of...
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