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2013 i3 - 92000 miles purely EV. Not electric. Longest trip was 600 miles over 3 days using level 2 charging. still has 80 miles of range on the battery down from 110 miles in the heydays. Takes on maybe 17 kWh of charge vs. 20.

No worries this is all a maintenance item... and WE"RE FIXING A POOR DESIGN ISSUE TO BEGIN WITH!!! I think whoever keeps that old plastic bracket has more to worry about than TWO 1 inch in diameter holes, the size of one for a bolt, inside the mere covering of the frame. 2 of the bolts...

I have been driving the car just fine and the hole amount to 0.001% of the structural mass of the entire frame. In fact the frame has tons of gaps in them and those holes were drilled in the thin aluminium covering of the frame not the structual support elements which are those square honeycomb...

Why so bad? The FAA requires access holes drilling for the wing spar inspection of Piper Arrow airplanes through an AD, the equivalent of a recall... one of which crashed a few years ago after the wings separated in flight due to unseen and inaccessible by inspection metal fatigue...

For anyone interested I own a 2014 i3 BEV still going strong at 78k miles. Range is still the same i.e 100 miles give or take and everything works fine except the engine mount which was leaking and broken.. This is actually subject to several recalls in the world i.e EU etc,.. but not in the US...

My 2014 is still holding up charge even after the brutal punishment I did to it lately (see my post on my 800 miles each way trip). Charging to 100% almost on each leg. So looks like I am stuck with it for the time being. I am back to 100 miles of range doing 55 on the freeway and 120 if a...

I have a 2015 i3 BEV (NO REX!), dumbass salesman never mentioned the Level 3 factory option for $750... in their extensive knowledge of EVs in 2015, so I drove since then with what I had and not what I wished I had. For some of you if you remember I had a blog abut my long distance commuting...

Thanks! My signature has the new one: http://superiorev.blogspot.com

My front tires lasted 53k miles so far. The back pair has been replaced at 27k at 120 each and still seems to have some life in them for maybe 10k more.

Went very smoothly... the fasteners at the front were a biatch but got it all in after repaining it myself too. Definitely proud of a good job... Here is the link to how I chronicled it. http://superiorev.blogspot.com/2017/06/painting-panel-and-installation.html

I reinstated my blog with a better name: http://superiorev.blogspot.com The car is solid as a rock... the difference is with my i3 I feel no need to ever go to another car. Now sadly my door was dinged by a city of San Diego bus but luckily only the main panel was affected. I found a way to...

I put down my blog as the car is simply ordinary in the high mileage it can achieve. For those in the know I got it 2 years ago and have been racking up 2-3k per month due to a set of circumstances i.e long commute then just taking advantage of the free charging everywhere. Only downside seems...

I am doing test drives and converted pretty much everyone in the company.

I personally prefer to buy outright... an EV is eternal like a fridge and mechanically simpler. If you don't wreck it it will last 50 years. Maybe the i3 is overpriced but its quality is good and now is the time when manufacturers spare no means producing EVs, to at least look decent. Years...

The whole issue of roads financed by gas tax is perverse and promoted SUVs and end of the line monsters like the Hummer. A degeneration of small business incentives for pickups turned on its head to get doctors and lawyers buying big rigs with makeup on for commuting. Those funds more than...

http://practicalbev.blogspot.com I cannot fail to notice the war against EVs taking place. As Tesla is way too popular... it needs to be crushed, nipped, annihilated in the bud. I wouldn't be surprised one bit of Elon Musk has an accident or gets arrested on some weird ass charges or his...

Went to a dealership yesterday... the idiot employee told me their chargepoint charger was off limits if I didn't buy the car there, then jokes about how EVs need to "get plugged in all the time". I can feel the fear of conventional dealerships and the fossil fuel lobby against EVs. For me...

The car is perfect for mountain driving. And yes I have a NON REX with NO FAST DC. Oh the irony :) Check my blog.

Never understood the appeal of a Rex. As my mileage shows (and on a 2014 without fast DC) one can adapt and live comfortably with the 100 miles of range of a BEV minus the maintenance headaches and extra weight of an ICE engine. And regs make it impossible to use the ICE engine on demand. Those...

The BEV is lighter and more efficient than the Rex. I run mine on ECO Pro + mode and switch to eco pro a few miles from the destination if I need AC. Scarcity makes you fully conscious of how much energy you have and how to use it to the max. Keep in mind the climate control on the BEV is also...