nitramluap
Well-known member
Finally, after a very long (6 month) wait, we have our new vehicles.
Unfortunately Australia uses the Type 1 plug (for now) so our cars are limited to 7.4kW single phase AC charging, rather than the 11kW three phase AC charging with the Type 2 socket. Not that it really matters as we're limiting the charging to 5kW so that we can power them entirely with our solar panels via our clever Fronius inverter, home battery & Keba wallbox - so far it's working perfectly with absolutely no grid power used so far.
I had been tracking them online from the moment we had a VIN (at the start of production) to their arrival. I followed the ships' (they were actually on different ships!) journey all the way from Germany to Australia (even spotting the ship on various port webcams) and then it's journey locally to the dealership. A bit nerdy but it helped pass the time.
So far the cars are perfect for our needs and we're happy to be rewarding BMW with our money for such an innovative and forward-looking machine. I just hope they continue the trajectory.
The numberplates we've had for years - they're personalised plates which we used to have on our two 2007 BMW 120d vehicles which we ran successfully on 100% biodiesel made from recycled cooking oil (hence the BIO 1 & BIO 2). We had to sell them after 5 years for logistical reasons unfortunately, but we kept the plates. Now they have a new home and we hope they'll stay there for the next 15 years.
Unfortunately Australia uses the Type 1 plug (for now) so our cars are limited to 7.4kW single phase AC charging, rather than the 11kW three phase AC charging with the Type 2 socket. Not that it really matters as we're limiting the charging to 5kW so that we can power them entirely with our solar panels via our clever Fronius inverter, home battery & Keba wallbox - so far it's working perfectly with absolutely no grid power used so far.
I had been tracking them online from the moment we had a VIN (at the start of production) to their arrival. I followed the ships' (they were actually on different ships!) journey all the way from Germany to Australia (even spotting the ship on various port webcams) and then it's journey locally to the dealership. A bit nerdy but it helped pass the time.
So far the cars are perfect for our needs and we're happy to be rewarding BMW with our money for such an innovative and forward-looking machine. I just hope they continue the trajectory.
The numberplates we've had for years - they're personalised plates which we used to have on our two 2007 BMW 120d vehicles which we ran successfully on 100% biodiesel made from recycled cooking oil (hence the BIO 1 & BIO 2). We had to sell them after 5 years for logistical reasons unfortunately, but we kept the plates. Now they have a new home and we hope they'll stay there for the next 15 years.