HeatShield will make custom shields for a reasonable price. Mine work well. Strongly recommended.

Funny how 4 years have passed, and nothing much has changed. The i3 REx, along with the Volt and PiP, remain the only serious EVs with unlimited range. Unlike vehicles limited to their battery range, a range extended EV can serve as your only vehicle. The embedded energy and associated environmental...

Side by side comparisons between our 2014 i3 without a moonroof and our 2017 i3 with a moonroof prove that the largely transparent fabric slider that covers the top glass does nearly nothing to cut out the sun baking our heads. Does anyone know of source of insulated panels to sandwich between the f...

Looking for another car more than 4 years after placing a deposit for one of the first i3 REX's to be delivered in North America, I was amazed to discover that no automaker has even tried to create a better car. None, that is, except BMW. We were initially looking for something a bit less pricey, bu...

Lei wrote:....would you purchase (or lease, whatever your case may be) the i3 again? ...!

Absolutely. I'm actually quite surprised that even after a year and a half of these cars being offered for sale, no automaker (including BMW, unfortunately) has even attempted to surpass it.

ultraturtle, which dealership did you use. I leased mine last week and had to walk the finance guy through the screens. He selected "two cycle" and subcategory of "other". It wasn't as cut and dry as "B", "O", "F" or "E" in the menu unfort...

Keep in mind that the engine will not shut down during its warm up cycle, which is roughly 6 minutes. From page 55 of the Engine Training Manual:

The period for this warm-up phase is roughly 360 seconds depending on the ambient temperature.

...What is Tesla's definition of a failed battery pack? BMW is pretty straightforward about what it says it 'failed'. Spot on. There is a reason Tesla specifically declines any capacity warranty. From page 5 of the Tesla Model S Warranty document: The Battery, like all lithium-ion batteries, will e...

I still do not understand why folks entertain the discussion of BEV v REx i3. The real choice is between BEV at all (Nissan LEAF, Tesla Model S, BMW i3 BEV, compliance car...) vs a Range Extended Electric Vehicle, also known as a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) - (Chevy Volt, Toyota Prius Plu...

As much fun as folks have bashing the i3 REx because of efficiency lost due to the extra weight, keep in mind that at 117 MPGe, it is more efficient than any other EV currently manufactured except for the limited production Chevy Spark EV compliance car (1,014 sold this year) at 119 MPGe, and the i3...