During the last 12 months our local BMW dealers had essentially NO i3 in stock, and in the last month now...they all have 2-4 in stock, including i3S and even a few BEV (although most are REX). Similar at BMW of Honolulu which has 1 i3 and 3 i3S, all 2021 models. Either BMW of Honolulu has finally ...

What confuses me the most is that the i3 shows up in my app, I can see the status (charging, % of charge, total range, total kms on odometer, etc.). I simply can't send commands to it. Lock/Unlock, Charge & Climate, etc. I get an error "System error. Please try again later. We apologize for any inc...

From what I understand, characterizing it as level 3 is colloquial, it doesn't seem to be described in that manner in the specification, it's CCS charging. Level x relates to ACV inputs. True, except that there are DC Level 1 and DC Level 2 specifications which are lumped together as "DC fast charg...

I am switching the on/off switch not the main power. The relay is rated at 30A which seems high, but the on/off switch is very low power just to enable the charger. An on-off switch on the low-power side of the relay is a nice feature that few EVSE's seem to have. However, to access the low-power s...

I just ordered a "Programmable Timer Switch Time Relay Digital LCD" from amazon for $12 to wire to the on/off switch of my Bosch Power Max Level2 charger. How many amps is your Bosch Power Max Level 2 EVSE providing and what it the amperage rating for your Programmable Timer Switch Time Relay Digit...

Crossed your post. Seems DTC 's not the problem. Good that you're back on the road! The HV disconnect can be tricky. I once thought that I had closed it but apparently hadn't quite. The resulting symptoms were similar to yours. Pushing the HV plug more firmly into its receptacle fixed the problem.

Using GOM values would be really inaccurate. Which driving mode was the car in? How had it been driven during the previous 18 miles? What was the ambient temperature? I'd put my money on the Idaho National Labs' tests of 4 new 2014 i3 BEV's. INL has sophisticated equipment that can measure battery p...

When I try to select Forward, Neutral or Reverse - nothing happens. Help please. Clearly the car is not driveable to the nearest agent. Is there any "reset" protocol I have missed? I do have a VPeake ODB device and BimmerCode loaded on my phone. Can I use that to check what might be wrong? Some oth...

After I complained about being able to use the 10-year ConnectedDrive services subscriptions that were included in the purchase price of our 2014 i3 for less than 8 years due to BMW not providing a reasonable upgrade path to a 4G telematics module, I received this boiler-plate reply: "Due to a phasi...

No, the HV was sitting at 43% when I parked it but everything was dead in the morning, so I don't know how much trying to charge the 12V would have drained it before it finally fell over. There is little evidence that the HV battery pack charges the 12 V battery when an i3 is parked unless the HV b...