roofless
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My wife is interested in the i3 (REX) and she'll be doing an extended test drive soon. Meanwhile, I've been doing a lot of research, and this forum has been extremely helpful -- thanks to everyone who posted here!
My wife's commute is about 60 miles round trip, all highway. I know this isn't the best use case for an i3 (and our salesman admitted as much), but it should be possible to make the commute without using the REX, since there are no hills and it doesn't get cold here in South Florida. If you own an i3 and do most of your driving on the highway, how is your battery range (and how fast do you drive)? On my wife's commute, traffic flows at 80 mph on average, so she'll be doing about the same.
Since we would have the REX, we won't have to worry about my wife getting stranded on her way to/from work, but it would be nice to avoid using the REX on a daily basis. There are L2 charging stations at my wife's office, but there's no guarantee that one will be available on any given day, so she would always top off the charge at home.
Related question: At highway speeds, which tends to reduce the battery range more, running the AC or opening the windows?
Of course we'll find out about the range when my wife does her test drive, but I'm curious about the experience of others who might have similar driving patterns.
My wife's commute is about 60 miles round trip, all highway. I know this isn't the best use case for an i3 (and our salesman admitted as much), but it should be possible to make the commute without using the REX, since there are no hills and it doesn't get cold here in South Florida. If you own an i3 and do most of your driving on the highway, how is your battery range (and how fast do you drive)? On my wife's commute, traffic flows at 80 mph on average, so she'll be doing about the same.
Since we would have the REX, we won't have to worry about my wife getting stranded on her way to/from work, but it would be nice to avoid using the REX on a daily basis. There are L2 charging stations at my wife's office, but there's no guarantee that one will be available on any given day, so she would always top off the charge at home.
Related question: At highway speeds, which tends to reduce the battery range more, running the AC or opening the windows?
Of course we'll find out about the range when my wife does her test drive, but I'm curious about the experience of others who might have similar driving patterns.