Hello all,
I have been reading a lot here and thought I should let you know our current situation with our I3. We purchased it used about a year and half ago, BEV model only. It was purchased so the lovely wife could get in the commuter lane and beat some of the grueling traffic here in Phoenix. It had 12,000 miles on it and currently around 30,000 miles. I don't have any hard numbers but she would get around 80 to 70 miles range showing charging to full overnight with the provided slow charger. Her drive is mostly freeway and she would try to limit it to 65 mph or so depending on who was behind her pushing her to go faster. Her commute is 22.4 miles each way. Range as been dropping faster that expected. Lately she has been starting out with 50 to 57 miles estimated range. It is bloody hot here right now so I know that is a contributing factor. My wife is afraid to us the AC now as you would any other car and is started to suffer from range anxiety big time. This totally defeats the purpose of reducing the stress of her daily commute.
So I call out local Chandler AZ dealer and advised how much we love the car but its range seems to be diminishing rapidly. So they agreed to do a battery health check. They did it over the last few days and sent the results to corporate to review. The dealer said they would be pushing for a battery replacement. We are currently waiting for a call back.
Wonder has anyone else had their battery replace under warranty yet. If so do they give you an entirely new fresh battery or just replace enough of the cells to bring it up to some arbitrary range they feel is age appropriate?
As much as we love this vehicle we do not thing we will be getting another EV due to the extreme summer heat in Phoenix.
I have been reading a lot here and thought I should let you know our current situation with our I3. We purchased it used about a year and half ago, BEV model only. It was purchased so the lovely wife could get in the commuter lane and beat some of the grueling traffic here in Phoenix. It had 12,000 miles on it and currently around 30,000 miles. I don't have any hard numbers but she would get around 80 to 70 miles range showing charging to full overnight with the provided slow charger. Her drive is mostly freeway and she would try to limit it to 65 mph or so depending on who was behind her pushing her to go faster. Her commute is 22.4 miles each way. Range as been dropping faster that expected. Lately she has been starting out with 50 to 57 miles estimated range. It is bloody hot here right now so I know that is a contributing factor. My wife is afraid to us the AC now as you would any other car and is started to suffer from range anxiety big time. This totally defeats the purpose of reducing the stress of her daily commute.
So I call out local Chandler AZ dealer and advised how much we love the car but its range seems to be diminishing rapidly. So they agreed to do a battery health check. They did it over the last few days and sent the results to corporate to review. The dealer said they would be pushing for a battery replacement. We are currently waiting for a call back.
Wonder has anyone else had their battery replace under warranty yet. If so do they give you an entirely new fresh battery or just replace enough of the cells to bring it up to some arbitrary range they feel is age appropriate?
As much as we love this vehicle we do not thing we will be getting another EV due to the extreme summer heat in Phoenix.