Picked up my car at the dealer today. Never sat in an i3 before. Only touch point with electric cars was a brief ride in a Tesla Roadster 2 years back.
My car was the 2nd i3 delivery at my dealer; 1st was a REx delivered an hour earlier, so I guess we are amongst the earliest within Switzerland.
Very first ride right from the dealer was planned to be 110km. I came home in the end with 143km on the trip computer and a remaining range of 7km (12.9kWh/100km Energy Consumption). Impressed with the car and very positively surprised with the range I was able to get out.
Only downside so far is a displayed charging time of 14h on the regular cable. Given I came in at midnight, this means only 2pm tomorrow I have a fully charged car again. I was prepared for a more reasonably 8-10h charging time. I have changed the charging settings in the car from reduced to max, but that did not make a difference.
Otherwise, superb first experience, certainly exceeding my expectations.
My car was the 2nd i3 delivery at my dealer; 1st was a REx delivered an hour earlier, so I guess we are amongst the earliest within Switzerland.
Very first ride right from the dealer was planned to be 110km. I came home in the end with 143km on the trip computer and a remaining range of 7km (12.9kWh/100km Energy Consumption). Impressed with the car and very positively surprised with the range I was able to get out.
Only downside so far is a displayed charging time of 14h on the regular cable. Given I came in at midnight, this means only 2pm tomorrow I have a fully charged car again. I was prepared for a more reasonably 8-10h charging time. I have changed the charging settings in the car from reduced to max, but that did not make a difference.
Otherwise, superb first experience, certainly exceeding my expectations.