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I've done almost 40k miles in an April 2014 BEV. Apart from the very early days when it had a 12V battery terminal issue, a software update that slowed down the charge rate (rectified by a charging unit replacement as a recall), it has been pretty well faultless. The mileage has been done on...

Yes - that's exactly my experience too. Most of my BEV's trips are either very short local journeys, c 20-40 miles round trip or longer trips of around 150 miles. The "secret" is that at both my business destinations there are free public chargers and I tend to be the only one using them. One...

I see I posted this thread last August when the car (BEV) was 4 months old and had done 6k miles. It had the software upgrade at that time, which fixed the aircon issue but de-rated the on-board charger to 5kW. This was subsequently fixed about 3 months later under recall You give your key to...

Just at 30k miles on a 2014 i3 BEV. The rears were shot at 18,000 miles but the fronts are still going! They will probably last another 2-3k. The car does a 50:50 mixture of short trips on country roads and motorways.

Am almost on 30,000 miles in my BEV - got it last April. I had the duff 12V battery connection issue at the start which caused some glitches then the software update that reduced the on board charge rate until a new charging unit was fitted under "quality enhancement" (or recall as it is more...

Have you looked at the i3 factory video on youtube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa5_tudyAF8 You can see the motor windings from about 13'15" in. ;)

Spot on in my view. Am almost at 21k miles in my i3 BEV and it is brilliant, provided you don't expect/have to drive 70-100 miles without charging. The very best I've squeezed out of it is c90 miles, and probably on a warm day tootling along at 55mph coasting as much as poss you might just get...

May be worth taking the car to a dealer for a key reading(!) Elsewhere on this forum there was information that cars supplied after last July had an upgraded KLE and that existing cars would have their charge rate reduced until a KLE retrofit was available. Maybe you had a new KLE in October too?

No - it had an update last August which downgraded the charge rate to 5kW max. The recent update followed a reading of the key by the dealer, which said that the car was due a "quality upgrade" ( BMW speak for recall); the KLE change and software update.

My BEV had a software update along with an upgraded KLE a couple of weeks ago. I can't say I've noticed any change in braking level so can drive on one pedal as before. The regen level has always been sensitive to road conditions and rate of turn, ie reduces on a bumpy road for example. The...

Pretty good I'd say (now almost 19k miles) - I have the light interior but I changed the mats to dark ones immediately. The seats are pretty hard wearing and made of a washable fabric.

I had read that the new KLE was available so took my (April 2014) BEV into the dealer and they "read" the key and came back to say that the car was indeed due a quality enhancement (the PC term for recall :lol: ) i.e. new KLE. It was fitted this week and now the car charges at 7Kw where before...

And I've just passed the 18k mark in my BEV, so am on second set of tyres (the rears go first - can't think why). As the previous post mentions, the range can be an issue if you plan to go on longer trips. When I first got my car last April, there were no DC chargers but now Ecotricity has...

On Black Circles the 175x19 is listed at c£130 each which is quite a lot for a bicycle tyre. But you're right, the instant torque coming out of corners is irresistible! At the rate of 4 new tyres per 17k miles that's 3p per mile, to add to the just under 3p per mile of electricity cost so...

I got just over 17,000 miles out of the rears (175 x R19 size) on my i3 BEV which I got last April. The fronts are about 1,000 miles or so away from needing to be replaced. Any other experience on tyre life yet? This seems quite low mileage based on some of the comments on the Bridgestone...