Recent content by tob1as

Could you share a link to the YouTube video, please? (The gearbox fluid one)

Could you please share what battery you installed/provide a manufacturer link? I have another couple of years on my current AGM, but I would then be able to report on cold weather performance of the lithium setup. (I’m located in Colorado). Thanks!

No worries, just wanted to add cost perspective/context.

You realize the original post was in 2021 :) ? (Of course a 2017 BMW i3 is cheaper in 2024 than it was back then). 40k miles on a 2017 i3 in 2021 would have been a high mileage example at the time. I bought my 2017 BEV in 2020 with 23k miles on it…

Charging does work on magic dock equipped superchargers, but those are few and far between.

This brings up an interesting question for the BEV one: could this be reprogrammed to REx and thus allow a way to add battery capacity more simply? Maybe a LiFePo pack where the Scooter motor lives in the REx?

I own a 2017 i3 BEV and I learned that after my annual subscription lapsed I could not see state of charge (no notification by BMW about lapsing subscription, so it took some back and forth here and with BMW support to figure out the reason). Once I renewed the subscription, charging/charge info...

Wow, I’ve never managed that. You must have a good tire budget :)

I am with you (mostly), but I own the mid-range battery version and ultimately it will be nice to swap a higher power density module. BMW upgraded the capacity twice over the 10 years the car was sold, and I had hoped for one more refresh. Certainly, the idea won’t be to “roadtrip” (even though...

Cool, thanks for sharing your knowledge. That all makes sense. Prolonged speeds of 90mph won’t be needed in the US. Highest speed allowed in my state is 75mph, even speeding a bit won’t require prolonged 90mph :) I am happy with the current range of the car (94ah version), but as it gets older...

I am also hoping for a cottage industry to start looking at the i3 more closely (like there is for the Toyota Prius and the Nissan Leaf). Not sure if it will ever make it to the US (because of limited sales numbers here), but it reminded me of this proof of concept from 6 or 7 years ago...

A while back, I charged at a Magic Dock here in Colorado (we now have 2 locations). With the transition to NACS / J3400 here in the US and Ford and Rivian having enabled Supercharger use (with an adapter), when do we think BMW will finally add this capability and do you think the i3 will be...

Update: turns out my subscription had lapsed. Unsure why I wouldn’t have gotten a notification about that, but state of charge is back (after renewing and then logging out and back into the app). $120 for that btw … I know there are other things thrown in, but I won’t be using those (Amazon...

I concur on the evolution, but my experience has been one of reliability for the past four years and now the battery status indication failing (after multiple app re-installs/re-logins). So: this is the first failure and it persists. The inconsistency of everyone’s experience is what seem most...

This inconsistency is frustrating. Sounds like BMW’s software team has no clue what the issue is. Not overly surprising?