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My i3 lease is up next year. Obviously I need to drive the Bolt and make a property comparison of real cars, but for $10K less than a comparable equipped i3 (and the i3 still won't have CarPlay or decent phone integration), why would I lease another i3? It seems like the Bolt will give us all...

I'm looking ahead to next year when my i3 lease is up and I'll be shopping for a replacement. I like the i3, but BMW's commitment to EVs seems lukewarm at best based on what I've heard about the 2017 i3. I've read about the larger battery option and blue paint. Is that it? It's hard to...

My 2014 BEV went in for scheduled service last month and got the latest s/w update. Ever since then we're getting about 4-8 more miles of range. I've been through two winters so I've seen the range dip and recover and I don't think this is a spring recovery. I also don't think it's a matter...

Forget the autopilot, fancy doors, and whizzy features. Tesla is going to crush the competition for a mass market EV because they have built the infrastructure. The i3, Leaf, etc. are great cars and I plan to lease another i3 when my 2014 BEV lease expires. It's a fantastic car for our local...

I have a 2014 BEV and was under the impression that ChargeNow would only provide access to the EVgo chargers through 2015. But as of today, I can still charge at EVgo chargers. Did the program get extended or change?

I don't see any postings here so it looks like nobody else is having A/C problems. The A/C failed to work on our i3 BEV right after delivery, but after a s/w update and a day in the shop it's been ok. But it's also been winter. Now it's summer and the A/C has been very sporadic. Sometimes it...

Yesterday afternoon I finished my workout at the gym, came out to my i3 which was charging, opened the door and tossed my gym bag, with my keys and phone in it, onto the passenger seat. Then I closed the driver’s door and walked around with my ChargeNow card, turned off the charger and walked...

Driving down the freeway yesterday, the nav/entertainment system crashed and rebooted. No effect on driving or control systems, but disturbing none the less.

I want to like them, but they keep doing really silly stuff. First they sent the personally addressed piece of carbon fiber to the wrong people. Then they sent it out again, to the right people, but it's still just a piece of carbon fiber, which is pretty old news. My 8yr old boat has more...

My understanding of the fully charged and plugged in pre-conditioning process is that the battery is used to condition the passenger compartment, and warm up the battery, consuming some energy in the process. When the battery level drops below some threshold, it starts up the charger which will...

Does this software update deliver any significant changes other than the updating the charge rate for the improved KLE?

I've read Tom's post regarding winter performance, but I'm curious about a finer point related to cold weather (or really just "cool" here in Northern California) performance. The conclusion is that in colder weather the range is reduced. Let's take that as a given. Now is the reason due to...

I understand there is a new software release, but I can't find a thread on it. Is there a thread? If not, does anybody know what's in the latest software?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-07/bmw-s-electric-car-circles-berlin-in-search-of-an-outlet.html

I currently live in a rented condo and use a 110V outlet with the charger than came with the i3. When I pre-condition the car, I've noted that the Charging light on the charger is not illuminated and my range seems to be lower when I've pre-conditioned than if I don't pre-condition. Has anyone...

What other vehicles, if any, use the SAE Combo Fast DC charger plug?

I recently noticed that the traffic has disappeared from my nav map. I have the Tech package. All the boxes are checked for traffic flow, display traffic map, etc. Anyone else experienced this or know what else has to be enabled to see traffic? Thanks!

I recently left my i3 BEV at home while away on vacation for about 2 1/2 weeks. I left the car fully charged, but unplugged from the charger as I was not comfortable leaving it plugged in while I was away. A couple of observations. 1) The app could not get any updates from the car while I...

I had a conversation today with John Tarpy at the BMW iConcierge department. Long story short, there should announcements in October regarding the deployment (schedule and locations) of DC Fast Chargers and an ICE loaner program (perhaps tied to DriveNow?). There should also be improved...

I was at a cocktail party last week when the discussion turned to customer support. The conversation eventually became a comparison of two very different products. The first is a $700 consumer electronics product, the iPhone. The second was any luxury car, ranging in price from say $45,000...