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We had a pretty unpleasant day when we bought our i3 BEV since the best deal to be had was at a dealership almost 70 miles from our house. Even though I requested that the salesman plug the car in while we were negotiating, he didn't set the charge power to max (for some idiotic reason, the car...

I completely agree that L2 charging is more efficient than L1 charging, but it's more complicated that simply using a constant 600W to cover the charging process. Converting alternating current from the wall outlet to direct current to charge the battery isn't 100% efficient- 90% efficient is...

I completely agree that my wife's i3 has a significantly lower "vampire drain" than my Model S since the i3 doesn't seem to lose any range at all over the course of a day or so. But putting an exact figure on the Model S vampire drain is tricky as there are a total of six different combinations...

Supercharger access for the 60 kWh Tesla Model S is a $2,000 option ($2,500 if enabled after delivery) and is included with the larger 85 kWh battery (base price of the 85 kWh car is $79,900 vs. $69,900 for the 60 kWh car): http://www.teslamotors.com/models/design - click the "cash" tab to get...

If you look at the very bottom of the page you linked to, you'll see: "Update: Power drain problem solved, at last." And this points to the following article : http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1088929_life-with-tesla-model-s-electric-draw-vampire-slain-at-last And the ultimate conclusion...

Tesla has stated that they would be willing to let other EVs use their superchargers as long as 1) the cars can utilize the full power output of the superchargers, 2) the other automakers would "contribute to the capital costs proportional to their fleet's usage of the network.", and 3) the...

The BMW i3 needs an SAE combo (aka CCS) charger for fast DC charging. Pictures of the different types of plugs can be seen near the bottom right of this article: http://insideevs.com/chademo-association-again-responds-to-european-union-idea-of-transition-from-chademo-to-combo-2/ A plugshare...

I don't think most people would want to try and move a 120 Kg range extending battery. But I am aware of one kind of electric vehicle that has a user removable battery. It's an electric scooter that has a removable 1.6 kWh battery that weighs 25 pounds and is designed to be recharged indoors...

The entire battery in the i3 weighs 230 kg (http://www.asymcar.com/graphics/14/i3/bmwi3b.pdf). The difference between the weight of the i3 REx and the i3 BEV is 120 kg. So you could theoretically take an i3 BEV, add a second smaller 120 kg battery pack that increases the capacity by 52%, put...

The CCS charger in Pleasanton recently went live (3903 Santa Rita Rd Rose Pavilion, Pleasanton, CA 94588). And the CCS charger in Vacaville went live about a week ago, but I didn't realize it because it didn't show up in plugshare searches until a couple of days ago. I'm fairly impressed with...

Glad to hear you can simply unplug and restart the session if you want to top off the battery. If my wife wasn't so keen to get to Petaluma right when the premium outlets opened, I would have given that a shot. At Northgate, the battery went from 11% to 88% in 30 minutes and at Petaluma it...

I posted photos of my wife's andesite silver i3 charging at both Northgate and Petaluma on plugshare. Plugshare doesn't seem to allow you to specify multiple EVs and I don't feel like getting two separate accounts so my plugshare posts are attributed to "Jeff's Model S" When you had the...

CCS chargers were pretty sparse north of San Francisco when we leased the i3 (all the way back in September). But since then NRG / eVgo has put CCS/CHAdeMO chargers in San Rafael at the Northgate mall and at the premium outlets in Petaluma for people who want to go up to wine country. We...

Where the animation stops appears to be related to percent efficiency. When I was giving people full-throttle test rides I managed to get the efficiency down to 11% and the animation stopped with only a few blips in the center and everything else was still blank. Mindmachine is probably right...

That's exactly what we did. The Model S is great for road trips, hauling large objects from home depot and/or IKEA, and hauling people. The i3 BEV is great for city driving and parking in San Francisco. And it was significantly cheaper than a second Model S. As others have said, they are...

Since we already leased our i3 BEV, we don't need to lease another one. But I thought I would pass along this offer we recently received from one of the dealerships my wife contacted in late September. A pre-paid lease is a bit risky because if the car is totaled then the insurance pays the...

We leased an i3 BEV from Stevens Creek BMW at the end of September and I was pretty happy with the deal. We negotiated on monthly payments and finally threw out a low number so we could leave and get lunch, but to our surprise they took the offer. It was a total of about $3,700 off MSRP if I...

The BMW wall charger appears to be hard-wired: http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Content/Vehicles/2014/i3/BMWi3/360Electric/BMWiChargingStation.aspx If your customer wants to charge an i3 from a variety of outlets, this and the appropriate adapters from Tesla should do the trick...

This weekend we purchased an Andesite Silver i3 BEV (Tera World) with parking assist package, technology + driving assist package, heated seats, premium sound, and DC fast charging to complement our Model S. The i3 will be my wife's daily driver since parking her previous car (2009 Acura...