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I recently changed jobs and have to park outside in the hot Atlanta sun, so suddenly I care about getting a good sunshade for my i3's windshield. This turned out to be harder than expected. I found no i3-specific guidance online (including not here), so I have written this up as help for the...

[I really wish I could post an image to this forum, rather than having to jump through an image server hoop. Oh well, I guess it makes the site easier to admin.] For the last couple months, I have been collecting data each time I do a DC Fast Charging session. As an electrical engineer, I was...

An enterprising i3 owner in my area has installed a see-through panel in the bottom surface of the hatch/trunk area, so that he can show people what the motor / engine looks like. On our local Facebook group, I asked him to describe the modification and here is what he wrote. He supplied some...

From Day 1 with my i3, I was getting an alert of "Electric range insufficient" VERY frequently, sometimes as often as every few minutes. It did it when I had plenty of range (e.g. fully charged in morning), and did it even when I did not have a destination programmed in the navigation. I...

A fellow BMW i3 owner recently did some tests of the car's behavior when run out of fuel, whether out of battery in a BEV i3 or also out of gas in a REx i3. He posted the results to our local (closed) i3 owners Facebook group, and I thought it would be worth posting here where everyone else can...

When ordering the i3, there is an option for a "navigation system". In the U.S. this is bundled with the $2500 "Technology + Driving Assistant Package". I believe that this option is actually an UPGRADE from the basic nav system that is otherwise included in the car at all trim levels. If you...

As some of us start to post about regional issues (option pricing, car availability, etc.), it would be useful to know WHERE you are. For example, I know that several people posting in this forum are in the UK, but only because you say things like "colour" and "£500" :) While mentioning your...

All - This is a document that I've been working on for a long time. I just completed the first version of it, and still need to go through and refine it a bit, but I wanted to go ahead and put it out there (in this lower profile location) to let you guys take a look and comment on it. a...

It appears that the very first operational and publicly available SAE CCS / Combo DC Fast Charger has gone online today in Munich. Actually, TWO of them! http://www.bimmertoday.de/2013/07/04/bmw-welt-schnellladestation-elektroauto-ladesaeule-i3-elektro/ I've added it to Recargo...