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Data point: My i3 is a 2014 18.8 kWh BEV Electronaut, one of the earliest produced for the US market, date of manufacture 26 March 2014, first sold in May 2014, so the batteries are just shy of 6 years old, 36,300 miles. Current Max Kappa is 16.1 kWh, or just over 85% of original, with a...

Look, Forbes (the magazine) has cognitive dissonance built into it's DNA: it's founder Malcolm Forbes was a closeted gay who over-compensated by riding macho motorcycles and escorting Elizabeth Taylor. His son Steve was born (like Trump) with a silver spoon and negative charisma, and both have...

Another scary hypothesis is that bad guys with scanners who happen to be nearby when you use the remote to lock/unlock the car can intercept and reproduce the signal, thus at least being able to unlock the car, but maybe not start it up and drive away. My i3 has been riffled through, and my...

I will hazard a guess that nycbmwi3 is located in New York City.

This is absolutely unbelievable—how on earth did you manage to maintain 62mph for 90 minutes on any freeway anywhere near Silicon Valley? At 3AM?

Here I go again: It is a complete disgrace that the great state of California, home to about half of all EVs in the USA, does not have a single (non-Tesla) EV fast charge station directly on its main artery, I5, in the 800-odd miles between Mexico and Oregon, forcing us off onto capillaries like...

That was probably me that admonished "avoid 99 like the plague". If you like the smell of diesel in the morning then you'll love 99, getting stuck behind agricultural semis taking up 1½ lanes, clapped-out pickups maxing out at 45, endless on&off-ramps, and of course the searing heat and the...

Thanks, Art; I'll check this out.

Yup, all of the above, especially the exaggerated wing mirrors tilt-down in reverse, most disorienting, wish it could be overridden. Tight turning circle is great going forward, but a bit twitchy in reverse, amplified by the short wheel-base. I too have working experience with reversing, with...

One factor is perception of speed. When an i3 is traveling in a convoy it's speed is perceived as the same as the herd, but an i3 on its own appears to be going faster than it actually is, because it is so short and relatively tall. An average car will be seen to pass a stationary object and...

As a fellow San Franciscan I can second just about everything stumbledotcom says, with the following provisos: the 20" tires have proved to be an unexpected cost on our dreadfully-maintained streets; and though I am fine with the hard ride, others not so much.

Yes, EVs should pay their fair share for road maintenance, and an annual flat fee is one way. Similar bills are being introduced to charge solar users for tying into the grid they barely use. The broader discussion is the extent to which green technologies should be subsidized (nurtured) in...

spiraling, OK so you and donallen don't like your i3s and are looking for some greener grass, fair enough, but let's be sure to critique the i3 on matters of substance like the regen disconnecting on bumps and the work-in-progress adaptive cruise control, not trivialities like the rearview...

donallen, yes please do get rid of your i3, and take your petty whining to another blog, for if these are the worst things you have against the i3 then you are in for some grave disappointments in life over things that actually matter. FWIW, my response, in order: 1) OK, so it's a harsh ride...

SFOi3, please tell me which Bay Area you live in, because if "the roads are near perfect" then it must not be the San Francisco Bay Area that I live in, where the potholes have potholes, and driving is more slalom than schuss, and where the recent rains — hallelujah! — have turned cavities into...

Beware the messenger. Especially since Rupert Murdoch bought the WSJ his politics have slowly osmosed from the opinion pages to the news side; in fact just today there was a contentious staff meeting where the journalists pushed back against what they perceive as a soft managerial line on...

Yup, that canard is bogus nationwide, and more so depending on where you live (and if you have solar). Here in California I doubt that 1% of grid electricity comes from coal, but in Trump country it is more prevalent. Plus, of course, BMW touts its low carbon manufacturing of the i-series, and...

OK, so I got my i3 back today and the new replacement rear tires look to be EXACTLY the same as the old ones, so now I am confused, but not complaining, as I got 2 for the price of 1.

There is not a single DC charging station on I5 between Sacramento and Los Angeles, forcing us to take the byways of US101 or CA99. When?

Here is what I am told by Weatherford BMW in Berkeley CA: yes, the original Bridgestone Ecopia 20" 175/55 R20 rear tires are out of stock nationwide, and at at least a month away from returning. However, as of this Monday BMW released a bulletin that Bridgestone is releasing a replacement tire...