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I now have a paperback version of my book available - Electric Vehicles and the BMW i3 - David Bricknell. UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1522004874 USA http://www.amazon.com/dp/1522004874 France http://www.amazon.fr/dp/1522004874 Germany http://www.amazon.de/dp/1522004874 The paperback is...

After 5500 downloads of my book on EVs and the i3, I’ve updated to the third edition - ‘Electric Vehicles and the BMW i3’ . For this latest edition there is some new text and graphs on dynamics, emissions, batteries, battery management , cell balancing, charging profiles, temperature impacts and...

Second edition of my book ‘Electric Vehicles and the i3’ with a Foreword by Tom Moloughney giving a great overview of where Electric Vehicles are today in the changing transportation environment. In June of 2016, after just a year of owning my i3, I published a book about Electric Vehicles and...

Can't get on with this new format. Used to have an easy way of finding new posts but now they just seem difficult to find.

ChargeNow is introducing a monthly-fee business model but the old £20 annual subscription model (advertised by BMW and which many of us probably signed up for) remains in force together with its )different) charging costs. For those on the old Annual Fee scheme the charging costs are no longer...

The i3 gathering in Milton Keynes on Sunday was a great day out. Some 39 cars turned out plus two i8 as well as some of BMW’s i-specialists. (Well done Ross for organising it). As usual we started planning our route (CCS chargers) early - it's about 110-140 miles away depending on the route...

Drive Assist Plus displays the current speed limit on the screen. I can set Drive Assist Plus to go at any speed and it will do so unless the car in front goes slower. I would like to be able to set the car so that I can drive at any speed up to the current speed limit displayed on the...

A very interesting report appeared on Green Car Congress http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/10/20151001-inl.html Cars and drivers studied were mostly Leafs and Volts but overall 130 million miles and 6 million charging events. Some interesting conclusions. Plug In EV private owners...

A short vacation in an i3ReX covering 451 miles in a five days. One of the areas in the UK worst served by electric car charging is Devon but this is where we ventured in our i3Rex last week. When we bought the i3 it was after some considerable time spent thinking about whether this could be...

I am planning a trip to La Rochelle in the West Loire in France starting from Bristol. The best route seems to be through Poole-St Malo ferry - 306 miles and four CCS charges. (Plymouth-Roscoff is 423 miles and six CCS Charges.) I’ve used the CCS Charger Map - www.ccs-map.eu. The most...

France's Energy Minister, Segolene Royal, also announced that drivers willing to ditch diesel cars for electric ones will be given a bonus of up to 10,000 euros. What are the chances of this in the UK?

As always, working through a car's options before buying is a nightmare and the i3 seems no different. I am looking at an i3 ReX which at the moment I seem to have convinced myself I could have as an only car even though I do at least one 300mile round trips a month. I don't think the i3...