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EVs in the household have grown, was considering if TOU rates make sense. My utility gives me a 16 hour window to charge with 32 amps, so its more than enough time to top off evs in rotation. I use about 1300-1500 kWh per month. main draws A/C and EV charging. I do about 250- 350kWh worth...

Not sure how many people have gotten under the car to take a look, but my BEV has a rather large triangular cut out below the motor area all the way to the end of the battery pack. I thought it might be for cooling, then remembered our motors are cooled by sealed looped refrigerant. Anyway I...

Lots of people ask about battery life, degradation, charge times, etc. both on the forums and in real life. Thought I'd keep track of things for a while and provide some info for current/future owners. Having used 50kW DCFC, for a while, I think its more than enough power and speed for me...

looking to primer, paint, and clear coat the thick black plastic strip below the doors. Side skirts I guess they're called. Wondering if anyone has any experience using the following product: https://www.amazon.com/PAINTSCRATCH-Capparis-White-B88-2017/dp/B06WRNDWP4 Or does anyone know where...

So I've been browsing a lot for used I3s'. A lot of friends and family have tested out my car and are interested in grabbing a used unit that works out to 10$ a day, 300$/month @72. Which is cool and all. And I'm trying to help them source the color, trims, options they're interested in which is...

As the subject line describes, I'm going to be stripping the interior (just waiting for MLV to arrive), upgrade speakers, and treat the body panels for some serious sound elimination. During higher speed travel, the interior is just too noisy, and I hear most of the intrusion from the sides...

In ref to a 2019 120ah bev i3. I know the 12v (20ah) is riding up front. Is there any other junction I can take some 12V from to power two amps? Of course I'll be responsible and fuse it. How much output does the dc-dc converter provide to top off the 12v. If I have the vehicle in READY...

I had a major issue with another ev driver. I went into the supermarket for 20-30 min, saw they had new charging stations, lvl2, thought I'd plug in see the charge rate, etc. both spots were empty. I came back outside to find an ev parked next to me, and the driver tugging on the charge cord...

I know this might not apply to a lot on the forum, but I was curious to those that drive the i3 hard, what's the least amount of miles you've been able to get per charge. I've got a 2019 120ah, and no matter how hard I punish it, I cant get less than 110 miles, with SOC still around 10-12%...

Anyone have one of these units? If so, how does one go about changing the wifi access point that the charger is using ? (in this case hotspot from a cell phone upon setup , now want to select another wifi network. Cant find the settings for the life of me.

Hi , so I came across these ep500s which are suppose to be summer grand touring, vs the ep600 all season. Anyone have any experience with these ep500 on 19's? Any noticeable impact on ride comfort, sidewall rigidity, colder compound characteristics (avg winter low here is 50's). Real world...

Hi, does anyone know how to rearrange the main menu tiles in idrive (tech pkg). ? Its easy to do on the touch screen ones, just hold and move them around. How does one do it on a non touch screen i3. THX!!

So for the first few weeks I was just charging the i3 through a lvl2 240/40 amp'd Juicebox40 pro. Was pretty impressive. Last few weeks, I've been DC fast charging every time SOC is near 30ish%. I know there are faster charge rates out there, but I think I'm happy with the i3 adding nearly 1kW...

So I have an i3 2019 and a 2018 330e. Been driving the i3 on longer treks, using the 330e mostly for city runs, visiting family etc. So I've gotten very used to the incredible amount of passing power in the i3. I also have noticed that its power is very retarded when starting from a stopped...