Lolotte
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Finally, it seems that some French journalists tried the pre-production i3!
Here is the link, if you want...
http://www.lefigaro.fr/automobile/2013/07/16/30002-20130716ARTFIG00413-bmw-i3-premieres-impressions-de-conduite.php
You have a nice pictures...
Here are the main facts:
"Even without moving the front seats, you can easily slide on the back seats."
"When you look up, you can see two glass roofs, a little bit like a plane cockpit"
"A metallic and rotary button is what you can call the transmission. If you turn it clockwise, you activate the Drive position. Going the other way is activatiing the reverse mode"
"It starts off like a rocket"
"The maniability is without limits"
"Not as good in long and large curves if you are going too fast"
"The electric direction didn't convince us at great speed because of its lack of consistency and exchange of information. Its softness (smoothness?) will still be a great thing in city trips"
"Sofisticated energy recovery system when you decelerate"
Seems great!
One French article is also saying that the price will be announced on Monday 22th, but it is very hard to believe...
http://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/automobile/20130717trib000776178/vous-voulez-absolument-la-nouvelle-bmw-i3-electrique-reservez-la-sur-internet.html
And the 3 events will be from London, New york and somewhere in Asia!
Anyway, just to finish.. I tried the Active-E and it is just an amazing experience... The silence is just so good and I just loved the one-pedal feeling...
One funny thing is, while I was driving, a Fluence ZE was just in front of me... So I could compare the acceleration, and of course, the Active-E is way better!
On my trip of 38km, I used less than 20km of autonomy. I guess that people driving the car before me were not as gentle as me, so the autonomy was not really accurate...
Here is the link, if you want...
http://www.lefigaro.fr/automobile/2013/07/16/30002-20130716ARTFIG00413-bmw-i3-premieres-impressions-de-conduite.php
You have a nice pictures...
Here are the main facts:
"Even without moving the front seats, you can easily slide on the back seats."
"When you look up, you can see two glass roofs, a little bit like a plane cockpit"
"A metallic and rotary button is what you can call the transmission. If you turn it clockwise, you activate the Drive position. Going the other way is activatiing the reverse mode"
"It starts off like a rocket"
"The maniability is without limits"
"Not as good in long and large curves if you are going too fast"
"The electric direction didn't convince us at great speed because of its lack of consistency and exchange of information. Its softness (smoothness?) will still be a great thing in city trips"
"Sofisticated energy recovery system when you decelerate"
Seems great!
One French article is also saying that the price will be announced on Monday 22th, but it is very hard to believe...
http://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/automobile/20130717trib000776178/vous-voulez-absolument-la-nouvelle-bmw-i3-electrique-reservez-la-sur-internet.html
And the 3 events will be from London, New york and somewhere in Asia!
Anyway, just to finish.. I tried the Active-E and it is just an amazing experience... The silence is just so good and I just loved the one-pedal feeling...
One funny thing is, while I was driving, a Fluence ZE was just in front of me... So I could compare the acceleration, and of course, the Active-E is way better!
On my trip of 38km, I used less than 20km of autonomy. I guess that people driving the car before me were not as gentle as me, so the autonomy was not really accurate...