JTM
Active member
My wife and I picked up our new i3 a week ago now, with 11km on the clock. Have sentimentally named it 'EVElyn'. Came with the grey carpets as well (not the cream as expected) but does not show the % SOC as I thought we might have caught this update as well. We have done over 600km in the week and to date is meeting all our expectations handsomely. Took a 42km trip up Mt Glorious and home again (84km round trip ) with over half a charge still available. We were wondering what the hills would do to range but they seemed to have no effect at all - may be partly because we got stuck behind a struggling ICE (Mazda 2) on the steepest part of the ascent.
Quite enjoying getting to know the voice commands and internet connection stuff. Still haven't programmed the radio short cuts as so many stations and other options to choose from.
The charge time at home is fine, seems always fully charged and we only run 16 amp Clipper Creek ESVE. Have just put it on an off-peak rate and with 5 kWh of solar I think I will be able to meet both our residential and travelling needs from this energy source alone. Solar power and EVs are so synergistic - brilliant.
While the bluetooth works really well, we have iOS phones etc and the apple eco-system seems to disallow any download of music or video to the hard drive of the car so I'd be interested if anyone has a work around for this.
Love introducing the naive and disbelievers to this car as it does alter perceptions of EVs.
Anyway going well. 10/10 satisfaction for the first week.
JTM
Quite enjoying getting to know the voice commands and internet connection stuff. Still haven't programmed the radio short cuts as so many stations and other options to choose from.
The charge time at home is fine, seems always fully charged and we only run 16 amp Clipper Creek ESVE. Have just put it on an off-peak rate and with 5 kWh of solar I think I will be able to meet both our residential and travelling needs from this energy source alone. Solar power and EVs are so synergistic - brilliant.
While the bluetooth works really well, we have iOS phones etc and the apple eco-system seems to disallow any download of music or video to the hard drive of the car so I'd be interested if anyone has a work around for this.
Love introducing the naive and disbelievers to this car as it does alter perceptions of EVs.
Anyway going well. 10/10 satisfaction for the first week.
JTM