Lecram
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Does anyone have any practical experience with the real range of the i3 rex version? BMW promises about 300 kms, but is that realistic?
Lecram said:Does anyone have any practical experience with the real range of the i3 rex version? BMW promises about 300 kms, but is that realistic?
kentheteaman said:Lecram said:Does anyone have any practical experience with the real range of the i3 rex version? BMW promises about 300 kms, but is that realistic?
Hi Lecram,
I am getting i3 on Monday for 24 hour test drive.
I will be testing the ranges and I will have some idea on Tuesday.
regards,
ken
That sounds great! Thanks for sharing your experiences.kentheteaman said:Lecram said:Does anyone have any practical experience with the real range of the i3 rex version? BMW promises about 300 kms, but is that realistic?
Hi Lecram,
I am getting i3 on Monday for 24 hour test drive.
I will be testing the ranges and I will have some idea on Tuesday.
regards,
ken
kentheteaman said:Lecram said:Does anyone have any practical experience with the real range of the i3 rex version? BMW promises about 300 kms, but is that realistic?
Hi Lecram,
I am getting i3 on Monday for 24 hour test drive.
I will be testing the ranges and I will have some idea on Tuesday.
regards,
ken
Lecram said:Any news, Ken?
HOME TO WORK
I charged it using regular home plug for 8hours.
The charge showed it only charged little over than 50% and the Electric range was 41miles.
When I reached work place which was 45miles I still had 6miles left in the electric range.
I33t said:As for choosing a bigger battery, there is an environmental impact of using more cells than most users need. Trip statistics show that the range of the Leaf and the i3 is more than adequate for most trips.
kentheteaman said:BMW people have shot themselves in the foot by selecting a smaller battery of 18KW size. It should have been 24KW like the LEAF which would have given at least 80miles per charge.
Muhv said:I33t said:As for choosing a bigger battery, there is an environmental impact of using more cells than most users need. Trip statistics show that the range of the Leaf and the i3 is more than adequate for most trips.
Sorry, but this is BS! 60miles is not a car. This is bicycle. BMW has made an extraordinary mistake to give a car such a tiny battery. 80 miles should be absolute minimum in comfort mode and in cold weather (sub zero). Anything less is just not acceptable.
Now a new study by two doctoral students at the school of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University has increased that figure, estimating that electric cars could meet as much as 95 percent of all daily driving needs of U.S. citizens.
Using data obtained from the Department of Transport’s 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), Garrett Fitzgerald and Rob van Haaren analyzed the travel data of survey participants, concluding that 95 percent of the 748,918 recorded single-trip journeys by car were under 30 miles.
More astonishingly, around 98 percent of all single-trip journeys were under 50 miles in length, with trips over 70 miles in length accounting for just one percent of all single-trip journeys.
The average single-trip distance? Just 5.95 miles. And while rural respondents naturally traveled further on average than their urban counterparts, 95 percent of all rural-based trips were still under 50 miles.
I33t said:Something not quite right there.
Which driving mode were you using? Did you switch to a more economical mode when the range was showing it was inadequate?
.........I used the comfort mode. There is no point in torturing oneself for 50miles range. May be if I am looking for 100miles then Eco pro etc will be ok.
I think there is a post here of a NL driver using a BEV i3 on new years eve. He turned off the heating, switched to Eco plus and made it with bit of fingernail biting.
Something that is worth considering is to slow down when range is limited.
..........The range dropped suddenly like falling down a cliff. One minute it was showing 20miles left in the range and all of a sudden it fell down to 5miles and to 3miles. It was alarming.
As for choosing a bigger battery, there is an environmental impact of using more cells than most users need. Trip statistics show that the range of the Leaf and the i3 is more than adequate for most trips.
This is a good example:
HOME TO WORK
I charged it using regular home plug for 8hours.
The charge showed it only charged little over than 50% and the Electric range was 41miles.
When I reached work place which was 45miles I still had 6miles left in the electric range.
If you had the wallbox, you would have achieved 100% charge, and a return journey from home to work on electric range would be feasible.
As for the range figures at start, this is a demonstrator, yes? Most likely, it has been flogged around the block by various tyre kickers and the car is just saying that with the kind of driving it has been subjected to, don't expect to get very far.
........I am sure that is a factor. But having said so it should not struggle for 50miles at 65miles/hour speed.
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