Used BMW i3 experiences

Lads it's easier to just get more familiar with charge % rather than the GOM because the GOM can't predict the future and can't account for hills, sudden acceleration and increased speeds, it takes time to adjust and then gives a prediction based then on that bit of driving and if you slow down etc , go down hill it will go back up again. The charge % is much more reliable or the Kwh/100 Km.

GOMs work best with the same continuous conditions, I found the Leaf 24 2015 model to be pretty good.

On a warm day in the Leaf 24 new, I could get 140 Kms off the Motorway the same as I can get 230 Kms in the i3 94Ah.

The 120 Ah i3 appears if it could do 220 kms at 100-110 Km/h and 250-280 with the same conditions I get 230 Kms in the 94 Ah Kms.

One of the benefits of the Rex is that it allows you to drive it to a much lower SOC than you'd normally drive a BEV.

Could I live with the 40 Kwh i3 ? I'm not so sure to be honest given the current infrastructure, perhaps if it could charge at 100 kw and there were a lot more chargers then yes, I could see myself easily living with 40 Kwh.

I would imagine that BMW will announce that there is a 50-54 Kwh i3 coming for 2020 but they need to try harder and go with 60 Kwh and faster charging that would be something but highly unlikely. Truth be told there won't be another battery upgrade until the next generation whenever that will be considering it was to be scrapped in 2020 and now it's not so they are probably way behind in updating it.

unkel wrote: »

351km if you drive it like a Leaf

Is that figure realistic though? I guess it probably is.

351 ? I'm not so sure, I would say 280 would be possible under the same conditions as I can get 230 in the i3 94 Ah and this GOM readings above is using heater too so in warm weather it could be possible to get 300 Km out of it off the motorway urban driving 60-80-100 and so on or lots of back road driving for country folk like me.

It's leaps beyond my old 24 Kwh leaf for sure !

This 120 Ah I sadly have to give up soon might also have the heat pump which is good for +5 degrees C and above, below 5 degrees and lower they are useless. So suits our climate pretty well.

The Apple car play is brilliant, the HK stereo sounds better for some reason and the LED high beams would probably permanently blind oncoming drivers , I have never seen headlights so bright !

The i3 Got small improvements that made it even better , if I could only get the S for a few days !

unkel wrote: »

I refuse to plug in my phone. I haven't had to plug in my phone for charging in many years. The current version of Android (not on my phone yet) supports Android Auto wirelessly

Maybe that feature will come to an iPhone in 2022 / 2023?

? Course it works wirelessly

Below is a pic of the 120 Ah i3 after getting back to the garage, 145 Kms and GOM says 146 Km left in Eco Pro and 170 Km Eco Pro +.

When I got to 50% I had 125 Kms which would suggest 250 Km should be achievable if you assume another 125 Km from the rest of the 50% and pretty much the same driving style and conditions.

280 Km I would say is quite possible in warm weather at up to 100 Km/h.

I drove back to the garage at 110 Km/h with some 120 Km/h stints from M9 Carlow to M7 roadworks and then 60-80 through that and then 100 on N7 with some 110 Km/h.

Try to focus more on battery % not Gom and kwh/100 Km.

for instance if you get 80 Kms on the first 50% you could expect another 80 for the remaining 50% if conditions, driving style, terrain etc are roughly the same except that you would probably want to be very close to a charger for the remaining 20% so that has to be factored in too.