> In addition to the fully electric “i3” models, which have been in production since 2013
What? BMW selling "fully electric" i3's is certainly news to me. Weren't all i3's hybrids?
What? BMW selling "fully electric" i3's is certainly news to me. Weren't all i3's hybrids?
With an added optional range extender they make up to 300km.
The new battery will have 94 Ah, instead of 60Ah. Which will extend the range a bit. With some maths this might be: 250km with battery and 390km with added optional range extender.
http://www.bmwblog.com/2016/06/17/2017-bmw-i3-specs-revealed...
The only reason I can imagine to use amp hours instead of kwh is to hide the fact that their batteries have way less capacity than a Tesla. Can someone explain why you'd use amp hours?
The article below says the 94 Ah battery is 33kwh. Wow, that's a lot less energy than an 85 or 100kwh tesla. The article below says range of "up to 115 miles". Tesla 85kwh is EPA 265 miles, which is no doubt more real than the manufacturer "up to" mileage. Why doesn't BMW make a bigger battery car? Expense, weight, ability to keep it cool while charging?
They seem far behind. The roadster, that came out in 2008 had a 53kwh battery (last year they offered an upgrade to 80kwh for $29k). Tesla needs better competition to keep them honest. Maybe in 2018 when the all electric Porsche comes out, and the model 3, they will be closer.
http://insideevs.com/official-2017-bmw-i3-gets-33-kwh-batter...
Also a electric MINI is no news. They had a fleet of them since at least 2009 but as far as I know didn't sell them publicly. I applied to test one for a year in 2010 but unfortunately wasn't selected.
I repeat.
They had this car years ago. It was awesome.
Here in Seattle (and also Portland) we have BMW's ReachNow drive sharing network, so are able to drive the i3 for about 40 cents per minute point-to-point.
It's great since BMW handles the fleet management and electric charging, we just open up the iPhone, find the closest one and jump in, driving off. The future!
I have to wonder: how many people have gone out and bought or leased an i3 after experiencing the thrill through ReachNow?