Thread: i3 "tuning"
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      04-08-2014, 09:53 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by jadnashuanh View Post
I doubt there is much tweaking you can do with an electric motor! It's not like you can feed it more gas which can make more power like in an ICE. There are ways to limit the power - they do that in the EcoPro mode, but making more is a different story.
I imagine comfort mode (full power) is already dialed back. I am not an EE though it seems that the power could be bumped and battery more quickly depleted.

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Originally Posted by jadnashuanh View Post
I'm pretty sure you could tweak the software to enable the REx to be activated at will (that capability is in those sold in Europe, as I understand it). That does have some merit, but CA would have big issues with that!
My point exactly. thanks -
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