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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
It's an electric car built with fancy carbon fiber and aluminum meant to conserve carbon-based fuels (and my be some Uranium too) and save the planet. It should be illegal to modify it for enthusiastic performance enhancement.
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Should it be illegal to allow the owner to kick in the range extender at 18% charge so you can manage a longer drive with added gasoline?
An M3 or my 135i has a good deal of engineering associated with efficiency. Tuning these cars expands the performance envelope and in doing so allows them to consume gas at a more rapid rate. . . . hmmm, sounds like that should be illegal.
If I had an i3 and found that Dinan had a software update that allowed me to control the rex and a added sport setting that allowed enhanced performance though more rapid depletion of charge you could count on me to buy it. Guess I am just a scofflaw, break out the handcuffs.
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