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Chris Harris Drives the BMW i3 (Pistonheads Review)
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com Review from Chris Harris on the BMW i3 [official specs]. Quote:
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07-12-2013, 09:47 AM | #3 |
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Plug in cars are not for me. I do believe that gas/electric hybrid will become the dominant drivetrain in North America by 2020. Hopefully, we will see interesting designs with small batteries, rear drive petrol and front drive for the electric motor.
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07-12-2013, 09:54 AM | #4 |
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I was hoping it would be a video segment!
I do implicitly trust Chris Harris' opinion.. I am slightly more curious about the i3. I could never ever go from a straight six turbo to an electric car, but agree that this cutting edge tech is forcing the industry to evolve, and that is a very good thing.
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07-12-2013, 10:11 AM | #5 |
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Why do I always read these reviews using the reviewers voice?! Another example; every Top Gear review is read in Jeremy Clarkson's voice...ahhh the madness.
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07-12-2013, 10:29 AM | #7 |
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I have one interesting question, that 80g/km carbon quote... where does he get that information from? Also, when quoting like for like, so the i3 has 0g/km but takes electricity that may (MAY) come from fossil fuels and therefore have an XXg/km part to it. What about fossil fuelled cars, so lets say my car outputs 200g/km right, was any co2/carbon created when processing the fuels to make the petrol? I bet there was! So I don't have accurate data, but lets say my car again does 200g/km co2, the company that made the petrol surely used electricity to make the fuel right, which might add XXg/km on top of the 200g/km still making electric a low emission fuel.
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07-12-2013, 11:27 AM | #10 |
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I'm with you on this. Electric cars are a trend and they will eventually go away to Hydrogen.
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07-12-2013, 11:29 AM | #11 |
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Chris Harris is always spot on with these assessments. Seems like a pretty fun car to drive, and I'm looking forward to the production interior pics.
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07-12-2013, 11:42 AM | #12 | |
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Love this guy! And his approach to the I3, sounds about right to! Can't wait to see it in person!
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To create a viable network of hydrogen distribution would take decades and a tremendous amount of money/investment. Who would make such an investment without a market for it? Likewise, who is going to bring hydrogen cars to market in mass, without a hydrogen distribution network that can make that market segment sustainable? It’s a chicken or the egg dilemma here, whereas the aforementioned technologies have an existing distribution network to leverage off of. note: US centric opinion. |
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07-12-2013, 03:16 PM | #14 |
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Absolutely correct, but it's the future, while electric is not. I'm sure there is a LOT of money to be had in hydrogen fueled cars. See James May's review of the Honda FCX to learn why hydrogen is what we need.
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You are underestimating the future of electric mobility. Once water cooled batteries come into play, range will be close to 1000 miles per charge. Having to stop every 250-300 miles to refill the tanks with water. We might be going back to the steam engine days... Nice video BTW.
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LMAO! I did the same thing!
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I personally don't want to drive around in a silent electric car, but they seem like a good solution for the average commuter who spends much of his life sitting in traffic anyways. |
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07-12-2013, 05:41 PM | #18 |
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Chris Monkey Harris is the older brother we all wish we have ! I forsee that everyone with some sort of Apple product in their hand will be flocking toward this i3... ... and even android users such as myself LOL, despite this car laking a manual transmission (to say the least).
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Sorry, I've been out of things for awhile but can anyone tell me how many people the i3 seats?
Looks to be a good everyday car to get to point a and b
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As with everything, there is always a trickle down effect. We saw systems like KERS in Formula 1 slowly make it to production cars like exotics, eventually it reached consumer cars and will continue to make its presence in the industry. The same thing will happen with hybrids first, then pure electric cars after that.
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07-13-2013, 05:51 AM | #22 |
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Great review and he knows what he's talking about. I have put a deposit down as I want to experience at the outset what the future looks like. Carbon fibre, new interior design etc. Still keep the 1M but I like to embrace new technology. BMW says it will flow down into future models.
Surprised by some of the comments from people tying to rubbish the car before trying it. All the press reviews are very positive about the car. They even say it looks ok once finally revealed. |
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