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Will the i3 make my commute easier?
In my long search for a good DD to reduce wear and tear on my F80, I've come across a good deal on an i3 with Range Extender. My commute is 80+ miles round trip. I don't have a fast charger at home, nor a charger at my current office location, so I assume it will take 18hrs for a full charge, but I'll only have 10-13 hrs to charge at home at 110v.
Assuming it's stop and go traffic 40 miles to work, and cruising at 70mph+ coming home, with only a 10-13hr charge, how often will the range extender kick in, and how often do you think I will have to fill the tank? Keep in mind that I WILL be using the AC, it gets hot here and I can't stand it. Will I have a problem going to work 3-4 days a week with the i3? Another option is swapping my car daily to allow the i3 to fully charge.
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You could also stop off at a DC Fast charging station for 30mins which will get you close enough to full that you can charge to full using the 120v charger at home.
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I do a similar distance commute though less pressure on the air conditioning. If traffic is slow I can even make it return on just battery... if I need a full charge for the next day I go to a local level 2 station for an hour in the evening and charge while I do groceries/gym/reading this forum/whatever. It's enough that my home regular outlet will get to 100% overnight.
Worst case scenario I would be filling the Rex once every 10 days. Reality though it's about once per month for just commute. |
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I do 125 miles round trip on my commute daily and I am fine. I use the rex when I'm late and can't stop to use the fast charger with no problem. The rex will keep you going until it's out of gas. If you get the 2017+, the battery is better and will get you 110 miles on a full charge, so you probably will never need the rex. All you need is a home charger and you're good to go. EVGO fast charger is all over SoCal, no need to worry about being out of juice.
The rex has a 2.5 gallon tank and will get you around 80 miles or so.
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L2 chargers can be found for $300-500, and if you have an electric dryer plug in the house (all post-50s houses do), it will plug right in, for free. Quote:
If it's your first EV, I understand REX appeal (BTDT myself). If you think it through, you will be much better off with a BEV i3 that has full 114 mile range (86 miles on highway) to take you home on batteries alone. With that much driving (80 miles / day) * (4 days/week, on average) * (50 work weeks) = 16K miles/year. At Cali $3.50/gallon, that's $2.8K of gas savings / year (at M3's stop-go 20 mpg), or $233 / month. Your i3 BEV lease will cost not much more than that! *free car* ! Quote:
Any other arrangement will be an inconvenience at best, and a waste of time and source of endless frustration at worst. We know you can do it. Quote:
With the full 2.4 gallon gas tank and 34 MPG, REX will keep going for ~81.6 miles under ideal circumstances. BMW claims exactly 80 miles, so make that ~60 at highway speeds with AC ON. a
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That's with coding right?
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What are you after fuel savings or the latest technology and having some fun. I differently wouldn't buy an EV/i3 just for their fuel savings.
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BMW mileage estimate is accurate, and misleading at the same time. It's a good average, in as much as an average American family has 2.4 kids. You will hardly ever see that number in real life, both in family size and REX mileage. On the highway, you will see a significant mileage drop of ~25%. Roughly the same penalty for sub freezing weather (you won't see that). On the other hand, you can stretch out that mileage on the back roads to somewhere north of 100 mile mark, before REX kicks in. So figure a potential for +39% upside if you one-pedal drive, stay below 50 mph, and accelerate like a grandma on the way to a funeral. Quote:
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Going to test drive the car this weekend. Hopefully it all works out!
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Yup, it has it, thanks!
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Hmm... I'll be sending it to the dealer before I code it as well.
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