[afadeev]

OK, so how are i3 sales doing in the new 2017 year?

As a refresher, i3 came in #7 in EV sales in its first year of existence
2014 : #7 among EVs in the US, selling an average of 762 cars per month.
2015 : #4 among EVs in the US, selling an average of 919 cars per month.
2016 : #7 among EVs in the US, selling an average of 635 cars per month.
2017 : #10 so far, 700 cars sold Jan + Feb, average of 350 cars per month.

Not so good.
BTW, i8 sales are tanking as well.

EV industry sales, overall, are up 62% Y/Y for the first two months of 2017.
So it's not the buyers, it's the competition that is devouring i3/i8 sales.

There are some (rumored) extenuating circumstances, with i3 dealer supply, supposedly, down to <1K vehicles in December and January. It's hard to sell cars you don't have in the inventory. On the other hand, every dealer I checked with when I was shopping for a new i3 in January only carried over-bloated models with REX and every other possible option, pushing the price into ~$60+K range. I did not find a single car on the lots within 150 mile radius of me that I liked, and thus had special ordered by MY'17 i3 BEV (still on the boat).

Either BMW finds a way to lower the i3 price significantly, or increase the range by at least 2x (rumored +30 in 10/17 is way too little), or the annual 2017 i3 sales will be the lowest on record.


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