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      05-16-2021, 11:43 PM   #17
Coastali8
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Drives: 2015 Crystal White Giga World
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2015 BMW i8  [10.00]
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Originally Posted by Noggie View Post
Good thing you are happy with it.

I agree that it's a nimble, fun practical "city car".

My two cents is that the 120ah version is enough for probably 95% of normal use.
How often do one do more than 290km/180mi a day.....
That range also cover most longer trips, but it's not really a car for longer trips, I thinks it's not comfortable enough so I use the M5 for longer trips.

The 60ah and 93ah versions I see that the Rex is the way to go.
Unless you live in Norway, not sure there is a single i3 Rex in the country. (tax related) so its not an option.

That’s interesting that in Norway you pay more in tax for a REx. Here in Oregon the REx has a lower tax because it’s considered a hybrid. Pure electric cars pay a higher tax because they don’t use any gasoline and therefore no road tax is collected with the gas sale. A hybrid uses gas so some road tax is collected but not very much because the REx seldom is used. So in the end the REx is cheaper.
In Norway the government rewards you to be environmentally friendly. Here in the US the government makes it more expensive to be environmentally friendly.
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