It’s actually pretty simple: the I4’s weight is a result of its designers’ and manufacturer’s inexperience with EV platforms.
The good (?) thing is that BMW isn’t alone in this - all of the legacy manufacturers’ current EV offerings are overweight compared to the state-of-the-art EV chassis on the market, and this has nothing to do with crashworthiness or luxury trappings.
They’ll figure it out, eventually.
Last edited by ZCD1; 09-13-2021 at 08:16 PM..
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