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If your route has regularly spaced fuel stations, it's doable. If you travel when they may be closed, it could be very problematic. I'm not a fan of carrying gas cans in a vehicle. Some do it. Comfort is very much an individual thing. When I've driven mine near its full range (a BEV)...

I have no idea if this is true, but one service manager told me that in the i3, the key fob is integral to the TPMS functionality. That's different from other models, if true. I lost one a few years ago, and through the dealer at the time, it was about $350 for a new one. I did have them lock...

Top speed is electronically limited to about 90mph. At top speed, the electric motor is turning over 14,000rpm. FWIW, the actual tire contact patch is the same, regardless of the aspect ratio of the tire at the same tire pressures. With the tall, narrow ones, it is longer F/R than wide, but...

I've had two accidents where I stopped and the person behind me didn't...both were in slippery winter conditions. Too many people do not pay proper attention to adjust for the conditions. Outside of the US, BMW enables a set of flashing rear lights when deceleration exceeds a certain point. I...

The cost of wiring (the materials and labor) can be a significant part of the cost to install an EVSE. Newer EVs will tend to have bigger batteries. So, IMHO, at least putting in the infrastructure for a larger unit, even if you buy a smaller one to plug or wire in, is prudent. What works...

I bought the remote from the BMW dealership...so, that might make a difference...don't know. I had lost one, so would have needed to have a key cut, but still might have been cheaper buying elsewhere...it was just easier.

I've come close a few times, and once, on White Sands Missile Range, had a close call with an Orix! Now, one of those will ruin your day! In upstate NY (apple orchard country), one night, something caught my eye, so I slowed, then stopped. In the next 10-seconds, 14 deer crossed the road in...

I lost one, and to pair the replacement, it was simple. - open the vehicle with the one working FOB. - take that one out of range of the vehicle - take the new one and put it up against the marked point on the steering column and hit the start button and you're done. This was a few years...

Back near the release of the i3, BMW showed a prototype i3 battery installed as a home battery backup device. I don't know if they ever actually marketed it anywhere, but they have also done some demonstration utility battery backup systems using those battery packs. You probably won't get...

FWIW, I've seen my i3 (a 2014 BEV) pulling over 20A at the point where it's warming the batteries and the cabin at the same time. So, if you want to leave with a full battery and want to precondition and warm the batteries, you may not achieve that with something less for an EVSE. That 20A...

Lead acid batteries, even AGM ones, can be damaged if they're discharged and sit too long at that state. AN AGM one can handle it better, but at low temperatures, a discharged AGM or plain lead acid battery can actually freeze and split its case. So, yes, setting the vehicle into ready state...

The vehicle tells the CCS (or EVSE) when to stop charging, so I don't think you can blame the CCS unit (all it has to do is break the interlock signal). FWIW, 99% isn't full, and once it gets near full, the charging rate can slow down considerably and trickle in those last few watts, which is...

Depending on the MY, you may have up to 38Hp available when your battery is essentially 'empty' (but BMW won't let that happen). The EV motor is 170Hp...you will not have full capabilities when running only on the REx. Will the vehicle go? Yes. On the level, as long as it can overcome drag...

A larger battery should theoretically at least, last longer as it would go through fewer recharge cycles to cover the same miles. That assumes that the manufacturer has decent thermal management of them while charging and during use, though. Probably the big benefit of solid state batteries...

Saw an article today about Nio, a Chinese vehicle manufacturer, that claims they will have a 150Kwhr solid state battery pack available in at least one of their vehicles starting in MY 2022, which is likely to be the first one for sale in the world. Toyota is also getting close, but probably...

FWIW, I don't know how accurate the meter I have on my EVSE's supply is, so 3W may not be exactly correct. Given that most electronics fail when you turn them on, a device designed to stay on will probably last longer if you don't shut it off and on daily.

Have someone watch the steering wheel while driving on one of the roads that give you issues. The suspension is fairly stiff, so, depending on how tight you're hanging on and how your arms are supported, it isn't hard to turn the wheel some as the vehicle moves side to side, then, you have to...

Early on in the release of the i3, there was some discussion based on some BMW scuttlebutt that essentially said, the REx was added based on marketing people rather than because the engineers wanted it. Based on how the whole vehicle was conceived, when used as intended, there'd be no reason to...

My Clipper Creek unit appears to draw about 3W at standby. I'm guessing that that runs the internal power supply that controls the logic board and powers the status LED(s). Not enough for me to worry about it - 20-30 cents a month, depending on your electric rates. FWIW, most electronics fail...

The vehicle can handle a maximum of 7400W, or 32A maximum current, whichever is larger. Electrical code in the USA calls for not loading the circuit for more than 80%, so a 40A circuit could handle a maximum of 32A EVSE, and a 50A circuit can handle 40A one. Yes, wire is probably a significant...