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Agree. On the one hand, a lot of us (myself included) are paying a lot of attention to a battery pack simply because we think it is going to drop below 70% within the warranty threshold. We are (at least I am) basing this on past performance which may not be an indication of future results...

Saw an interesting glitch that amused me last night: after getting home, I went back out to the car to check something and noticed that the range left was 31 miles on the main instrument display and 31 km on the center screen. It sure made me glad the US still uses miles so I have that extra...

You may want to try a few more times to get an idea how consistent the result is. My experience is that any metric used to calculate battery state of health has some variation in it that makes it hard to point to a definitive number. The other piece to consider is that unless you ran the...

If you don't have a specific scenario where you NEED the REX, a 'bigger' battery BEV is probably the better option so long as it can comfortably handle your daily routine. And 50 miles on a 94ah i3 should be no problem in Chicago winters even with some battery degradation as the car ages...

This is interesting. I didn't realize those "Tesla to J1772" adapters may not work with all destination chargers (I didn't realize the destination chargers had different settings). It does make sense with something I read recently: Tesla is going to allow Destination Charger 'owners' to start...

Just recently ticked over 55k miles, and yes, I agree it seems low for a car with more than a year left on the warranty. The good news is the car has enough range for my needs right now (especially with coronavirus), and I'm hoping by the time it doesn't that BMW will have a way to increase my...

If I'm reading your chart correctly, it looks like you have 4 data points at the higher charge speed. Based on what I've seen, there's some sizeable variability in tracking battery degradation and I'd be skeptical of basing anything off of that small of a sample. The data that I've been...

Seconded. The Max/Min cell temp and voltages were interesting to see and the SOH of the battery was interesting to see in a single number. I've been tracking this off of Batt. Kapa Max and my estimates have me hovering around 70%. With over a year left on the battery warranty, I'm curious to...

Per this thread: https://www.mybmwi3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5569 I believe you want to change the 4th button Long behavior to Wert_7. IIRC, that's what worked for me. For some reason, I think it must be the 4th button; even though the others show the option, it won't work.

To put emphasis on it, this possibility means you should never use an adapter like this on a shared circuit. If you used your stove/dryer while your EVSE was plugged in on the same circuit, then your EVSE's "Ground" would be energized with the return current of the stove/dryer's 120v. Anything...

I had a highway-pothole related experience as well that I thought would be incredibly expensive. It was a pothole that had already been patched a few times so the tar stretched the whole width of the lane and I couldn't avoid it. Very shortly after hitting it, the car's warning lights came on...

Agreed that dealers are vague/ secretive about battery health. I honestly think it may be that BMW keeps them in the dark as well and tells them to just listen to what the diagnostic computer says. i3s are still new/rare enough that (most) dealers may not have built up enough experience to...

As a non-Rex owner, I haven't done a ton of research on it but from what I've seen around here it seems like some of the issues with the REX stem from not using the engine frequently enough, so ironically a car with lots of miles might be better in that regard if a decent amount of those miles...

One thing that's interesting about this is that depending on what measure you look at, the 2017 vs. the 2014 battery may have: 1) 157% capacity (94ah / 60ah), 2) 150% capacity (33kwh total capacity/ 22kwh total capacity) 2) 145% capacity (27.2kWh usable / 18.8 kWh usable) Picking the middle...

Starting at the 27.2 kWh that is 'available' to the user on a new 94ah i3 according to BMW, the 13.08 menu item (Batt. Kapa. Max) is the closest thing the car comes to telling you what the state of health of the battery is. It is an estimate and can change by a kWh or few from one day to the...

For what it's worth, you do have to remove a lot of stuff to get to the charge socket lock (remove wheel, inner fender, etc.) but it's all fairly simple with one exception. This is a good video that shows the steps, though it's a European i3, so note that the the charge socket lock will look...

Has anyone had this issue and arrived at a solution which worked long term? Or, for a sanity check, are there other folks who are changing their charge lock more often than their brake fluid? I replaced my charge socket lock (61136842870) about 4 months ago because it was getting stuck in the...

I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable relying on a 94ah BEV for that commute year-round but I agree you could probably do the trip *most* of the time. Ultimately it probably depends how much you're willing to accommodate your car's needs/ how much you're willing to risk it on those days when it'll...

My two-cents is to go the 14-50 plug route. It allows you--or the future homeowner if you move-- a little more flexibility and convenience to use the outlet for something else (welder, RV etc.). Unless you're unplugging and plugging the EVSE back in every day, the plug connection shouldn't be...

I think the ad is suggesting she powers her cabin from her i3 based on the lights turning on after she plugs it in, and she plugs it in inside the trunk. There are a few of these commercials that promote the benefit of being able to power something off the i3's battery pack, from your...