I can only think of four outfits that actually advertise battery work for i3's - the guy in the Czech Republic who (without any intention to be unkind) is not a scale operation, the company in Germany (Mandrill - unproven, as far as I know), a tiny outfit in Wales that seems to specialise in replacing i3 batteries with ones from scrapped cars and the Chinese company(ies) that will sell you a big box of loose batteries (and hopefully a nicely translated Chinglish manual telling you how to put it all together).
I personally would be happy to find a company just offering a like-for-like replacement with new cells but the same total capacity. I can understand why some people would like to upgrade the car to 200Ah, but TBH I don't have any confidence that anyone will be able to do that and integrate it so that everything (e.g. charging control and range calculation) works properly.
Good to hear that someone else has a concern about insurance cover - for example I see people fitting crazy wheel configurations that stick 2 inches out from the wheel arches, and wonder how they can possibly square the modification with their insurance provider - but it seems in some areas of the world it isn't seen as a problem...
I personally would be happy to find a company just offering a like-for-like replacement with new cells but the same total capacity. I can understand why some people would like to upgrade the car to 200Ah, but TBH I don't have any confidence that anyone will be able to do that and integrate it so that everything (e.g. charging control and range calculation) works properly.
Good to hear that someone else has a concern about insurance cover - for example I see people fitting crazy wheel configurations that stick 2 inches out from the wheel arches, and wonder how they can possibly square the modification with their insurance provider - but it seems in some areas of the world it isn't seen as a problem...
