RE: Could you buy a BMW i3?

[chris116]

I saw one of these a couple of weeks ago on the road in Munich. I'm not sure if it was a customer car as it didn't have any of the camouflage that you normally see with the test cars around the city.

I was surprised how tall it looked compared to the other cars on the road, it looked more like a short MPV than what you would expect from a small city car. It certainly stood out amongst the traffic.

[McWigglebum4th]

Garybee said:

McWigglebum4th said:

Garybee said:

Can't see me ever buying something like this. I don't buy new cars and I suspect that these will be pretty worthless as 2nd hand buys due to batteries requiring replacement.

I suspect I will be buying something like this as everyone belives the battery needs replacing after 3 years

Also it doesn't have a battery

So its far cheaper to replace some batteries

Oh dear, I bet most of your 25,000+ posts contain this type of bolshy, argumentative rubbish with regular (unsuccessful) attempts at pedantry. Please feel free to go and learn what a battery is. Then you can go back to trawling for spelling and punctuality errors in other people's posts.

That'll do, I reckon that has about the same level of unpleasantness as your reply.

No it doesn't have a battery

It has lots of little batteries all linked together

So you only replace the cells that are dead

[DonkeyApple]

Garybee said:

That's an interesting point. Do you know the cost of having this done at a specialist indie'? If the net cost of a battery replacement wasn't silly then I'm not averse to the idea of an electric car at all.

The issue at the moment is that it isn't cost effective.

However, most Li in the world comes from tin pot South American ex dictatorships which are prone to popular uprisings so the supply of the raw carbonate is 'fragile'. Hence a lot of the price.

Countries like China and Japan are already buying off the Govts over there to try an secure supply flow. Once EVs take a significant hold then the batteries will be recycled as there will be enough of them to make it cost effective. At present the most common use is in small batteries in phones etc and they just get binned but collecting whole racks from cars is cheaper than the same number from phones.

The Li argument is another false flag in reality from pressure groups mainly with geopolitical motivations over human rights abuses in Chile and Bolivia. The fact is that if Li tech becomes crucial then these countries will be forcibly 'stabilised' to secure supply and recycling will have become cost effective by the nature of the vast number of batteries in the market place.

[mids]

Some slightly iffy overtaking in places but shows the i3 on the roads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQVO0Vaigb0

[McWigglebum4th]

mids said:

Some slightly iffy overtaking in places but shows the i3 on the roads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQVO0Vaigb0

And electric car over took a fossil fuelled car

quick everyone

KILL YOURSELVES its the end

[ZesPak]

mids said:

Some slightly iffy overtaking in places but shows the i3 on the roads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQVO0Vaigb0

Looks like a typical BMW driver to me .

[DonkeyApple]

I guess the core question from that is how much juice was caned in driving like that?

[dapearson]

ZesPak said:

Looks like a typical BMW driver to me .

Quite appropriate for it to be BMW really given what i witnessed yesterday on the A1. No doubt sitting 2ft from the bumper of the car in front on the A1 will be a key part of achieving maximum battery range, for which 318d owners are already in training.

[scenario8]

It certainly looked more than nippy enough for a citycar. I shall watch with interest as it reaches production.

[Kolbenkopp]

Nice find, that video, and certainly promising. The tailgating won't work here cause they run out of steam at 150 km/h or thereabouts so that's not an issue . But yes, the big question is the range if driven like that.

[Amateurish]

Looks very quick for an electric car. I haven't seen many Leafs driven like that!