i8 - how and where to charge?

i8 - how and where to charge?

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notax

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240 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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I'm taking delivery of my i8 next week and thought I'd try and get my head around how to charge it in public. Any advice? Can I use Tesla points? Seem to be different change levels, types of connection and membership schemes. Very confusing! Can anyone share real experience? I work in Southampton and travel all over. Thanks

notax

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Sunday 26th March 2017
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Good point! I hadn't intended to buy one until I was invited by PH to drive one a week ago and having decided to buy one thought I'd get the order in before the April tax changes and save myself £2k over 4 years in the process. As it isn't purely electric I can always charge from home and then run on petrol, just wondered how the public charging worked - and whether it is worthwhile in a car that only does 20 miles on electricity anyway....

notax

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2,091 posts

240 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Thanks, I was wondering whether to have a home Bmw fast charger installed, but I would need a 15m lead which no one seems to offer, so may just use a standard extension lead. Am I right in thinking that takes about 6 hours to fully charge? I guess it is rare to run out of battery completely using sport mode, so I guess it may be faster if starting from a partial charge?