BMW i3 - 34k euro (starting price)

Janesy B said:
Why do car makers have to make anything hybrid/electric utterly odd to look at?
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So you remember them.... unlike the ones that look like normal cars.

I dont get the i3.... looks like its been designed with engine package packaging constraints yet the small motor is in the rear and its not really that aerodynamic either with a Cd rumoured at 0.28. Those dips in the rear door look ghastly but i guess they sat the occupant too low to the belt line and too many small people in the back were throwing up so they needed to fix the vision!
 
I quite like it. I know its not a good looking car in the standard sense, but its quit interesting looking, and I like the interior. I think the fact that it's a BMW, looks futuristic, and will probably drive quite well, means it will probably sell more than any other EV yet.
 
markyp23 said:
I wouldn't be comfortable using the radio/nav/iDrive because surely every second you use it, you're killing your range?
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The amount of power used by the Nav/radio etc is going to be roughly equivalent to the power drained by a normal car (and therefore loss of fuel efficiency, and range) - which is absolutely miniscule compared to the power drain of moving a car.
You could run a 400W sound system + 100W 30" TV from it for nearly two days continuously before draining the battery, and the motor is rated for 250 times that at peak power.
A Nav system is probably going to be drawing between 10-20W - so totally insignificant.
 
I wonder what the cost of "switching to a conventional BMW car" for say, a week, will be?

Being able to grab a 3 or 5 series for tripping down to the south coast, or across France would mean that I could almost get away with an all-electric car.
 
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