Tallman
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Where I live we have no public charging points at parking spots. I can go to the dealer and charge for free but not great speed and why would I waste my time sitting there. BMW has outsourced a network on the main routes at say 100km intervals and a few in the large cities.
So it’s home charging for me and that works out fine at the moment, even just from the plug point, I’m installing a 32Ah charger that I got with the car which doesn’t really seem necessary but for “emergencies“ it might be nice. My EV has the range extender which is a 2 cylinder generator that charges thThe battery whilst driving, giving an extra 125km of range on top of the 240 or so of the battery.
In theory you can start to use the generator when the battery is below 70% and then keep on refilling with petrol but that of course is not why you buy an EV. nice to have for the odd longer trip or if you run out of electric juice in the wrong place.
Bit so far I’m really enjoying my little i3 for school runs / run around. It takes of fast, like a large golf cart. It’s the way to go for normal driving, I would say it’s superior and simpler than ICE. Now that doesn’t mean I’m not enjoying my ICE cars of course…….but the writing is on the wall.
So it’s home charging for me and that works out fine at the moment, even just from the plug point, I’m installing a 32Ah charger that I got with the car which doesn’t really seem necessary but for “emergencies“ it might be nice. My EV has the range extender which is a 2 cylinder generator that charges thThe battery whilst driving, giving an extra 125km of range on top of the 240 or so of the battery.
In theory you can start to use the generator when the battery is below 70% and then keep on refilling with petrol but that of course is not why you buy an EV. nice to have for the odd longer trip or if you run out of electric juice in the wrong place.
Bit so far I’m really enjoying my little i3 for school runs / run around. It takes of fast, like a large golf cart. It’s the way to go for normal driving, I would say it’s superior and simpler than ICE. Now that doesn’t mean I’m not enjoying my ICE cars of course…….but the writing is on the wall.