BMW i3s REx
No longer sold by BMW.
153 miles of electric range.
200 miles with the gas powered range extender.
It was a very mini electric SUV that cost about $50K.
One of my customers owned one. A 2018. They gave him $19.5K for it toward his new Ford Explorer.
The BMW i3(s) version took a bit of a hit to the miles per
charge when they added the i3 > i3s Sport version.
Still it is rated at around 114 miles per charge. Driving
around town would be better, but when you add in the Freeway
speeds, 114 is probably about 5 miles more than I get right
now with the car being five years old. I’m not convinced
I couldn’t match that 114 miles if I drove around town
rather than on the freeway though, so it’s not lending
itself to be kicked for dropping off over the years.
I have been filling up to 90% recently due to increased
travel needs. I’ve been pulling in right at 100 miles off
that.
If I had charged to 100%, I could have pulled out around
111 or so. That compares well to 114 with the car at this
age.
The range extender does provide another 75 miles. I own
a couple of five gallon gas receptacles, and using them
I can go up to 550 miles on a charge, the 2.4 gallon tank,
and the ten gallons of gas.
The only time I’ve used the range extenders was to learn how
to use them efficiently.
I drove the car for over a year before I intentionally turned them on. The vehicle turns them on for ten minutes
for maintenance once a quarter if you don’t.
These cars were going for as much as $60k new. They could
probably have qualified for the government rebate. I didn’t
have to go that route buying it used.
Honestly, I think most of them were leased new.
My last fill up too me 32 minutes, and I filled from 11%
to 90%. It is impacted by the kilowatt rate they provide
to charge. It can vary.