Video Summary
- The i3 is a totally new car for BMW and features a total new propulsion system.- A bigger battery has been updated.
- There's no electric motor under the hood.
- All of the steering componentry and a very small frunk are under the hood.
- There's no way to see the electric motor even if you pull up a panel with a cover to the dipstick for the range extender.
- The electric motor is placed in the rear, and it drives the rear wheels.
- It has 170 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque.
- The 22-kilowatt battery is still an option and is good for 81 miles of range per the US EPA.
- The car being reviewed has a 50% bigger, 33-kilowatt battery, good for 114 miles of range.
- A range extender is offered, and it is a two-cylinder, 647cc motorcycle engine from a BMW scooter.
- The range extender keeps the battery charged to around 30% but isn't for long distances.
- The car has an MPG estimate of 118.
- The two-cylinder gives the car a dipstick for gasoline.
- It's outfitted with a Moonroof or portholes and is a MacPherson strut, multi-link BMW.
- If the basic 22-kilowatt battery vehicle, it has 19-inch wheels; the car reviewed has 20-inch wheels.
- There are regen brakes and 11-inch diameter rotors all around.
- This BMW car is made with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer, plastics reinforced with carbon fiber to reduce overall mass.
- The materials for the polymer come from Japan, but the raw material production is 50 miles north of Munich and sent to Leipzig to make the i3.
- It's high-tech but has six different high-quality textures on the door.
- It's fitted with a Harman Kardon sound system.
- The reviewer asks for the viewer's opinion on the design.
