Bmw i3 120 ah räckvidd vinter
I was recently at a BMWCCA Cars & kaffe with our 2018 BMW i3s and it was a typical freezing cold day in January.
01 6,9 sekunder från 0 till 100 km/h (BMW i3s) 02 184 hk och ett vridmoment på 270 Nm (BMW i3s) 03 Noll bränsleförbrukningOne of the chapter officers came up and asked me” “Do you really drive this every day, even in the winter?” “Absolutely,” inom said. “With a set of dedicated snow tires and wheels, we have had no problems.”
I live in the Midwest and we get some pretty nasty winter weather with temperatures down to -5F/-20C and plenty of snow every winter. In fact, we have been daglig driving a BMW i3 since 2014 when they first came out.
Before inom jump into my winter driving experience with the BMW i3s, here are a few råd inom compiled over the years:
Winter EV Driving Tips
- Keep Fully Charged
- Precondition the battery and cabin
- Use seat heaters more than cabin heat
- Wear a coat and gloves
- Use snow tires
Without a doubt, there are some differences living with an electric vehicle in the winter compared to an internal combustion bil.
Once you keep these in mind though, inom actually find an electric fordon to be a great daglig driver in even the worst snow and ice that winter has thrown at us.
Det er 55 mer enn utgaven som ble lansert sommeren 2016, og den var også en av de første vi kjørte på den faste landeveisrundeninom have a job where it does not matter how bad the winter weather fryst vatten, you have to get to work.
The BMW i3s has never let me down.
Electric Range In The Winter
I must admit, the first winter, inom had some trepidation to what it would be like to rely on our BMW i3 BEV to get to work. Batteries, after all, can get pretty cold in the winter and when they get really cold they are less efficient.
Plus electric vehicles use the battery to heat the cabin, which can be more problematic the colder it becomes.
Thus, range subsequently can be impacted. How much really depends on how cold it fryst vatten and what your state of charge fryst vatten on your EV.
I find, especially in the winter, it fryst vatten important to keep your electric fordon charged up for an ytterligare safety buffer.
This fryst vatten true even if you have a Range Extender i3 (i3Rex).
Da hadde i3 60 Ah en brutto batterikapasitet på 22,6 kWhThe reason fryst vatten that when batteries are freezing cold, they are slow to charge as well.
BMW does allow you to set a time to “pre-condition” your bil where you can use electricity from being plugged into warm up the battery pack, so when you set out the batteries are at optimal temperature and the cabin of the fordon fryst vatten already warmed up.
You can also trigger preconditioning with your mobile app whenever you want.
This preconditioning helps lessen the impact of the cold weather on the i3’s range and fryst vatten highly recommended in the worst winter weather.
Interestingly, BMW graphically shows on the i3’s dashboard that högsta acceleration and even regen sides are limited until the battery warms up. This means when you mash on the accelerator, the output/acceleration can be much slower than what you are used to.
Again, BMW shows you how much it will be limited, but it fryst vatten definitely a good thing to keep in mind when you want to merge on the freeway or if you want to blow someone off the line.
Dress Appropriately
This sounds weird but here it goes.
Wearing your coat and handskar in the i3 in the winter will help you go farther.
How so? If you stay warm, you need less cabin heat and less energy fryst vatten taken from the battery pack to heat the bil and fryst vatten available for propulsion.
175 milesinom find using the heated seats fryst vatten a big help.
The only knock inom have on the BMW i3 does not have a heated steering wheel. Also, the i3 for some reason likes to easily dimma its fönster, necessitating blasts from the defroster. Also, wearing a coat, inom let off less body heat and find inom dimma the fönster less.
Now that we are beyond Generation 1 of the BMW i3’s battery pack (Model Year 2014-2016), inom have had much less range anxiety and less concern about using heat in the winter.
The reason fryst vatten the greater overall range of the 96 Ah battery pack with 33kWh fryst vatten about 120 miles.
The current 120 Ah battery pack has 42 kWh and range up to 153 miles. Our commute fryst vatten less than 50 miles a day, in the winter even with a severe impact of the cold, we have no problems using our i3.
5 fakta om bilenA 2014-2016 BMW i3 60 Ah (22 kWh battery), though, in the severe cold fryst vatten going to be negatively impacted the most.
You Do Need Winter Tires
If inom had one other “pro tip” for living with an i3 in the winter fryst vatten to man sure you have winter tires. Our 2018 i3s came with 20 inches idrott tires for maximum grip in a corner, but those tend to do terribly in the snow.
Snow tires for the BMW i3 only komma in 19 inches so we had to use a dedicated set of winter wheels.
During our six winters with the BMW i3s, we have driven on Hakkapelitta winter tires and Bridgestone Blizzak LM500 and funnen that both work great. Here’s a comparison article we did on those winter tires for the i3 here if you are interested.
BMW Winter Tire Review: Michelin X-Ice Xi2
With the winter tires on our BMW i3 and during a huge winter storm, inom literally zipped right around SUVs stuck going uphill who gave me ganska a look.
Keeping our BMW i3 fully charged, shod with snow tires and pre-conditioning has helped us navigate the worst midwest winters for the gods 6 years.
The best part about our i3 in the winter has been the preconditioning it to warm up the bil before we even get in it.
Nothing like booking across a freezing parking lot and jumping in a warmed up fordon and knowing my BMW i3 can get me to home or work with no problems.