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The i3 could be way more succesful if it had a non retarded range extender. 7 liters of fuel and you need to fully recharge the battery before you can fuel up again when it is gone. If it had a normal fuel tank (like 35 liters) and you could refuel it without recharging it would sell like hotcakes here because due to taxes it is pretty cheap. People who buy cars for tax reasons do not care about looks.
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ssjonizuka posted:Name any future-car from a movie that doesn't look instantly dated/terribad after the fact? Citroen DS still gets cast as "future car" in movies some 60 years after it was a actual production car.
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Black88GTA posted:Maybe I'm just dumb / not reading this right or something, but what possible reason could there be for them to gimp it like this? Looking for it now it seems the "needs to fully recharge" thing is not actually true. I initially found it in a review and it is what people bring up all the time when discussing the i3 but most reviews don't mention it at all. The RX can just barely keep up with energy needs and doesn't actually recharge the battery so if you run down the battery you are stucking stopping every 60 miles or so and limited to ~75 mph (less uphill). The reason for the gimped fuel tank is appearently that they want it to qualify as a Bevx in the US and it needs to have less gas range than battery range for that. So that is why the US gets a software limited 1.9 gallon fuel tank and no switch to manually engage the RX whereas in europe you get 2.4 gallons and you can manually engage the RX below 80% charge. 2.4 Gallons is still stupid. It basically turns into a $40k 37hp car with a tiny fuel tank after you run down the battery
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I mean, I can see the reason for the low fuel capacity (packaging, and the potential for the fuel to sit in the tank for a while without being used up) but why effectively hard limit the range like that?
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razorscooter posted:It's meant as an option for people that won't buy a Leaf or a Focus EV because "what if i get stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck" This is why you buy a volvo V60 plug in hybrid. So you can pretend to care about the environment, score all the tax breaks and still drive a 280 hp all wheel drive car.
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