02-08-2023, 04:01 PM | #45 |
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What about turning regen to low then driving it as a 'normal' car? When you squeeze the break pedal, it actually uses regen rather than friction brake most of the time. It's simply a different user input - do you want the brake pedal to do regen or lifting of the accelerator?
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02-09-2023, 09:45 AM | #46 | |
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02-09-2023, 10:46 AM | #47 |
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For me it's more about the laziness of not moving my foot though. It's not so much about being economical as it is I just prefer one pedal driving around town or in traffic. |
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02-09-2023, 12:11 PM | #49 | |
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Its not displayed in Sport mode, all thats on the right is the Power indicator. |
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02-09-2023, 02:55 PM | #50 |
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02-27-2023, 09:07 AM | #52 | |
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We've never driven B mode before so got nausea. Low regen makes the car drive like a normal ICE which we liked. I'm sure I'll test out and get used to B mode but nice that BMW have thought this through to make this a very accessible car to EV newbies. |
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12-04-2023, 09:41 AM | #53 |
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So my first winter with the iX3. In the UK it's average -3C to 2C at the moment.
I'm getting 140-160 mile range which for such a big car, is below average and probably poor depending on where your perspective. So my prior petrol SUV would get 300+ miles plus miles in winter. I leave everything on: heating on low once cabin is acclimatised, heated seats and steering wheel on - as we did with the old car. We also preheat the car each morning - I know this is a major battery drain above 'normal.' I'm having to put the car on charge every 5 days now. In this cold I would really think twice before driving across the country. Electric cars really don't like the cold. |
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12-04-2023, 11:11 AM | #54 | |
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I charged to 100% last Friday and did not pre-condition the car/battery before setting off on Saturday afternoon. I knew this would give me less range but would also give me some reassurance that I would not need to charge if I was over 50% before heading back. After the initial drop in range on the return journey it tended to vary between 15 and 31 miles of excess range available so it was a fairly stress free journey and at a comfortable 23 degrees centigrade in the car. I expected a drop in range on the way back as the battery % remaining at the start was 55 with 124 miles of range and there was no way 2.8 miles per kWh equated to 225 miles of range. I tend to look at the miles per kWh and I knew I would be fine if I could get 3.0 or above for the miles required but driving at 60-65 in eco-pro I only managed to get it up to 2.8 on the way down and the overall since charging dropped to 2.6 at the start of the return journey but ended up at 2.8 which for a 74kWh pack gives 207 miles so 197 miles via the guess-o-meter and 207 from the miles per kWh is not too far apart. I also have Goodyear winter tyres fitted so that probably reduces my range a bit but having done what I would consider a worst case scenario over the weekend I now have a good idea what my minimum range is with careful driving and can plan accordingly. The plan next time for any journey over 160 miles will be to pre-condition, drive much faster and sort out a charging location at the destination or on the way back as I think I was the slowest EV on the M40 at the weekend! |
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I've been a little disappointed with mine to be honest, I've only had it just over 2 months so this is my first winter. I was easily getting 3.0 miles per kWh in September, now with the same journeys I'm struggling to get over 2.0. I expected a 20% drop so down to 2.4 at worst, but some trips have been as low as 1.8.
Also when I precondition it switches on the heated steering wheel regardless of the settings I have in Idrive, I've turned it off in the settings etc but it still switches it on. Nice I suppose, but also annoying when I don't want it as it's wasting electric. Regardless of the poor range, having to charge it more often and experiencing range anxiety, I do have to say coming out to a warm, defrosted and demisted car is very nice. |
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