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      03-12-2020, 06:30 PM   #88
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Originally Posted by E90SLAM View Post
Yup, I recall even in one drive event where they have i3 for autocross.
with those skinny bicycle tires, its extremely nimble and agile. It is actually a good car, sadly its restricted by the size of the battery (range) and manufacture cost (its not cheap for the CF monocoque compare to conventional chassis).
The range, especially with the updated/current battery, is way enough for 99% of driving. My wife and I put 40,000 miles/year on our i3 (BEV). That’s ~3x the average mileage people drive a car per year. We don’t take it on road trips, because we have 4 ICEVs and they’re better for that, but that only comes up 1-2 days per year. The other 99% of the time, the i3 is just generally better as a DD than ICEVs.
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