And now for something completely different

[Josh (PA)]

Originally Posted by lemming

And then….like that….the dream collapses.

All of the comfort, quickness and versatility is still there, you just switch on the gas engine (which is a very nice turbo I6) more frequently. Still get ~50 'free' miles every day.

[Nick M3]

Originally Posted by lemming

And then….like that….the dream collapses.

Also worth noting that if you can charge at the office, you get a much wider usable radius. And, of course, it's not like it's a big deal if you can't get a charger every day.

[JST]

Yeah if you can plug in at the office (or when out shopping), that helps a lot.

The other thing to remember is that it doesn’t just use electricity until it’s gone; if you do high speed freeway work, it will use the gas engine even while there’s still juice in the battery. So, if you have a commute that’s like 1. neighborhood traffic jam, 2. 30 miles of of high speed freeway, 3. Urban traffic jam, you may well get pure EV for 1 and 3, and some combo of EV and gas for the middle leg.

[Jeff_DML]

Originally Posted by JST

Yeah if you can plug in at the office (or when out shopping), that helps a lot.

The other thing to remember is that it doesn’t just use electricity until it’s gone; if you do high speed freeway work, it will use the gas engine even while there’s still juice in the battery. So, if you have a commute that’s like 1. neighborhood traffic jam, 2. 30 miles of of high speed freeway, 3. Urban traffic jam, you may well get pure EV for 1 and 3, and some combo of EV and gas for the middle leg.

can you force it to use electricity until gone? I know some other vehicles allow that

[JST]

Yes, there is an EV mode that works like that.

[robg]

Originally Posted by JST

These are pretty good stats. The mi/kWh isn’t fantastic but it’s not bad for something this big.

3.8 mi/kWh would be amazing for this type of vehicle. Unfortunately, the way bmw calculates the mpg and mi/kWh is misleading because they just use the total miles travelled in the numerator regardless of whether battery, gas or both were used. I remember learning this when I was researching the 45e last year and it looks like they didn’t change this method with idrive 8/50e. Actual mi/kWh on electricity is probably around 2 mi/kWh. You’ll still likely save atkeast $100/month on gas vs a regular x5 plus there’s the convenience of less trips to the gas station


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[JST]

Ah interesting! Yes that’s an important clarification.