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Originally Posted by David70
Not sure where you got 2650 lbs. but in 2017 C&D had it at 2918 lbs. and the price was $46k ($57k in todays $$), would go 114 miles (considering you can't run it to zero seems really low) in a slow, small electric car. Yes BMW could build a lighter car but it comes with a higher price (or they would have done it). Seems like BMW gave up on this idea and has gone more conventional with all new cars.
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The 2017 i3 had a bigger/heavier battery than earlier i3s. So, yes, the 2017 i3 was not the weight I listed. Nor was the REx (i3 with the optional on board gas generator).
Chassis weight stayed the same-- I was just given a point of reference car weight/battery weight.
Not sure what the relevance of EV battery range is when I was discussing an ICEV drivetrain. But, having owned a 2017 i3-- 114 miles is fine for 99% of driving needs (considering every day it started out fully charged). Excessive, really. Only for a road trip was it insufficient. I think I used a public charger <5 times in 70,000 miles of use, and the first one of those was just to try it out and see how it was.
Inflation adjusted the CSL was $120,000 in today's dollars. i3 launched at $42k. No matter how you calculate it, inflation adjusted the i3 cost half as much as the CSL.