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Actually I think they would complement each other under one roof. Let's put brands aside, they are both EVs and I hope them both success.free publicity for tesla
I think of it as a temporary solution to a temporary problem.
I hear someone in the back row heckling "Get a Tesla! It has the size, the range, and the comfort, and the options you need and want!" I'd be happy to. Please wire me $100,000 and I'll pick one up immediately.
Unfortunately, barring that, I'll have to wait a few years until my savings and Tesla's MSRP will finally meet on common ground (yuk, yuk).
-or-
As I'm far more likely to get my hands on only $50,000 (and I don't think I'm alone here), I can pick up a slightly less capable electric car in the form of a BMW i3 and start driving electrically. Now. (Well, soon, anyway.)
Yes, I'll have to suffer through driing only 100 miles or so between charges, and bide my time while it recharges in 4-5 hours, and lower my head in shame knowing it won't do everything an ICE car does today.
To mitigate this shame, BMW has -- no, it isn't offering you a paper bag to put over your head to hide in -- BMW is offering you a chance to drive a car more suitable to your needs when you need to. And its a rather elegant solution to this temporary problem.
After all, it *is* only temporary. Eventually there *will* be electric vehicles that will drive 1,000 miles between charges, and recharge in under 30 minutes. There *will* be electric pickup trucks, delivery vans, city buses, motor homes, and 18-wheelers. But until then, borrow them when you need them, and drive electric when you can.
-- Ardie
I think of it as a temporary solution to a temporary problem.
I hear someone in the back row heckling "Get a Tesla! It has the size, the range, and the comfort, and the options you need and want!" I'd be happy to. Please wire me $100,000 and I'll pick one up immediately.
Unfortunately, barring that, I'll have to wait a few years until my savings and Tesla's MSRP will finally meet on common ground (yuk, yuk).
-or-
As I'm far more likely to get my hands on only $50,000 (and I don't think I'm alone here), I can pick up a slightly less capable electric car in the form of a BMW i3 and start driving electrically. Now. (Well, soon, anyway.)
Yes, I'll have to suffer through driing only 100 miles or so between charges, and bide my time while it recharges in 4-5 hours, and lower my head in shame knowing it won't do everything an ICE car does today.
To mitigate this shame, BMW has -- no, it isn't offering you a paper bag to put over your head to hide in -- BMW is offering you a chance to drive a car more suitable to your needs when you need to. And its a rather elegant solution to this temporary problem.
After all, it *is* only temporary. Eventually there *will* be electric vehicles that will drive 1,000 miles between charges, and recharge in under 30 minutes. There *will* be electric pickup trucks, delivery vans, city buses, motor homes, and 18-wheelers. But until then, borrow them when you need them, and drive electric when you can.
-- Ardie
Actually I think they would complement each other under one roof. Let's put brands aside, they are both EVs and I hope them both success.
My take exactly. Thanks for putting it so well!It appears to me that the i3 and the Model S are two vastly different vehicles aiming at different markets. Yes, they are both electric. But that's a bit like saying the Camry is competing with Ferrari. After all, they both have internal combustion engines.
I'm glad to see BMW testing the electric waters, but I don't see the i3 putting any crimp in Tesla's sales numbers any time soon. More of an upscale version of the Leaf than a "value" competitor to the Model S.
My only other substantive comment is that, good lord, could they have made it any more ugly? :wink:
As they say, it's butt ugly. You would only design such an ugly car if you wanted to limit sales