That large block was once on top or inside an ice sheet. When the ice sheet melted it happened to land right there. Also known as an erratic or ablation till 🤓
BMW FTW!!❤️ Got home today from my vacation and drove my i3s 5975 km in 3 weeks in Norway, Sweden and Finland. EV driving is prefect in Norway and i was easily averaging 320-350km per charge. I’ve driven 45000km in almost 2 years and loved every single km and I’ve been almost everywhere and driving on almost every thinkable weather and roads!😅😅
@@randomtek4311 did you get it at the expected time? i am planning to order one and i want to make an idea how good i can plan around the delivery date
@@HanYou2 yes I got it in Sep, earlier than they expected in Oct. They told me this has been the most demanded Bmw so far, and the recent orders will take 1,5 years to get them finished and delivered to consumers 😅
@@kobbetop I think he mentioned it was M Sport spec at start of video? Perhaps i did not hear it correctly. Personally i would for for basic "sport"model as a little more range and maybe a more comfortable ride ?
@@talkandplay Yes I think it is a M-sport version. If you ad on M Active suspension you'll get a very comfortable drive, but also a very "sporty" option too when activated :) I think this car is way more nicer and good looking than Tesla M3 and a wiser choice than i4 M50 because it is lighter and smoother to drive.
@@generalwolff1502 Well don't forget the i4 starts from a ~20% higher price than the M3LR - before any options, so that needs to be considered with any comparison.
Yes, it is a great deal. Do take into consideration the CCS DCFC network here though, compared to the Tesla Supercharger Network!! That is what concerns me.
@@PhilT993 yes but both Petro Canada and Shell are putting in DCFC along highway 1 quickly. The issue is urban charging is still limited but the argument is made most people in the city would be able to charge at home most of the time in the evenings after work.
@@WantonSoup192 Hi Calvin, yes that is true and good on Shell and PetroCan for doing this. True that probably 90+% of charging is done at home for those that have seperate houses. I am enjoying a 2021 Model 3 LR, but am considering changing to something like the i4M50 or an EQE, but I don't trust the CCS network in Canada for quick and reliable charging on long trips. When I decided on the Tesla, 1.5 years ago, there were really no other car options of interest to me, but now there are. In the Tesla, I can head out on a 1000 km road trip with zero concerns, using the Tesla Supercharger network. Each station has between 8 and 20 stalls and they work 99+% of the time. The CCS network, by comparison, have 1-3 stalls at each station and they seem to be highly unreliable. I have done as much research as I can using apps and TH-cam reports try to see the current situation, if I were to switch to a CCS car. Maybe I am totally wrong to be concerned. Also I don't consider anything slower than 100kW to be a "fast charging" station. What is it going to be like in 1-2 years from now when the dozens of new Non-Tesla EV models hit the market and start lining up at those CCS chargers. Especially concerning are the long winters here when many of the older CCS cars do not have battery preconditioning and are charging for 45 minutes at 20-30 kW. Imagine if you only need a 10 minute charge and you're sitting there waiting.
We've been driving around Norway for the last 14 days and it was beautiful indeed. A bit rainy and cold in the north but that couldn't spoil the experience.
It's a result of the use of a not permanent magnet engine. These are discussed a lot, mainly about the longlivity (uses brushes) but they have the advantage that if no power is applied, there are no magnetic forces in play, so the engine while coasting has no resistance. This allows the car to keep its kinetic energy longer. All other EV's do have permanent magnets and always have resistance. To 'they' are always regenerating (kinetic energy > electricity > charge battery). Charging a battery is never 100% efficient so being able to coast is an advantage. That said, also keep in mind that the air resistance becomes greater than the rolling resistance about roughly 60km/h. So till that speed, air coefficientcy is not really a worry. If you would perform the same test at 100 of 120km/h. It's coasting advantage would be neglectable.
I'm happy BMW made the i3 as we have been driving it since 2017(not the same i3 as we upgraded to a 130Ah model) We need more smaller EVs for the city driving
I really enjoy your videos, very honest. The I4 e40 is a great EV. Nice scenery, chilled drive, chilled beautiful house music, good job. Norway looks lovely, such smooth roads. Keep the videos coming...
The i3 was developed, because energy density in batteries in 2012 was much lower and was suitable for a towncar only. Moreover car makers were lacking experience with battery safety at that time and the I3 was strongly laid out to protect the cells from any impact - that was the 2nd reason, why battery capacity was quite low and why i3 production has been ceased lately.
This trailer in 10:26 is a polish one, a lot poles did the trip in Fiat 126p to Bułgaria, Greece and Turkey in the 80’s and 90’s. It is like driving today 2+2 with Fiat 500 and such trailer. But without AC.
Good Job BMW. Similarly efficient as Tesla, although the car is only based on a converted combustion engine platform and therefore a few hundred kilograms heavier than necessary and not as aerodynamically optimized as the Model 3. I'm excited to see the first BMW on the all-electric platform.
@@LilCassiopeia The iX is on very heavily modified CLAR fossil platform, just like Mustang Mach e is in modified Ford Kuga chassis. So its not completly true, but yes that car has thing like no transmission tunnel because of those modifications.
And this car also has the M-designation with wider tyres. Can you imagine what the distances that could be achieved with the skinnier tyres. Maybe test out a 'bearbones' edition of this car with the same battery pack.
The 227 mile rated M50 with 20" wheels did 245 miles at 70MPH. Easily surpassing the EPA range again. This has been habit forming for BMW LOL. th-cam.com/video/WHoTtUNDuNk/w-d-xo.html Edmunds even got more mileage on the M50 at normal speeds than they did with the overrated Model 3P.
I never post, but I watch almost all of your content. I bought a M50 and it's coming in October - from your winter video I know what to expect, but would be interesting to see if the M50 can get close to the efficiency of the 40!
That's impressive sundaydriving, my Model 3 2019 LR RWD could "only" do 652km @ 115 Wh/km when it was new. I'm driving alot from the west to the east of Norway, and in summer i can always skip all fastchargers and rely on cheap charging at home/destination.
This is awsome Björn. Take care that you don‘t get a thrombosis due to your countless long hours of driving. Recurrent thombosis of the small vessels can lead to a chronic venous insufficiency. An anticoagulant before long hours of driving could help. Can you test the i4 M40 in winter at some time? It would be interesting whether BMW has a good bms and whether the BMW drivetrain is similar efficient at low temperatures. Thank you for your effort!
The norwegians never overtake? I beg your pardon? 😁 As a swede, having spent a lot of time on the E6 through Bohuslän the last 30 years, I can tell you they do. And they drive too fast, often 10-30 km/h above the speed limit. It was even worse 10-20 years ago, but since you've all started driving electric now, the average norrman-speed has gone down a bit. 😉
They take the opportunity to do it in Sweden where it's cheap for them to speed. If you've seen the cost of getting caught for speeding in Norway you will understand.
Interesting video! Watched your videos with the i4 M50 before I ordered the super-poor man edition: eDrive 40 without M-package and the 17" rims. Got it early July, super happy with it! Consumption is 15,7 kwh/100 km last 350 km. If you test the M50 again and stop att Spekeröd I´ll meet up ;)
This 40 should've been the first i4 version promoted by bmw - the m50s ok but not special efficiency seemed to make many reviewers just shrug at it. And the M badge gave too high expectations that it might be a 'real' M car. A reasonably sporty but practical, comfy BMW (without the iX bulk) with good features and outstanding efficiency would've been a better launch advertisement.
Well done BMw… now that you have shown that you can do this, bring us a pure EV platform (not i3…, although I loved mine!!) and will be even better and better use of the space… If m3 LR had 80kwh battery would do a bit more than this i4, I guess?
Cool route, Bjørn. I will attempt to get a similar result as you did, when I get my i4 sometime this autumn. I doubt I will make that tour without having to stop to charge the car though, since I love my comforts. Besides, I have a heavy right foot...
It's easy to say they should have done this originally, now... but in early 2010s? Remember the i3 is pretty much one of the original new generation EVs along with the LEAF and Zoe. No normal person (in fact, almost no one) wanted an EV and if you put 2010s battery tech into a 2010 3-series, I don't think it would have gone well. The i3 was novel and interesting to distract from the earliness of the EV tech, now, multiple EV tech generations later they can stuff batteries into an ICE platform and they have a great car. All part of the development :-)
@@bjornnyland only fake stuff as on option for trim on the M-sport right? lol I don’t know the ins and outs but we are here now and they have one of the most competitive cars with Tesla, so the i3 probably served them well. PS: really enjoying your acronyms, LAL and all that 😂
Works like this, If you want a bigger fire you need more wood, and vise versa. MLR has 2 motors, higher performance, uses slightly more energy and yet still uses less Wh/km than this BMW E40 single motor, these electric cars are 5x more efficient than gas cars, so even if you get a high performance EV, they are still super efficient, but can enjoy the higher performance, the difference in electricity cost is negligible. Buy what you like best.
Under the speedlimit? hmm.. Speedlimit is 80 from Nittedal to Harestua :) Not that it matters. However, average speedcameras you can easily go 85. Grew up here.
That consumption figure is truly startling. I can't help wondering what the relative altitudes of your start point and end point were. I have found that mine will give me approximately 160 Wh/km over 300km descending 800m from Canberra to Sydney using the cruise control set to 110km/h and closer to 190 Wh/km going back.
The 82kwh panasonic 2021 Tesla model 3 LR (614km wltp) would have been able to beat it I am sure of. But very impressed by this, especially as it is a BMW.
Thank you very much! This is exactly why I bought my i4 e40. No, I don't think I will deliberately drive that long on one charge, but I definitely want to drive long without stopping for charging. I know I have to keep speed limits and so on if I want to do it, but that's OK. A question... Did you figure out what happened to the clock? Is that a bug? Do you know why it disappeared?
does it get the same result during winter ;P My q4 e50 is most effective when using cruisecontrol with sign recognition. From Bøler to Norefjell i avarage 14.1 kwh/100. In winter my avarage is around 22-25 on the same route.
Bjorn wow super test of the I4 / 40 amazing range. Have you been able to find an OBD2 reader and App that will work on the I4 ? I would love to look at the vitals when driving Thanks You! Mike
After so many years of Tesla dominance we finally have a new King of Range and efficiency. And without having to suffer from a lightweight/non-existent interior design.
Yes, in Europe it is called eCall (incl. Car2x, C2x, V2x, V2I, ...), and is a mandatory standard for new vehicles in Europe. In this case, I would guess the alert was propagated not as V2V directly between the two cars, but as V2I Vehicle-2-Infrastructure (because of the long distance when Bjørn was first alerted in the video), propagated through eCall and DATEX II European standards infrastructure systems (eCall is mandatory for new cars in Europe since April 2018, as well as for motorcycles, ref ACEA and ACEM organizations respectively) to the national central, and then to all subscribing information systems and vehicles with geo coordinates in that geographical area. Or, alternatively, this traffic incident could have been registered by manual observation as a call/report to the road authorities (if an older car broke down) to the central. In Norway, information is collected and distributed by Statens Vegvesen (the Norwegian Public Roads Administration) via their Nasjonal Vegdatabank NVDB (National Road Databank) to several databases, navigation systems, cars, etc. For more info, see vegvesen_no
What was your avg speed when you reached 671 km? At 615 km, your speed was 70km/hr. In the US (or most cities in US), that would be dangerously slow and unrealistic driving conditions.
Why? What does it matter? You can buy it like it is. The comparison should be on cars that one can buy. And when the Model 3 has a smaller battery and no possibility for the same battery size, than it should be compared to what's available. So it doesn't matter at all. And btw, the i4 is way heavier and has wider tires, which makes this even more impressive.
The video is about efficiency. So yes, the dual motor model 3 is more efficient than this rear wheel drive i4. That said, this i4 is delivering here. Yes more weight and bigger battery but who cares? I think this BMW is regenerating less and chooses to coast more where appropriate. Coasting is more efficient than regenerating as you have losses in charging the battery pack. Good result. And nice car !
Double down on Maarten answer. It is about efficiency, but it does not change the fact that BMW i4 is a good car and delivers. It is just to place context that there is more range but with 20% more battery. So "better than tesla" is relative
Not really a fair comparison since the Model 3 LR has so much more performance than the BMW. Model 3 LR has 490HP whilst the BMW has 340. The Model 3 also has dual engines.
Bjørn Nyland - how do BMW i4 eDrive40 and Polestar 2 Single Motor Long Range compare to each other? Does the price difference make it up for i4? Great reviews, cheers!
Great car! Achieved distance a bit better than m3 but with a few more kwh in the battery. This could be seen with the overall average consumption. The pity is the car Weight probably due to the platform originally designed for ICE engine and not for EV. I guess the coming I3 will be even better.
Well since he barely needed ac or heating, the system would have been pretty neutral on effect. Besides , if he did roll down windows, that could have a worse effect due to aerodynamic loses .
@@bjornnyland Sorry i mean 6 kWh. at 21:40 you shows excel. on second line is writen Model 3 LR 75kW. the column of kWh is probably usable energy and there is 6kWh difference.
Teslabjørn is calculating the battery size based on board computer. The accuracy might be the problem. From charging curves it dont seam to be a lot of buffer in tesla? 3kwh? So maybe tesla have 79kwh and bmw 81? In germany people read how much kwh they have to add for a distance just like fossilcars. Then you get the real consumption (what you pay for) No one are calculating fuel tank size based on board computer
That large block was once on top or inside an ice sheet. When the ice sheet melted it happened to land right there. Also known as an erratic or ablation till 🤓
Norway is very beautiful. The i4 e40 was impressive. Thanks for spending 10 hours on this trip.
BMW FTW!!❤️ Got home today from my vacation and drove my i3s 5975 km in 3 weeks in Norway, Sweden and Finland. EV driving is prefect in Norway and i was easily averaging 320-350km per charge. I’ve driven 45000km in almost 2 years and loved every single km and I’ve been almost everywhere and driving on almost every thinkable weather and roads!😅😅
At what speed? 350 is impresive…
Thank you so much for this test! This makes me even more psyched for my i4 40!
BMW needs to start producing the cars now :D
I ordered mine 2021
Ordered Nov 21 (black friday) , expected deliver Sep 22 , approx 10 months :)
@@randomtek4311 did you get it at the expected time? i am planning to order one and i want to make an idea how good i can plan around the delivery date
@@HanYou2 yes I got it in Sep, earlier than they expected in Oct. They told me this has been the most demanded Bmw so far, and the recent orders will take 1,5 years to get them finished and delivered to consumers 😅
@@randomtek4311 you're lucky you ordered yours early then
Ordered mine June 22- picking it up tomorrow at the dealership, 1 month ahead of schedule. Really excited about this car!.
That elevation thing was truly hilarious😂😂👍
if I could afford an electric car I would get this one with this spec. Amazing result.
same here
I always thought this edrive40 version is the one to get.
@@kobbetop I think he mentioned it was M Sport spec at start of video? Perhaps i did not hear it correctly. Personally i would for for basic "sport"model as a little more range and maybe a more comfortable ride ?
@@talkandplay Yes I think it is a M-sport version. If you ad on M Active suspension you'll get a very comfortable drive, but also a very "sporty" option too when activated :) I think this car is way more nicer and good looking than Tesla M3 and a wiser choice than i4 M50 because it is lighter and smoother to drive.
@@generalwolff1502 Well don't forget the i4 starts from a ~20% higher price than the M3LR - before any options, so that needs to be considered with any comparison.
Remember folks in Canada. The base price of this car is the same as a Tesla M3 SR.
Yes, it is a great deal. Do take into consideration the CCS DCFC network here though, compared to the Tesla Supercharger Network!! That is what concerns me.
@@PhilT993 yes but both Petro Canada and Shell are putting in DCFC along highway 1 quickly. The issue is urban charging is still limited but the argument is made most people in the city would be able to charge at home most of the time in the evenings after work.
Base yes. It is pretty lacking without option pkg though as that has many basic features one would expect from such a nice car. $9k add on.
@@WantonSoup192 Hi Calvin, yes that is true and good on Shell and PetroCan for doing this. True that probably 90+% of charging is done at home for those that have seperate houses. I am enjoying a 2021 Model 3 LR, but am considering changing to something like the i4M50 or an EQE, but I don't trust the CCS network in Canada for quick and reliable charging on long trips. When I decided on the Tesla, 1.5 years ago, there were really no other car options of interest to me, but now there are. In the Tesla, I can head out on a 1000 km road trip with zero concerns, using the Tesla Supercharger network. Each station has between 8 and 20 stalls and they work 99+% of the time. The CCS network, by comparison, have 1-3 stalls at each station and they seem to be highly unreliable. I have done as much research as I can using apps and TH-cam reports try to see the current situation, if I were to switch to a CCS car. Maybe I am totally wrong to be concerned. Also I don't consider anything slower than 100kW to be a "fast charging" station. What is it going to be like in 1-2 years from now when the dozens of new Non-Tesla EV models hit the market and start lining up at those CCS chargers. Especially concerning are the long winters here when many of the older CCS cars do not have battery preconditioning and are charging for 45 minutes at 20-30 kW. Imagine if you only need a 10 minute charge and you're sitting there waiting.
17:02 That was perfect
We've been driving around Norway for the last 14 days and it was beautiful indeed. A bit rainy and cold in the north but that couldn't spoil the experience.
@@StarryTemplar That works very well I have to say. Much better than I expected.
the i4 is such a great EV. very well, done!
They should have kept iDrive 6. It has cleaner graphics and is much nicer than Windows Vista-I mean, iDrive 7.
Would be better if they actually spend more time and heart on it...the fronttrunk and rear seat area just unacceptable lol so many wasted space....
Besides being heavier, this has wider tires than the Tesla. Impressive BMW drivetrain engineering
It's a result of the use of a not permanent magnet engine. These are discussed a lot, mainly about the longlivity (uses brushes) but they have the advantage that if no power is applied, there are no magnetic forces in play, so the engine while coasting has no resistance. This allows the car to keep its kinetic energy longer. All other EV's do have permanent magnets and always have resistance. To 'they' are always regenerating (kinetic energy > electricity > charge battery). Charging a battery is never 100% efficient so being able to coast is an advantage. That said, also keep in mind that the air resistance becomes greater than the rolling resistance about roughly 60km/h. So till that speed, air coefficientcy is not really a worry.
If you would perform the same test at 100 of 120km/h. It's coasting advantage would be neglectable.
It's RWD while the tesla has 4WD.
@@zbyszanna The BMW is about 300kg heavier.
@@Maarten_vd It is a synchronous motor with separated excitation?
@@Maarten_vd great comment. puts things in perspective.
I'm happy BMW made the i3 as we have been driving it since 2017(not the same i3 as we upgraded to a 130Ah model)
We need more smaller EVs for the city driving
Very impressive! I would not have expected that. Now for the M50 test, please!!
Vackra vyer i Norge! 👀👍
Tack Björn,gillar video conceptet🌹
Thanks for this range test! I have a BMW i4 40 myself, so it was very valuable to see what the car can perform in good conditions.
The elevation with a German accent was hilarious.
It's always a pleasure to watch a metric system speaker!
Longer range than my 2013 Leaf, That's for sure lol
I really enjoy your videos, very honest. The I4 e40 is a great EV. Nice scenery, chilled drive, chilled beautiful house music, good job. Norway looks lovely, such smooth roads. Keep the videos coming...
The i3 was developed, because energy density in batteries in 2012 was much lower and was suitable for a towncar only. Moreover car makers were lacking experience with battery safety at that time and the I3 was strongly laid out to protect the cells from any impact - that was the 2nd reason, why battery capacity was quite low and why i3 production has been ceased lately.
I watch your videos during lunch. Very relaxing.
This trailer in 10:26 is a polish one, a lot poles did the trip in Fiat 126p to Bułgaria, Greece and Turkey in the 80’s and 90’s.
It is like driving today 2+2 with Fiat 500 and such trailer. But without AC.
Good Job BMW. Similarly efficient as Tesla, although the car is only based on a converted combustion engine platform and therefore a few hundred kilograms heavier than necessary and not as aerodynamically optimized as the Model 3. I'm excited to see the first BMW on the all-electric platform.
You already have the BMW IX which is constructed on a pure electric platform.
@@LilCassiopeia The iX is on very heavily modified CLAR fossil platform, just like Mustang Mach e is in modified Ford Kuga chassis. So its not completly true, but yes that car has thing like no transmission tunnel because of those modifications.
@@LilCassiopeia Yes, but if we’re honest iX is an ugly vehicle.
And this car also has the M-designation with wider tyres. Can you imagine what the distances that could be achieved with the skinnier tyres. Maybe test out a 'bearbones' edition of this car with the same battery pack.
Would love to see these tests with the M50
The 227 mile rated M50 with 20" wheels did 245 miles at 70MPH. Easily surpassing the EPA range again. This has been habit forming for BMW LOL.
th-cam.com/video/WHoTtUNDuNk/w-d-xo.html
Edmunds even got more mileage on the M50 at normal speeds than they did with the overrated Model 3P.
I never post, but I watch almost all of your content. I bought a M50 and it's coming in October - from your winter video I know what to expect, but would be interesting to see if the M50 can get close to the efficiency of the 40!
Same here !!!!
That voice control is more German than anything 🤣🤣
My BMW 330e xDrive Touring has a electric consumption of 14 kwh/100km in perfect conditions. Almost the same!
That's impressive sundaydriving, my Model 3 2019 LR RWD could "only" do 652km @ 115 Wh/km when it was new. I'm driving alot from the west to the east of Norway, and in summer i can always skip all fastchargers and rely on cheap charging at home/destination.
how much range it can do now? after 3 year?
This is awsome Björn. Take care that you don‘t get a thrombosis due to your countless long hours of driving. Recurrent thombosis of the small vessels can lead to a chronic venous insufficiency. An anticoagulant before long hours of driving could help.
Can you test the i4 M40 in winter at some time? It would be interesting whether BMW has a good bms and whether the BMW drivetrain is similar efficient at low temperatures. Thank you for your effort!
Mine finally arrived in belgium, 16 months wait time.
Nearly 415 miles? Incredible!
You only get to try the clock function in this car for a few hours before you have to pay for the subscription
The norwegians never overtake? I beg your pardon? 😁 As a swede, having spent a lot of time on the E6 through Bohuslän the last 30 years, I can tell you they do. And they drive too fast, often 10-30 km/h above the speed limit. It was even worse 10-20 years ago, but since you've all started driving electric now, the average norrman-speed has gone down a bit. 😉
They take the opportunity to do it in Sweden where it's cheap for them to speed. If you've seen the cost of getting caught for speeding in Norway you will understand.
If they made an i4 Touring I’d be ordering
There will be an i5 touring. Probably more expensive, but a touring nonetheless. BMW doesn't have plans for an electric 3 series touring just yet.
@@eddiehaug 2027 for an i3 Touring
Summer in Norway looks awesome,
Watching you slowly driving an electric BMW in that scenery, it must be one of the best jobs in the world
Echt krasse Reichweite 🤩 love that BMW i4 40 👍
The Design - in my opinion - is a very good BMW Design. The Look reminds me bit at the e30. Great car, Great Review!
Nothing beats the classic ioniq. At my trip from the Netherlands to Luxemburg and back over more than 600km the consumption was 8,8kWh/100km.
at 30 km/h?
Beautiful place, beautiful car. A great combo. Thanks for the great review. ❤
what are the odd's he would be exactly at a zero zero zero elevation
Interesting video! Watched your videos with the i4 M50 before I ordered the super-poor man edition: eDrive 40 without M-package and the 17" rims. Got it early July, super happy with it!
Consumption is 15,7 kwh/100 km last 350 km.
If you test the M50 again and stop att Spekeröd I´ll meet up ;)
Have the same car with same tires. 14.7/100km since factory. I drive 500km on 80% battery usage during summer. Consumption 13.0 last 2000km
Greetings from Germany, nice conversation with the BMW 🤣 = Bring mich Werkstatt / Bring me workshop 😋
This 40 should've been the first i4 version promoted by bmw - the m50s ok but not special efficiency seemed to make many reviewers just shrug at it. And the M badge gave too high expectations that it might be a 'real' M car. A reasonably sporty but practical, comfy BMW (without the iX bulk) with good features and outstanding efficiency would've been a better launch advertisement.
Well done BMw… now that you have shown that you can do this, bring us a pure EV platform (not i3…, although I loved mine!!) and will be even better and better use of the space…
If m3 LR had 80kwh battery would do a bit more than this i4, I guess?
Cool route, Bjørn. I will attempt to get a similar result as you did, when I get my i4 sometime this autumn. I doubt I will make that tour without having to stop to charge the car though, since I love my comforts. Besides, I have a heavy right foot...
At 17.00 reminds me of a" Voice recognition elevator " in you tube, lol
Those views!!! Seriously, you should get sponsored by norwegian tourism association
for "petrol platform" looks awesome!
Fossil platform
No option for me with that price tag and only four stars in the NCAP test.
It's easy to say they should have done this originally, now... but in early 2010s? Remember the i3 is pretty much one of the original new generation EVs along with the LEAF and Zoe. No normal person (in fact, almost no one) wanted an EV and if you put 2010s battery tech into a 2010 3-series, I don't think it would have gone well. The i3 was novel and interesting to distract from the earliness of the EV tech, now, multiple EV tech generations later they can stuff batteries into an ICE platform and they have a great car. All part of the development :-)
They spent a lot of money on carbon fiber production with i3. As far as I know, not much carbon fiber in i4.
@@bjornnyland only fake stuff as on option for trim on the M-sport right? lol
I don’t know the ins and outs but we are here now and they have one of the most competitive cars with Tesla, so the i3 probably served them well.
PS: really enjoying your acronyms, LAL and all that 😂
1:45 got me 🤣
Works like this, If you want a bigger fire you need more wood, and vise versa. MLR has 2 motors, higher performance, uses slightly more energy and yet still uses less Wh/km than this BMW E40 single motor, these electric cars are 5x more efficient than gas cars, so even if you get a high performance EV, they are still super efficient, but can enjoy the higher performance, the difference in electricity cost is negligible. Buy what you like best.
Love it
Nice, was very interesting to watch
Beautiful car, nice range and efficiency...just hating that monkey butt grill; seems to be BMW's trademark.
There's a farmer around there somewhere missing his cattle. :)
Under the speedlimit? hmm.. Speedlimit is 80 from Nittedal to Harestua :) Not that it matters. However, average speedcameras you can easily go 85. Grew up here.
EV content king ATM 👍
Bjorn, spoiler alert on the description of videos😀
No one reads it anyway.
Very cool, but also very slow :D
That consumption figure is truly startling. I can't help wondering what the relative altitudes of your start point and end point were. I have found that mine will give me approximately 160 Wh/km over 300km descending 800m from Canberra to Sydney using the cruise control set to 110km/h and closer to 190 Wh/km going back.
Start and end point were almost the same. About 5-10 m elevation difference only.
Please please please do the BMW iX50 summer range test.
Stuttgart, we have a winner!
The 82kwh panasonic 2021 Tesla model 3 LR (614km wltp) would have been able to beat it I am sure of. But very impressed by this, especially as it is a BMW.
23:00 I understand but I like my i3 anyway.
Very impressive
Thank you very much! This is exactly why I bought my i4 e40. No, I don't think I will deliberately drive that long on one charge, but I definitely want to drive long without stopping for charging. I know I have to keep speed limits and so on if I want to do it, but that's OK. A question... Did you figure out what happened to the clock? Is that a bug? Do you know why it disappeared?
Could you test this on snow and ice when the winter is here? Curious to how it handles the Norwegian winter...
Love BMW
does it get the same result during winter ;P
My q4 e50 is most effective when using cruisecontrol with sign recognition. From Bøler to Norefjell i avarage 14.1 kwh/100. In winter my avarage is around 22-25 on the same route.
Nice video, Bjørn.
Could you make a one with the Peugeot e-2008 as well?
This range test is more relevant to me.
Hi Bjorn, thanks for all your tests. Have you driven the eDrive35? What do you think of that one?
Bjorn wow super test of the I4 / 40 amazing range. Have you been able to find an OBD2 reader and App that will work on the I4 ?
I would love to look at the vitals when driving Thanks You! Mike
After so many years of Tesla dominance we finally have a new King of Range and efficiency. And without having to suffer from a lightweight/non-existent interior design.
The king of range is Lucid Air. Over 500 miles.
When are you testing the EQE350?
Excellent video as usual. But, instead of driving with an almost empty car why not deliver stuff...like bananas? :)
6:50 Was that due to car2x communication? Did that Volvo send a signal out that it broke down and the BMW received it? That would be awesome!
Could just be reported by other people on Google Maps, Waze etc, that information is often shared with other maps providers.
Yes, in Europe it is called eCall (incl. Car2x, C2x, V2x, V2I, ...), and is a mandatory standard for new vehicles in Europe. In this case, I would guess the alert was propagated not as V2V directly between the two cars, but as V2I Vehicle-2-Infrastructure (because of the long distance when Bjørn was first alerted in the video), propagated through eCall and DATEX II European standards infrastructure systems (eCall is mandatory for new cars in Europe since April 2018, as well as for motorcycles, ref ACEA and ACEM organizations respectively) to the national central, and then to all subscribing information systems and vehicles with geo coordinates in that geographical area. Or, alternatively, this traffic incident could have been registered by manual observation as a call/report to the road authorities (if an older car broke down) to the central. In Norway, information is collected and distributed by Statens Vegvesen (the Norwegian Public Roads Administration) via their Nasjonal Vegdatabank NVDB (National Road Databank) to several databases, navigation systems, cars, etc. For more info, see vegvesen_no
Come winter and the range is divided with 2.
What was your avg speed when you reached 671 km? At 615 km, your speed was 70km/hr. In the US (or most cities in US), that would be dangerously slow and unrealistic driving conditions.
I followed speed limits in Norway.
Is it the same battery pack than M3LR? That is the question.
Why? What does it matter? You can buy it like it is. The comparison should be on cars that one can buy. And when the Model 3 has a smaller battery and no possibility for the same battery size, than it should be compared to what's available. So it doesn't matter at all. And btw, the i4 is way heavier and has wider tires, which makes this even more impressive.
The video is about efficiency. So yes, the dual motor model 3 is more efficient than this rear wheel drive i4. That said, this i4 is delivering here. Yes more weight and bigger battery but who cares?
I think this BMW is regenerating less and chooses to coast more where appropriate. Coasting is more efficient than regenerating as you have losses in charging the battery pack. Good result. And nice car !
Double down on Maarten answer. It is about efficiency, but it does not change the fact that BMW i4 is a good car and delivers.
It is just to place context that there is more range but with 20% more battery. So "better than tesla" is relative
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Not really a fair comparison since the Model 3 LR has so much more performance than the BMW.
Model 3 LR has 490HP whilst the BMW has 340. The Model 3 also has dual engines.
Bjørn have tested Model 3 SR with RWD on sunday drive also. It used 119wh/km. Compared to BMW i4 120wh/km. Dont know how big engine SR have?
Please test the M50 again, Bjorn. :)
Bjørn Nyland - how do BMW i4 eDrive40 and Polestar 2 Single Motor Long Range compare to each other? Does the price difference make it up for i4?
Great reviews, cheers!
Great car! Achieved distance a bit better than m3 but with a few more kwh in the battery. This could be seen with the overall average consumption.
The pity is the car Weight probably due to the platform originally designed for ICE engine and not for EV.
I guess the coming I3 will be even better.
The upside of tesla LR is more power if u want it and 4 wheel drive. Still an awesome car. :D
I wish you did the consumption as normal as possible, like if you need ac because it is hot than you should use it
Check out 1000km challenge and range tests if you want normal driving, thisone is for maximum realistic distance.
Well since he barely needed ac or heating, the system would have been pretty neutral on effect. Besides , if he did roll down windows, that could have a worse effect due to aerodynamic loses .
@@hotrod182 yes but he did mention that he wants do save as much battery as it is possible
Watch range test and 1000 km challenge.
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I couldn't understand average speed is it 120 kmph?
He was not actually drafting the RV. He'd have to be 6' from the back of it to achieve any effect.
Nope, you don't have to be that close.
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I have a Model 3 RWD LR fron 2023 with 678 WLTP Range.
It could probably beat the range of the i4😊
You need to test it at 120 kph in winter conditions. Range drops like a stone. The BMW I4 is only good in warm climates.
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Impressive test but, BMW has 6 kW larger battery, which is 50 km more range.
Incorrect. First of all, kW is power. What you meant to say was 6 kWh (energy). And BMW has 83.9 kWh battery whereas Tesla has 82 kWh battery.
@@bjornnyland Sorry i mean 6 kWh. at 21:40 you shows excel. on second line is writen Model 3 LR 75kW. the column of kWh is probably usable energy and there is 6kWh difference.
Teslabjørn is calculating the battery size based on board computer. The accuracy might be the problem. From charging curves it dont seam to be a lot of buffer in tesla? 3kwh? So maybe tesla have 79kwh and bmw 81?
In germany people read how much kwh they have to add for a distance just like fossilcars. Then you get the real consumption (what you pay for) No one are calculating fuel tank size based on board computer
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