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Re:BMW delivers its 100,000th electrified vehicle this year by BoorishBears on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:28PM (#15961886)
It's actually (slightly) faster on it's ICE. It does feel slightly more sluggish because throttle response becomes more dependent on the ICE, but once the ICE kicks in with the batteries towards the 30-60 MPH it goes slightly faster
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Re:BMW delivers its 100,000th electrified vehicle this year by cobookman on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:37PM (#15961978)
https://insideevs.com/bmw-i3-rex-top-speed-depleted-battery-...

BMW i3 max speed on it's ICE is 70mph. Which sucks if you’re going on a road trip. I've only used my volts ICE when going on long road trips.

The Chevy volt had no issues going 80-90 on it's ICE.

To me the major difference is that the i3 is only a commuter car. And a good second car. Whereas the Chevy volt can be your only car.

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Re:BMW delivers its 100,000th electrified vehicle this year by BoorishBears on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:52PM (#15962150)
I'm talking about the Volt, it's faster on it's ICE from 0-60, but going by my gut it's slower from 0-30 then faster from 30-60 because of the throttle response (and definitely faster from 80-101, the ICE and battery both kick in at full power)
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Re:BMW delivers its 100,000th electrified vehicle this year by rjmunro on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @01:23PM (#15962514)
Is it possible to run on battery + ICE for a long range trip, or do you have to wait for the battery to deplete before the ICE kicks in?

I.e. only use the battery to get the last 10-20 kph of your speed.

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Re:BMW delivers its 100,000th electrified vehicle this year by BoorishBears on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @01:54PM (#15962899)
You can put it in Mountain or Hold, Mountain waits till the battery hits ~25% and then tries to hold it.

Hold will (try to) hold the battery where it currently is.

Both essentially do what you describe, use ICE primarily and the battery as a secondary. The battery mostly ends up only being used under heavy acceleration at highway speeds (ie, to get your last 10-20 mph of your speed).

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