GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles

Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by maxsilver on Monday August 12, 2019 @08:09PM (#20681503)

> it’s fine all year round.

How does it do on potholes? And on ice?

I really wanted to love the i3, but the bicycle tires looked liked they'd be fundamentally unsafe on the ice or on any unmaintained (pothole-filled) road.

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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by evo_9 on Friday August 23, 2019 @05:39PM (#20782902)

A bit late but hopefully helpful. I find it to be very unstable on snow/ice, and I grew up in Michigan driving in much worse than Colorado typically gets. The caveat is that you buy real winter tiles (x-ice, Blizzak,etc) and it's pretty rock solid.

I agree the bicycle tires are terrible looking. I actually just bought a 2017 today for 22k and the salesmen mentioned one of the mechanics has an i3 and has tricked his out, including bigger rims/tires. I'm going to reach out and do the same now that I own one (had been leasing a 2017).

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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by eMSF on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @08:17AM (#20685022)

The narrow tyres of the i3 sure look funny, but I wouldn't expect it to be an issue on ice. It's pretty common knowledge around here to have narrower winter tyres than summer tyres so you don't just glide over snow, so I guess the i3 has just the right profile... for winter.

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