BMW i3 software update in 2015 to solve some … – Motor.es

BMW i3 will update to prevent surprises, especially in the extended range model that causes loss of power when the battery charge is too low. The update is set to show at all times the charge level of the battery and warn the driver when a significant loss of energy can occur.

Customers of BMW i3 REX are not too happy with their vehicles due to a significant drop in power when the batteries are low . According to reports from consumers at times when the battery is very low and this is being recharged by the combustion engine power loss is so severe that it takes 27 sec. to reach 100 km / h in the best and to 40 sec. has come to report a remarkable difference from 7.9, approving the i3 REX.

The BMW i3 will receive new features in 2015.

The BMW i3 REX (Ranged Extended) arose in response to the need for customers to have greater cruising range and not suffer the dreaded anxiety about the range of our electric . I must admit that when I had a few days the Nissan Leaf would not stop watching autonomy while driving, even after fully charge the batteries.

So the up to 200 km range of the BMW i3 were increased to the 300 km in the version of extended range with the introduction of a small bi-cylindrical engine that was put in place to recharge the battery when it was running. Thus the car never let us down because we would have the opportunity at any time to fill the tank of a combustion engine station .

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To have this advantage-and quietly never to stay halfway customers REX were willing to pay a difference of € 4,500 , higher taxes and that is not a zero-emissions vehicle and see how their benefits are reduced as a result of weight gain: it takes 0.7 seconds to do more in the 0 to 100 km / h as REX increases the weight in 120 kg . But they did not expect the surprise of having to bear huge losses promptly power.

Using GPS information batteries They prerararán to tackle pending in REX.

BMW has been quick to respond to the complaints of their consumed. A BMW spokesman announced that in 2015 will be a software update of the BMW i3 both electric and extended range. This update added new features to compact display at all times as the battery level, which is not the same as the estimated autonomy alert the driver when sudden power loss can occur and prepare batteries more energy when the vehicle is to close to slopes thanks to the GPS information.

This update will be applied with some retroactive since it will be installed in both vehicles purchased in 2015 as in 2014.