Over a few months , I need to change my company car. I decided to downsize (actually a 520D estate), and the options for the moment are a BMW 320d, the audi e-tron and the BMW i3 with REX.
I would love to get the BMW i3/Rex, but I drive to much long trips (700 km on a day, 3 days later returning), and I think it would be too far stretched. BMW offers a add-on mobility pack to loan another car (rather cheap), but I have a lot of those trips so it's not sure I could have such a spare car for my personal vacation (one week to the south of France = 2 x 1200 km)...
While I prefer the i3 (styling, interior, additional electric miles, RWD), my reason says it would be better to opt for the A3 e-tron. It is more versatile, can have a towbar, roofrails,... Compared with my actual car, it is a lot smaller, but the kids are getting older and we rarely drive with more then 2 in the car. I prefer the e-tron over a passat GTE, that I could probably order at the time I need to order my car.
I've test-driven the e-tron for an hour (+-40 miles), comfort was good. I tried both EV, hybrid and Battery hold, arriving at 4.1 l/100km (60 mpg). Batteries were far from empty when I came back.
I will only buy an e-tron if I can reduce my footprint with the car. My daily commutes are 2 x 30 miles, I would organise a charging point both at work and at home, and will be able to precondition the car before starting.
My daily commute route is on secondary roads, 5 miles at 30 mp, 5 miles at 55 mph and 20 miles at 45 mph, driving 90% of the time with cruise control. With the BMW 520d I succeed in getting 60 mpg on this trip (that is below the offical ECE testcycle).
I will try to get the car for a loan for some days, but perhaps some of you can give me an idea of the real life performance over a 30 km stint, without traffic jams and highways? I've noticed that most people don't get at 30 miles range (the test car indicated some 20 miles when I started, but i'm not sure she was fully charged).
I've driven a BMW3 on this traject last week and got around 70mpg. In order to purchase the car, I should get around 120 mpg on this traject with the e-tron, because the e-tron will probably consume a lot more on long hauls.
I know that 150 mpg seems very high, but I would be doing 2/3 of that route on electricty, and I estimate that I could do the rest of the traject at 40 mpg...
i would also have an idea of the consumption of this car on long motorway trips, but I guess that is still a bit premature.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
I would love to get the BMW i3/Rex, but I drive to much long trips (700 km on a day, 3 days later returning), and I think it would be too far stretched. BMW offers a add-on mobility pack to loan another car (rather cheap), but I have a lot of those trips so it's not sure I could have such a spare car for my personal vacation (one week to the south of France = 2 x 1200 km)...
While I prefer the i3 (styling, interior, additional electric miles, RWD), my reason says it would be better to opt for the A3 e-tron. It is more versatile, can have a towbar, roofrails,... Compared with my actual car, it is a lot smaller, but the kids are getting older and we rarely drive with more then 2 in the car. I prefer the e-tron over a passat GTE, that I could probably order at the time I need to order my car.
I've test-driven the e-tron for an hour (+-40 miles), comfort was good. I tried both EV, hybrid and Battery hold, arriving at 4.1 l/100km (60 mpg). Batteries were far from empty when I came back.
I will only buy an e-tron if I can reduce my footprint with the car. My daily commutes are 2 x 30 miles, I would organise a charging point both at work and at home, and will be able to precondition the car before starting.
My daily commute route is on secondary roads, 5 miles at 30 mp, 5 miles at 55 mph and 20 miles at 45 mph, driving 90% of the time with cruise control. With the BMW 520d I succeed in getting 60 mpg on this trip (that is below the offical ECE testcycle).
I will try to get the car for a loan for some days, but perhaps some of you can give me an idea of the real life performance over a 30 km stint, without traffic jams and highways? I've noticed that most people don't get at 30 miles range (the test car indicated some 20 miles when I started, but i'm not sure she was fully charged).
I've driven a BMW3 on this traject last week and got around 70mpg. In order to purchase the car, I should get around 120 mpg on this traject with the e-tron, because the e-tron will probably consume a lot more on long hauls.
I know that 150 mpg seems very high, but I would be doing 2/3 of that route on electricty, and I estimate that I could do the rest of the traject at 40 mpg...
i would also have an idea of the consumption of this car on long motorway trips, but I guess that is still a bit premature.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.