700 Mile ROAD TRIP Home In An ALL-ELECTRIC BMW I4 M50...
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
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00:00 - I4 M50
02:38 - Locating Charging Station
10:51 - First Charging Station
17:50 - Highway Acceleration
18:28 - Launch Control
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The projected range - even in gasoline cars - all depends on how you've been driving the last 30-ish miles.
I’ve owned an EV for about 18 months now and can share some tips:
1) There’s a display setting on your Dash that can show the true efficiency rate while driving (displayed in mi/kWh). Typically, anything over 3.5 mi/kWh is pretty good. Over time, you would take your avg mi/kWh and multiply it by the useable battery capacity to get a better estimate (ex. 3.5 mi/KWh x 81 KWh = 283 mi avg range). Of course, your avg mi/KWh will greatly vary depending on many factors- driving style, driving modes, AC, temp of battery, up hill/down hill, wheel size, tire pressure, etc…
2) The “Guess-O-Meter” range really takes into account the avg mi/KWh over the last few driving sessions. Some cars looks at more or less driving sessions. This is why you will see your “range” fluctuate so greatly.
3) For everyday (non long trip) driving, keep charge only between 20-80% to preserve battery life. You’re also Charging most efficiently only up to 80%. Anything after that will be at a much slower rate.
4) Charging stations- Note there are different types of chargers (AC and DC) and rates of charging (Level 1, 2, DC ‘slow’, DC “fast” rates). When looking for public chargers, you’ll typically want to avoid anything under 7-9 KWh charging, unless it’s an emergency, bc those will be super slow (hours). Those are seen more at hotels and corporate parking lots for all day/over night charging. Some apps will show you what type of chargers (and availability) at each charging stations.
5) The chargers with the two outlet “pumps” are just meant to accommodate cars with ports on either left or right side. You can’t use both pumps at the same time.
Hi. Just watched your 700+ Road Trip video. I ordered a BMW iX last month. One thing I have seen, using the Electrify America chargers, once you hit 30 minutes. Stop the charge then. Finish the charge cycle. If you need more “juice”, start another 30 minute free charging. I’ve seen a lot If videos that state that.
ENJOY YOUR NEW i4.
This was great! Really helpful to see a real world experience charging an i4 on a long road trip. Impressed with the up to 80% charging speed, which is more than enough to go another couple hundred miles or so and charge again for a pee break or whatever. Congrats on this beautiful new car! ⚡️
Consider this one has 20" tyres. Also the RWD version is much more efficient. So that can do even 250 miles
EA has two types of chargers. You need to go with 350kw instead of 150kw since your i4 can charge up to 210kw.
To own a electric car is in the beginning a little confusing but when you get use to it it’s absolutely fantastic.
When the gas is so expensive there’s nothing cheaper and in my case I have solar panels on my house and technically drive my car for free.
In a good day I make 115 kWh, don’t know how you do in the states but in Europe they are very common. Great video and I felt exactly the same first time as a beginner with my electric car Volvo XC 40.
"This is Brian's first time behind the wheel"....literally .0123 seconds later...floors it to test the power 🤣
Fun to watch but here are two tips for you from a fellow EV owner… never judge range by miles always use percentage. Never charge above 80% on the road trips. The last 20% takes forever. Love your choice in cars. I have a model Y performance and once you learn the tricks you’ll love EV road-trips!! Have fun!!
So, I just sold my 2014 BMW i3 with range extender and picked up a 2018 BMW 640i GT. I LOVED yes, LOVED my i3! It handles like a slot car, was surprisingly roomy inside. A $4000 repair bill is what facilitated the change. If I could have afforded the i4, I would have. I commute 50 miles daily and it cost $35 per month in electricity. I have a level two charger at work, so they picked up half the charge. I topped of the gas in the 640 and it was $56! Although I have had many gasoline and diesel vehicles in my life, but will be going back to EV when possible. Good luck, I hope you enjoy, but right now EVs are not for everybody.
Enjoyed the video. True first time EV experience. Y’all probably already figured a lot out but my two cents:
For road trips, try to reach the charger with a lower state of charge (10-20%) for faster charging. Above 80% charging slows to protect the battery. Better Route Planner and PlugShare are two must have apps. And Peanut M&Ms all the way!
good tip thanks for sharing
Different Charger also have different capabilities so it may vary in speed.
This is the exact kind of video I needed as someone who just took the plunge and went electric with an i4M50 with zero knowledge of how the charging works. I either made a huge mistake or will love it lol.
Beautiful i4 M50! I'm definitely on Team Peanut M&Ms!
Great user research. Here's a funny story, I recently had an issue with my 135i. I had my car towed to the local BMW dealership and they were able to confirm a fuel contamination issue from when I bought some gas at a Circle K. The dealership offered to loan me an i4 (the base model) and I totally jumped at the opportunity. At this point, I had only done some basic research beforehand about living with an EV so some of what you experienced wasn't unexpected. I tend to keep a journal of when I get gas to track the date, quantity, and trip odometer but I had to modify my data entries to accommodate start / stop time, percentage, and range for the couple of days I had the car. Also, we weren't set up to do any home charging other than using a 110v outlet. But, even then, I appreciated that convenience of being able to charge at the house. Eventually I got my 135i back but appreciated the opportunity to officially drive an electric car, especially a Beemer! I have a Stage 1 tune and some other mods on my 135i so the base i4 didn't really compare, peformance-wise, other than off-the-line acceleration. However, when it's time for a new car (my 135i has over 180k) I'm totally going to consider a good used i4 M50, if one's available. We use our Honda Odyssey for long road trips but I think an electric car just might be in our future. Looking forward to a life of supercapacitors ^_^
We may sell ours later this year if you’re interested
@@KiesMotorsports ooOOooh! Do you take Kohl's cash? lol Sounds like another raffle opportunity which I would DEFINITELY take part in ^_^
Nice real world scenario, Kate and Bryan 👍🏻
EV buyer that doesn’t spend a ton of time researching before picking up the vehicle with a long road trip home - good to see.
And great that the journey home was pretty smooth.
This was an excellent video. I’ve ordered one and many of my questions are like the discoveries you guys are making! More please!
Hey, nice to see you got an i4! After I sold my gold F30, I got a Ford Mustang Mach-E last month too! As I see your trip, I believe you did pretty well comparing to my EV experience! Well done on your finding charging stations, figuring out how EV battery charging speed works and charging from 20% to 80% is the most efficient window, you did really well without any prior knowledge. Genius! Enjoy your i4! BTW I love the i4M's acceleration sound!!
Great video! I have an X3M and can get 400-ish miles of highway range. The thought of having HALF that range, with the prospect fewer gas stations and non-functional gas stations terrifies me. I do a lot of day trips, for e.g. this weekend I might drive out about 150 miles to do a bike ride, then drive back. Electrify America has NOTHING; ChargePoint has one station with 2 L2 ports... so this is why I'm sticking with delicious gasoline for awhile...
I used to do 800-900 mile trips each way 2-4 times a month between 2014 and 2018 so I totally get it! Now I mostly stay in town that has chargers everywhere. My longest trips now are 150 miles each way, which has a charging station halfway in between. I think charging stations will become more ubiquitous as gas stations in a few more years.
Thanks for the video and love the tat. I am new to electric vehicles and have an i4 on order. I won't be taking any 700 mile trips, but will take some 400 mile trips and this was great to watch. Thank you.
You guys are great. Great info… Thx.
Really cool and informative video. Well done!
Fun video. Thx for the content. I am guessing it was a good learning expirence for you two. Hope you are enjoying the car.
I've been using an i3 as a commuter for a while now, and you'll notice that the range does vary day-by-day. Obvious things like driving style, A/C, and heat will cause noticeable fluctuations; though, outside conditions play a heavy hand as well. You likely won't see it much during the warmer months, but this winter you'll see a noticeable dip in range dependent on the outside temp. I'm sure it'll be garage kept (which will help), but just proves to show there's a lot of variables calculated into that range figure.
Thanks for the honest charging experiences. Boy oh boy, I can only imagine my luck...using the car's instruction to get to a charging location in the middle of the night (when I love to drive) only to find out I'm rolling up to someone's house/business/etc., or some less than desirable location. (FYI, Not all Walmarts are...shall I say, desirable, yikes)
Let the good times roll, or uh...CHARGE!
Loving the I4, btw
Great real-world demo.
Hmmm I'm not sure how efficient this is...
I bought a 2009 BMW 750Li last year March in Virginia, and had to drive it back home about 500 miles...to NYC. It was a 6 hour drive, and did it straight no stops besides gas
And I literally only filled up twice, once when I first got the car. The 2nd time in the middle, I didn't even fill the tank full because I'm cheap 😂. I put like $25 each time
So let's just say I spent $50 in gas, and mind you that's with the car... having a broken engine. Not running efficiently at all...shaking & everything.
And I was still getting 22 mpg with a check engine light 😅, I was very impressed. I feel like if the engine was in perfect working order, I would've spent even less...and could get home on basically 1 tank. The car can go 450 miles on 1 tank
I feel like an electric car would be perfect for city driving in NYC. I'd probably feel a bit more comfortable, with a hybrid currently though
Thanks. I have booked a i4 to rent in California for 20 days next month.
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻, Awesome video thanks for the tips and everything as far as your electric car goes, do appreciate. Over 700 miles, wow that was a lot tarmac, wasn't it, at any rate, you guys are awesome, keep up the good work.
Outstanding video. Taking your subscribers along the trip was awesome. I've learned a lot from this video. Oh and MM Peanuts all day lol
This is a fun video, and super informative for EV newbies. We learned some - as clearly you did. Candidly, had you been more educated before you started it would have been a little less stressful to you but not so fun for us who learned along with you. Thank you. SUBSCRIBED.
Looks good; some of the questions you had, you’ll quickly get - like kilowatts per 100 miles. The i4 has a battery with about 80kw. Not sure why some people think it looked like a hassle. Looking forward to never having to go to a gas station again…. especially in NJ.
I was watching this video on my lunch break and at the exact time I clocked back in I looked back over to watch the video and it said 3:04 I was mind blown 😂😂😂
Such a beautiful car😍
Did a local autocross with the i4M50, future is bright
Great video and congrats! I picked mine up this week and haven’t received the email for Electrify America. I called the dealer and they are not familiar with the process. How long did it take for yours to come in?
How do you have your home charging station set up? Any trunk spoiler or lip available for the M50 yet?
We want more Videos. From your Experience and Problems with the i4 in the Future.
M&M.s for sure👍😎 The I4 M50 is actually a pretty cool electric car👍😁Especially compered to the i3🙈🤣🤣
Cool video. I had to laugh at the tiptoeing and air quoting about M cars. It always cracks me up by how touchy people get and how some need to tell everyone what qualifies as an M car and what doesn’t. The only entity that really gets to make that definition for us is BMW. 😬 Regardless of how much you feel like your specialness is taken away; if BMW puts an M on the car, it’s an M car. 🤷♂️ Sorry. If you have the M3 or M5 or whatever single digit M, you have the pinnacle of M in that series. And that’s awesome! If you have an M340i or i4 M50 or whatever BMW whips up, it’s still an M car. There are just others available that are even more M. 😂
That’s what I be saying. If it got a m it’s a m. It just ain’t the top m
The estimate range is based on you drove it last, like an ICE car. If you reverse math your 1st trip, it would have indeed been 300+ miles of range, above the EPA, which is incredible. Also it's typical for charging to be slower after 80%.
Amazing video, really nice to see your journey, just one thing guys please have ev etiquette. Even tough it doesnt work please move the car :)
WHOA 😃
How many moniez?
I own one, I drive from Portland to Tacoma and back often. I use Eco Pro and average 70 mph and I go from 100 % to be about 40% SoC. It's only 130 miles though. But haven't done a longer trip yet where I'll need to charge.
Go M&M peanut! 💪🏼
NICEEEEEEEE>.. Can not wait for Mods....lol...
wait im confused, how long are u going to have the 30 min free charging for? is it just for a promo period?
How long do you get that free first half hour of charging? Is that like for a month or three years
The full range is different each time you fill because it changes according to your avg mpg! Your m3 should do the same thing as my m340i also does the same each time I fill
Both! Peanut M&M’s on the daily, twizzlers at the movies
So in other words, expect to multiply your travel times by 3 or 4? It took you guys 2 days to travel 640 miles. On my N55 X5 it takes me 7-8hrs to travel that distance.
So you spent like 40 bucks, after all the free charging. Imagine if you didn't get free charging. A 328d would get you around 750 miles on a single tank for 75$ that it costs to fill it up at 5$ a tank at the moment.
Plus all the money you had to spend on hotel, snacks, walmart, food, and all that stuff that you had to spend because you had to wait for those recharges.
Here's some rounding:
Hotel $150
Food let's say you ate 5 times in the 2 day trip for 2 people, $40 x 5 = $200
Let's say another $50 for snacks and walmart
How much you make an hr? Cause you wasted a lot of hrs...
That's $400 for a 7 hr of driving trip
When it's less than $75 on a 328d, and $40 if you stop for a break at 3 or 4 hrs of driving
Aaaaaand, 8 hrs vs 2 days to get to your destination
That's pretty terrible in my opinion.
@@VictorEstrada thanks for stating these details that I think about each time I see these e video road trips and their seemingly awesome/adventurous charging stops...who knew charging could be so fun!! 🤣. (Btw, In my many years of road trips, that I can remember, not one Walmart stop was made along the way for any reason. Hmmm, something is starting to stink...subliminal advertising? Hope all the tubers are getting paid!)
Range, charge times, charging locations, and quantities of chargers at each location HAVE to improve...and FAST, as verrry soon there will be a ton of EVs on the road, and the line/wait time to charge will be a nightmare (possibly hours!?).
On a positive note, the I4 appears to be a great vehicle. Not a bad commuter car, for sure!!
They chose to spend the night. A 650 mile trip in the I4 would only add a little over an hour for charging stops. Less than that if you stop to eat in your internal combustion engine car.
Top electric car tip, ignore the range in miles and only use the percentage. The percentage is truth as it’s what’s left in the battery and the the miles is based on driving patterns etc etc
Team peanut m&ms all day long 👌
@26:30 If the first 30 minutes is free, can you charge for 29 minutes then stop, then restart charging again for a free charge?
Awesome video! I’m team M&M, sorry Bryan! 😂
Lol, all good
I believe the terrain is factored into your drive distant
As you asked for suggestions, how about if you now one year later do another road trip video and show us all you learned about EV road trip charging?
hello!friend. good job.catch you later~
Lovely car but the non-Tesla charging infrastructure is still lacking as we can see :(
geez, first spartanburg then greensboro? y’all are brave
14:49 most new cars use your driving habits to estimate your range. The range can change from different driving sessions. Drive conservatively and the number will go up or drive fast and the estimated range will go down.
6:19 “how many KW is your tank” 😂
I have a 2018 BMW 430 I convertible X drive and I’ve done 516 on a tank and that was like 14.6 gallons of fuel
The range estimate is based on your driving style, it’s just like filling up my 2019 440i, if I drove it nicely for a week it’ll say 390 miles till empty when filled. If I bashed it for a week it’ll say 250 miles till empty when filled. However all the electronics including AC, Audio, Power Windows, Lighting, and ancillary electronics will eat your battery unlike in a gas car where your range is not dependent on that😢👌🏽 I wish I got my i4 M50 I had ordered to extend my 440i lease an additional 6 months. Then I ended up buying the 440i after the 6 month lease extension.
Electronics and AC do make a difference in a gas car. It’s just no one is paying attention to that.
Can you please make videos on Modding a G05
Even in my gas powered 230i, a full tank always says 650-700kms but I'd end up only doing 550-600km all the time
That steering wheel looks so THICC. more so than the f80 at least
Can you see what the range is fully loaded with four people?
peanut M&M for the win.
I’d love some X5 G05 content :)
I have an I4 edrive40 and a Tesla Model Y and yes it is confusing but 5 minute research should have set you up for a better experience (i blame the dealer) but you guys still made it.
If my wife would have seen this kind of video before we bought our first EV, no way she would have agreed to the deal ...lol but good video anyway, keep it up.
There’s an app called “a better route planner” that can not only optimize by distance but by charging speed too - since maximum charging speed is dependent on how much charge you have left (more charge = can’t charge at full rate, etc)
Thanks, I’ll have to check it out!
Now you must wait 18 Month in Germany for the same car. How long are you wait before
Nice car! Any kind of home charger setup? What’s BMW recommend for that?
Home chargers are all level 2 chargers, which will charge the vehicle from dead to full in 9-10hrs. These level 2 chargers are 240V, level 1 ones are 120v and would take over 24hours to charge the same amount. The car comes with a mobile level 2 charger that will adapt down to level 1 with the 110v attachment. These fast chargers are level 3 DC chargers.
Interesting video to see 1st timers. Not sure if those comments are appreciated. You are much better off to only look for EA chargers even if you would have to pay for. Since they are free I definitely would restrict myself to those. If you go to other brands filter for at least 150kw and look for at least two charging stalls as you don’t want to show up and someone else is charging.
Mileage is definitely calculated by how you drive, just like with a gas car. You're driving all highway, so, at a decent speed, it's going to be higher. And after owning over 20 brand new cars, the first few tanks of gas, are always off. So, the charging of the car is going to be the same.
Honestly, I think I’ll stick to gas for road trips, but for city driving and everyday errands the electric seems like the right choice.
60k or 80k for a citycar is when you don't know what the do with your money.
Courageous of you to start that journey with what seemed liked total ignorance of the usable battery capacity for your car (80.7 kWh), how the guessometer functions, and charging curves. It seemed like you were learning along the way, but then you took that final long charge to 100% for no clear reason. As we have an i4 eDrive 40 on order, it was reassuring to see yet another video confirming that this is an efficient platform.
That was Inter string. A lot of stopping but then again 700+ miles for $40ish dollars not too bad
I like your EV journey. So tell me if you don’t get the free charging from BMW. How much it would cost you for this 700miles road trip ?
I never thought about what If all the spots are taken and you gotta wait 30 to 45 just to wait another 30 to 45. And the chargers die. Idk it’s nice but still a tough sell tho. The car is hella nice tho. Prolly not for impatient ppl.
Thanks for trip video, how many hours did you spend charging, how many hours did the total trip take?
She said they added 2.5 hrs to their trip
Better strategy to charge less, drive faster, charge more often. This way you can get your average speed around 60 mph (including charge stops!)because empty battery charges a lot faster
Could u do an i4 mod video
Every car guy needs to do a launch control in their car
My E90 tells me a different "distance til empty" every time I fill my car up, and so does every other gas car I've ever owned. So it seems par for the course lol.
$21 for 80% and you need to stop 3 times to charge.. if you drove with a gas powered car of that size you would need about 1 and 3/4ths of full tanks.. so doesn’t that mean it’s basically the same cost for the trip whether you’re going electric vs gas? I mean the numbers are pretty darn close. So the only upside is.. you’re not polluting; however, even if you took all the cars off the road the amount of co2 emitted per year would only decrease by about 1/6th if that. The biggest polluters are caused by industry.. so while we are all paying huge costs for battery cars.. industry basically hasn’t done shit to move the needle yet 🎉
The millage is based on how your driving is done.
Hello nice video,
So for BMW 2 year free charging Electrify America, Does it mean Free 30mins Per day?? Using Level 2 Charger 20-80% 30mins of time? The Charger says 0.43$ per kWh.... BMW i4 have 83.9 kWh...So that's like 36$ USD to charge 270 miles. Gas Car probably 60$ So you save 24$ per charge...and the Electric car just ridiculous Expensive now...I guess you are NOT saving money to go GREEN energy
Team M&M. Unless the Twizzlers are replaced with Red Vines.
funny thing for i4 when you drive more fast you get more range
I know this is months old, but I’m just seeing it. The miles are the battery capability, but the wheels you have make it worse. So in 18’s it’ll do 312, 19’s it’ll do 270 miles. I’m assuming you got 20’s which brings is down to 220ish.
I bought my first electric car October last year, it took me 5 months to learn how to drive it properly in order to get the maximum range
Twizzler. Fat free. Lol and like what 90 cals per serving.
Glad to see this vid. The practicality of taking a trip in one of these things seems terrible. I would not like half hour additions each fill up. Sure it will be rectified as time passes. I will pass for now.
But thanks for the vid
And twizzlers are so bland, yuck, team m&m
Long distance driving stick to gas. Could have made that drive in one hop vs two
if the main purpose is for travelling long miles ill probably will get the eDrive40. probably not as fun to drive.
It is very fast for daily needs
You mean Level 3 charging
Peanut m&ms
this is a parts bin ev
Team twizzler
EV(electromagnetism motor) vs ICE..I will choose PHEV..