If you're going to Croatia just for a trip, the BMW i3 is perfect for you. It has covered 5,886.7 km, with a total charging time of less than 3 hours.
BMW claimed that the BMW i3 50 xDrive completed a route from North Cape (Norway) to Tarragona (Spain) spanning 5,886.7 kilometers, taking only 2 hours, 45 minutes, and 54 seconds (2.765 hours) to charge. This results in an average charging stop time of just 28.2 minutes per 1,000 kilometers traveled. Drivers needed slightly longer breaks, with the total journey lasting 3 days, 2 hours, and 41 minutes. The average speed was 79.7 km/h.
Finally, meaningful tests of extreme range are underway
We’re not fans of range tests that are meaningless, showing results twice as poor as those of similar conventional cars, or boasting average speeds on par with an able cyclist—around 30-40 km/h. In our view, this is anti-advertising for electric cars. Yet BMW’s reported figures serve as a double advantage: they highlight the excellent range of the BMW i3, especially with 19-inch wheels and low-rolling-resistance tires, as well as the high level of development of Europe’s fast-charging network.
Attempt to determine the same route using Google Maps
Google Maps states that covering this distance on a route similar to the one shown by BMW would take 62 hours. If we account for the difference in distance (+165.7 km with BMW), we need an additional 2.08 hours. Thus, charging stops accounted for only 4.3 percent of the total travel time. In other words, if we head from Rzeszów to the coast (Jastrzębia Góra) and the journey takes 8 hours, charging the BMW i3 will take us only 21 minutes. Of course, this assumes we go to a 400 kW charging station—fortunately, there are more of these stations available in the country.
As long as the drivers opted to top up their energy between 10-80 percent, they only needed a total of 8 charging stops. During these stops, the average power was 275 kW, with an advertised energy consumption of just 12.5 kWh/100 km. The car used in the experiment was a BMW i3 50 xDrive, which is an all-wheel-drive version with 345 kW/469 HP of power and a maximum range of 912 WLTP units thanks to a battery with a capacity of 113.3 (108.7) kWh. This is a unique offering in the D segment, as competitors typically use battery packs with capacities of 70-90 kWh. Configurator HERE.
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