[Khoispring]

Originally Posted by DocWeatherington

Agree but emissions and probably some credit they get. To be honest off the EV side it will run for 30mins and the interior warms up/cools down pretty fast in the XM. So the m5 likely is no different as its 2.0 and probably does it better.


Modern motors warm up pretty fast anyways

Yes I can confirm this past 2 days here in Montreal -20 deg Celsius and preconditioning worked perfectly ! Warmed completely after only 5-10 min !

[masd79]

Originally Posted by Khoispring

Yes I can confirm this past 2 days here in Montreal -20 deg Celsius and preconditioning worked perfectly ! Warmed completely after only 5-10 min !

Yep preconditioning is a non issue on EV mode..

[iifymbro]

Originally Posted by masd79

Nope, it doesn’t do anything. After doing some research I’m hearing it’s because of EU idling regulations. This is basically a EV with an engine. I don’t mind, it’s just annoying

Every time. "why is this stupid thing in existence" the answer is "the EU".