BMW is "putting all our eggs in PHEV basket," diesels dead in US after 2018

Teutonic · 09-17-2018, 10:50 PM

If BMW puts all their eggs in the electric basket I wish them good luck and Auf wiedersehen.
I will buy whatever ICE will be available out there.

Hypermile · 09-19-2018, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by akhter

After owning several bmws all with the i6 gas engines and now owning a f15 30d I want to go back to gas i6. It's just much more fun to drive.

No one buys a diesel for "fun to drive" is fun to watch the DTE and tank distance though. You cannot compare a 4 banging diesel with BMW's bread and butter i6...

Hypermile · 09-20-2018, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by evanevery

My Tesla gets better mileage than a diesel...

It handles better, and is certainly faster, than most diesels...

I charge it nightly. No drama.

The future is electric. Get over it. Embrace the future!

But can your "tesla" take you from Toronto ON to Charlotte NC in one charge? Can you "charge" your car for 10 mins (time it takes me to fill my tank) and drive another 1200KM?

brad850csi · 09-20-2018, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Hypermile

No one buys a diesel for "fun to drive" is fun to watch the DTE and tank distance though. You cannot compare a 4 banging diesel with BMW's bread and butter i6...

Give me a RWD G31 with a 550d engine and a 6MT

brad850csi · 09-20-2018, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Hypermile

But can your "tesla" take you from Toronto ON to Charlotte NC in one charge? Can you "charge" your car for 10 mins (time it takes me to fill my tank) and drive another 1200KM?

I remember going into the Tesla dealer and they looked at my car and said you obviously like your fast cars but our car is much faster. I said I'll race you to a place about 700km away....they didn't like that much

Hypermile · 09-20-2018, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by brad850csi

I remember going into the Tesla dealer and they looked at my car and said you obviously like your fast cars but our car is much faster. I said I'll race you to a place about 700km away....they didn't like that much

EPIC!

nxa · 09-25-2018, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BGT3

It's very well done and implicates BMW and MB as well towards the end. Bottom line these engines pollute 400% to 500% more than the manufacturers say.

It's certainly very well done, except the bit you are referencing which I felt was just for extra 'sensation'.

The cheats VW was up to led to real world emissions of towards 40x what is seen in the lab. The program clearly says that they expect real world to be up to 5 or 6x the lab.

So you've fallen for that verbal trick with the '400% to 500%" line. That just means "4 or 5x". That was no accident by the Dirty Money writers.

XtBeemer · 12-29-2018, 10:27 PM

PHEV are the way to go.
No range anxiety as with an all electric.
Right now infrastructure is not there and it still takes to long to charge.
I have a hyundai Ioniq PHEV,
Prolly how I can afford a BMW.
Hehehehe

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