new record - and those who must be punished

This'll be a quick post as duty calls today... but some excitement for sure.

First - yesterday. I headed into Boulder for a midday climb above the Chautauqua Meadow. One of the awesome aspects of traveling to this locale with Zippy - they have an EV charging station which is "free." Actually, it is paid for with the EXTRA fee that I pay to register an EV in Colorado. Seriously - we pay an extra $50, not less for a lower impact car - more. Sometimes the station at this location isn't available - there are a lot of EVs in Boulder... including this one I guess. What you aren't appreciating is that this pickup truck must be electric, hence feeling entitled to park in this spot... and since it doesn't need the power cord, it must be the first vehicle on the planet to support inductive charging... or this person is an asshole.

As for this morning's drive - a new consumption record coming down the mtn - 35.7 mi/kWh! The warmer temp must have something to do with this.

• Distance: 27 miles
• Duration: 62 minutes
• Average Speed: 27.5 mph
• Consumption (mi/kWh): 6.8 (according to the dashboard) / 6.1 (according to the app)
• Recuperation (mi/kWh): 15.5
• Temperature: 54

Not all CK

L was at the helm for the start of the drive today - after the gym Ana and I brought Zippy out to work.

• Distance: 23 miles
• Duration: 50 minutes
• Average Speed: 28.8 mph
• Consumption (mi/kWh): 6.2 (according to the dashboard) / 6.1 (according to the app)
• Recuperation (mi/kWh): 10.4

And on the way down the mtn - we had a curious onlooker!

Statistics

For such a progressive company - and even more progressive vehicle in the i3... BMW really needs to up there game when it comes to capturing and accessing statistics on the car.

Today's morning drive:

• Distance: 21.1 miles
• Duration: 39 minutes
• Average Speed: 32.5 mph
• Consumption (mi/kWh): 6.8 (according to the dashboard) / 6.1 (according to the app)
• Recuperation (mi/kWh): 10.4

The iRemote app tells me that our consumption for all trips is now 5.0 mi/kWh with the community way down at 3.8 (heck yeah Zippy)... interestingly the dashboard in the car reports that we are at 3.8 overall.

Alas.

Just the AM stats

• Distance: 21 miles
• Average Speed: 31.1 mph
• Consumption (mi/kWh): 6.5
• Recuperation: 10.4 mi/kWh
• Time: 41 minutes
• Temperature: 27 degrees

Irony?

And then I did exactly what I promised myself I wouldn't do in the very first post on Mountain i3... got out of the habit. Perhaps this will be my re-introduction. Just a few interesting notes today:

• I have been trying like crazy to find these - http://bmwi3.blogspot.com/2014/11/bmw-i3-tires-get-ready-for-winter.html - I have contacted my local BMW dealer, they pointed me to the actual manufacturer of all BMW-branded chains... no luck so far.
• Last week Zippy (with my assistance) achieved his most efficient consumption rating to-date during our drive down the mountain - 31.7 mi/kWh
• And here's the really exciting one - my EV (full disclosure - REX - it does have a small gas engine for regeneration) - smells like gas... because I bought a small can of gas for our chainsaw and dumped it all over the backseat! Ugh... I am testing a clean-up procedure involving the spread of coffee grounds all over the carpeting in the backseat which will be vacuumed off after two days.

I'm resolving myself to post more diligently... and a big announcement coming from Zippy in the next few weeks!