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Articles by Peder Norby
2014 BMW i3 – Long Term Review
While the BMW i8 is the super-sultry twin sister that gets all the lustful gazes, the BMW i3 is a masculine stout machine geared for the gnarly bullring that is the city of today and tomorrow. Not cute or ugly and certainly not sexy…. The BMW i3 is a Bavarian bull. 29 July 2016
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Design & Relationship Between Electric Cars & Solar
To recap just a bit, we've arrived at zero net cost for the energy required to live in our home and drive our two electric BMW i3’s powered by Solar PV. Our Solar PV system, installed in 2007, and our EV driving beginning in 2009, led to our system being fully paid off in April of 2012. 30 December 2015
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100+ MPG In Our BMW i8
As a long time EV only family, I had to “squint and surrender” my EV only purity ethic a little bit when I indulged my passion for the breathtaking aesthetics, technology and performance of the BMW i8. A truly once in a lifetime car. Yes, I get 100 MPG driving in my BMW i8 in my normal day to day driving lifestyle. A month of typical driving in the BMW i8, The MPG pegs a... 21 September 2015
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One Year Experiment Of Living And Driving Two BMW i3s On Sunshine - The Wrap Up
On May 15th, 2015 we concluded our year long Driving to Net Zero Energy Challenge. It's hard to believe that our two BMW i3's are already a year old and boy did time fly! I'll have an overall wrap up post about the year on June 1st. 28 May 2015