In the field of luxury pure electric medium-sized cars, we can never avoid a car, that is, Tesla's Model 3, and when we want to consider 300,000 pure electric vehicles, we must also compare with the Model 3. So far, although many of our own brand electric vehicles have also begun to go to the high end, such as Weilai, ideal, and the price is also all the way up, but its own brand awareness can not be compared with Tesla.
But if there is a BMW model in Tesla's Model 3 competitor, and the parameters are no less than the Model 3 in all aspects, and even stronger than the Model 3 in some aspects, will you consider it? So the car we want to talk about today is the pure electric mid-size sedan BMW Brilliance i3 that was launched at the end of last month, that is, on March 31.
For now, BMW Brilliance i3 currently has only one configuration model, so friends who are optimistic about this car do not have to consider how to choose the configuration. And as a domestic BMW model, the biggest advantage of i3 is believed that everyone should guess, that is, the extended wheelbase. The BMW Brilliance i3 has a wheelbase of 2966mm, which is not only longer than the Model 3's 2875, but also the BMW i3's wheelbase is longer than the long-wheelbase version of the BMW 3 Series. Of course, the long wheelbase of course also brings a larger body size and more generous riding space, I believe that in the domestic auto market, this is definitely a very good selling point.
Here we also need to be clear, that is, although the BMW i3 and Tesla Model 3 are pure electric models, bmw brilliance i3 is a "oil to electricity" model, that is to say, the essential difference between bmw i3 and Tesla Model 3 is that the former is still from the fuel vehicle platform, and the latter is from the pure electric platform. According to my understanding, BMW's existing pure electric vehicle models such as BMW ix3, BMW i4 and other models are also from the fuel vehicle platform, and in the future, BMW will also launch models from the pure electric platform.
Therefore, the BMW i3 from the "oil to electricity" is more traditional in terms of shape design, and there is no Model 3 more stylish appearance, but the decent appearance will still attract some fans. After all, the longer size and wheelbase make the BMW i3 more stable and heavy than the Model 3, which is more dynamic than the i3. The interior part of the two cars can be said to be in line with the appearance, model 3 internal functions are all concentrated in the locomotive system, no traditional physical buttons, the painting style is simple, and the i3 is a traditional model, but the integrated suspension curved screen may be the biggest highlight of the car's interior.
Finally, the power problem that everyone is most concerned about, BMW i3 adopts a single motor, rear-mounted rear-drive drive mode, while model 3 has front and rear dual motors and electric four-wheel drive versions. Even if we take the low-end rear-wheel drive version of the Model 3, the same single motor, and even the power level is not as good as the BMW i3, but because the BMW i3 itself is heavier than the Model 3, the overall performance is still not as good as the Model 3 when accelerating 100 kilometers. Here we can't say that the BMW i3 is not performing well, but only that the Model 3 has taken the performance to the extreme.