Speaking of BMW electric vehicles, some people may recall that BMW once had a very ugly looking electric car BMW i3 in the domestic importing country, and last month BMW's first electric medium-sized car - BMW i3 was officially listed, but this i3 is not the other i3.
(Imported BMW i3)
The BMW is very "take care" of the Chinese market, the new BMW i3 is a special model in China, based on the BMW 3 Series sedan to build an electric mid-size car, currently only launched eDrive 35L model.
It is not difficult to think of a model with a very similar price and endurance - Tesla Model 3, and the name is "3", as if it is fate that makes them meet and become each other's opponents.
At present, the BMW i3 eDrive 35L guidance price of 349,900 yuan, and the new Tesla Model 3 optional model is not much, in addition to more than 290,000 rear-wheel drive version, there is a guide price of 367,900 yuan of Performance high-performance all-wheel drive version, and bmw i3 the closest update version is slightly more expensive than its slightly more than 20,000 yuan.
It is reported that the appearance of the BMW i3 is based on the appearance of the new 3 Series sedan that has not been released, and there are many electrification improvements in the details, such as the "double kidney" air intake grille using a closed design, adding a blue trim strip to highlight its identity as an electric vehicle, but the overall appearance is still roughly the same as the BMW 3 Series.
As a popular model in the electric vehicle market, the Tesla Model 3 adopts an innovative closed grille design, and there are still many followers. The simple front face is equipped with a sharp headlight design, with adaptive long-range lighting, and the entire front face looks very handsome and attractive.
The BMW i3's body side and tail are the same, and bmw 3 series is basically no different, the most obvious is the change of the rear lower bracket, because there is no exhaust pipe, so the lower bracket adopts a fully enclosed design, and also adds blue trim embellishment.
Tesla Model 3 is born to be an electric car, the body sides and tail are very round and full, and the hidden door handles used are also innovative designs, the compact body shaped a coupe-like shape, and many elements of its body are still widely used today.
The exterior design of the BMW i3 is no surprise, but it can also be seen from the future development direction of the new BMW 3 Series, tesla Model 3 exterior design almost adopts the same as many innovative design concepts at that time, innovative design and full of scientific and technological appearance, is also one of the main reasons for its high sales.
BMW i3 comes into view is a one-piece curved screen, not only the biggest highlight of this interior, but also the biggest difference from the current 3 series models, so in comparison, BMW i3 is very scientific and technological.
The iDrive 8 system performs well, especially with the addition of Tencent application scenarios, and supports carplay and CarLife two mobile phone mapping functions.
The interior of the Tesla Model 3, like the exterior, is full of innovative design, especially there are no extra buttons in the car, minimalist to the extreme, and all functional controls are concentrated in the 15-inch touch screen car machine system.
As the only screen in the car, many operations need to be implemented in the central control screen, but many people reject complex operations at the beginning, but the rich functions also make many Tesla owners feel more and more fragrant.
Both cars are made of leather seats, and the comfort of the ride is guaranteed, but the Tesla Model 3 seat configuration has more advantages, tesla Model 3 is standard with waist support and seat heating, and BMW i3 needs to add money to choose.
(BMW i3 front seats)
(Tesla front seats)
BMW i3 is slightly larger in size than Tesla Model 3, the wheelbase is even nearly 100mm more, the interior space BMW i3 has more advantages, because tesla Model 3 is a pure electric model, the rear ground is flat, and the BMW i3 rear ground is still protruding, and the seats have their own advantages and disadvantages in the riding experience.
(BMW i3 rear row image)
(Tesla rear floor view)
Although the Tesla Model 3 ride space is not as good as the BMW i3, in terms of storage space, the Tesla Model 3 has more advantages. In addition to the Tesla Model 3 has a 425L trunk space, which is larger than the BMW i3's 410L trunk space, and Tesla also has an additional storage space for the front trunk.
(BMW i3 trunk)
(Tesla Model 3 trunk)
(Tesla Model 3 front load compartment)
The Tesla Model 3 uses many innovative designs, so it requires a certain learning cost in driving it, especially with only the central control screen control and hidden door handles, many people are very unaccustomed to using it at the beginning. The BMW i3 retains the traditional design of many fuel vehicles, and the large space and air suspension make the overall ride feel very comfortable.
In terms of performance, the Tesla Model 3 is even better than the BMW i3, which currently has only a single-motor version, while the Tesla Model 3 has a single-motor version and a dual-motor version.
Although the BMW i3 stand-alone machine has more power than the Model 3 rear-wheel drive version of the motor, the acceleration ability is not stronger. Because the BMW i3 weighs more than two tons, while the Tesla Model 3 rear-wheel drive version weighs only about 1.7 tons, especially the acceleration of 100 kilometers, the BMW i3 has a score of 6.2 seconds, and the Tesla Model 3 has a single motor of 6.1 seconds.
For the high-performance all-wheel drive version of Tesla Model 3, it can be said that it is all-round crushing, and from the performance of 3.3 seconds of acceleration of 100 kilometers, BMW i3 is estimated to not even see the taillights. However, the BMW i3 has more air suspension and anti-roll bars than the Tesla Model 3, and it will be better than the Tesla Model 3 in driving comfort.
Tesla Model 3's autopilot has always been its highlight, so in terms of assisted driving, Tesla Model 3 is stronger than the BMW i3, Tesla is equipped with full-speed adaptive cruise system as standard, parallel assist and lane keeping and other functions, and bmw i3 is an option.
In terms of safety, the two models performed equally well, both equipped with front exhaust airbags and side airbags, and front and rear head airbags, but bmw i3 more passive human protection and fatigue driving reminders, BMW performance is slightly better than Tesla.
BMW has always been a brand that pays attention to sports, but after comparing with Tesla, it feels that BMW is more inclined to the comfort aspect, but Tesla Model 3 as an electric vehicle, its performance or indeed too extreme, even some supercars are beyond reach.
Although the BMW i3 is indeed slightly inferior to the Tesla Model 3 in terms of performance and comprehensive configuration, if you want to get a configuration comparable to the latter, you need to add money to choose, but the BMW i3 with the comfort advantages of large space and air suspension may be a choice to adapt to the market, thus giving consumers a new choice and increasing the attractiveness of the blue sky and white cloud LOGO.