What do you do when you’re in
the middle of a desert and driving a BMW i3
fully-electric car? Well, you can first look for a public charging
station, which in a middle of a desert…might be a challenge. Second, you can
tow the car to the closest charging station. Another task that will take time
to complete.
So
what’s other options you have with the BMW i3? You could have ordered the car
with the $4,000 Range Extender option or …you can head over to your
local Home Depot and rent a Honda portable generator.
The folks over at Gadget
Review have just done that and tested the gasoline-powered generator which
charged the BMW i3 from 41% to 45% in 30 minutes.
Gadget Review took the
experiment one-step further by trying to run the generator inside the back of
the car and plugging in, complete with a rigged-up ventilation system, but the
driver quickly realized that will imply asphyxiation.
So here is the quirky
review:
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