BMW i4

If you have your own driveway and charge point you will rarely of ever be kerbside charging by necessity imo.

Perhaps for people who don't have their own driveway ? It's rarely going to be worth your while in a full EV .

Exactly that, or for the free or good parking spot, i.e. in Bray at the seaside or Dun Laoghaire at the east pier. Apart from that I never use those yokes. Any time anyone mentions the ancient motto "ABC - always be charging" I feel nauseous 😂

Exactly

BMW does well against the king of the sub 100k traffic light drag racers. Seems the BMW has longer legs. Really though when it comes to performance EV's its all a bit irrelevant. Fast is fast enough.

Taycan should be next week I hope, its in the country just needs to be regged and PDI;ed.

From what I can see the i4 and the model 3 are very similar and it comes down to price really. They seem to drive the same, both have good tech (although the tesla software is likely better), the interior of the i4 is a lot better but some might say the i4 look a bit gopping, but the tesla is not exactly a looker either? Its a toss up. Certainly BMW have a much better dealer network but telsa has a better charging network, but in Ireland being small if you can charge at home having a fast charger in the midlands/ on whatever motorway, is all you need to get almost anywhere.

So at the end of the day do you want to spend 15k more for the BMW? I probably would. Teslas are becoming a victim of their own popularity. But waiting a year for the i4 would drive me crazy.

The m440i wouldn’t even get close, simply because these drag races are won in the first second off the line and the big ICE engine runs out of runway to catch back up.

Different days, different conditions, different result. We’re arguing 0.2 of a second here. Both cars more than fast enough for public roads.

I’ve seen him interviewed where he said targeting Tesla in a drag video is huge for views and comments, and the Tesla supporters are the current iteration of the Nissan GTR and VW Golf R fans of the past 10-12 years :D

he was putting manual Golf R’s in drag races for years, driving everyone mad :D

The worst thing about Tesla is tesla owners. More excuses than F1 drivers. I understand that they are excited about their new cars, but sometimes they lack admiration and respect for other cars.

I ordered in September so was really lucky to get a close allocation and props to my salesman. Order today and you will get one this time next year depending on model and spec. They dont need a lot of extras but its hard look past the options list. I went a bit crazy and put a load of extras on but you dont have to, but I had saved up a long time and wanted it exactly as I wanted it, and even then had to reign in a few things. It is the most configurable car Porsche make, and you can option and choose a lot of the small details. Its great fun.

On the other hand the Tesla owner has had to put up with a lot of unfounded hate and "fake news" online put out by those with an interest in maintaining ICE cars on the road. It a function of the modern world and the echo chambers we all find for our interests. I feel the EV community is becoming fractured just like the ICE before. Tesla is not the only show in town anymore and their lead is getting smaller and smaller. Cars like thie i4 will really bridge the gap between ICE buyers and EV buyers because is just like choosing a engine class of old...want the diesel, the petrol, the EV...the fast one or the slower one...simple.

They’re really going all out with the advertising on these, constantly seeing the ad over last few weeks on TV. Seems like a waste of money if supply is so limited.

Enjoyed that vid. Wasn't expecting the Tesla pulling away faster during the flying start, the BMW has considerably more torque. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the Model 3 will get a slightly different map during one of the upcoming OTA software updates, to give it better acceleration past 100km/h (and then we will see someone do this drag race again with different results). They did that with the current Model S plaid. In the past, the car was only quick to 100km/h, everything exotic ICE even fairly modest stuff like an Audio R8 V10 would blast past it. Not anymore, it is now the quickest car in the world 0-300km/h (not that you'd use that much in real life 😂)

If the BMW is only €6k more, I'd say that is well priced. Should convince a lot of current BMW ICE owners to go EV. If only it was a hatchback, I would be keen myself...

If you rarely or never leave this island and don't do an awful lot of 300+ km daytrips, the charging network is not really that important

Oh no Tesla owners in the flesh are fine, its only the internet ones are the muppets.

There are more ionity chargers in the republic than there are Tesla Superchargers, and IMHO they are better positioned. Add to that the ESB 150kw chargers and you have more than enough. The public charging network in ireland is actually pretty good, especially if you can use the 22kwh ESB units. These charging concerns are not real worries. It took me a while to relax into it. Download Zapmap and plan a few fictitious trips to see what's what. No matter where you go you close enough to a 50kw charger, and then you just charge enough to get you comfortably to a fast charger.

Here are the ionity

And here are the Fast (blue) and rapid (purple) chargers....When the car can go 400km on a 100% charge you are never really in trouble.

here is tesla.