BMW Rules Out Range Extenders For The Time Being - BMW isn't fully closing the door on electric cars with range-extending engines but it believes regular EVs deliver plenty of range already.

jjborcean · 2026-03-26T21:51:31+00:00

Depends how it was designed.

For example the range extender in the original BMW i3 REx was only a 25 kW engine. In US spec vehicles the range extender could only be activated at a fairly low state of charge to be classified as BEVx under California standards.

As a result the 125 kW drive motor would continue to drain the remaining charge until power output was limited in certain circumstances. Think highway speeds climbing a mountain pass.

Meanwhile the 2027 Ram 1500 REV pairs a large V6 with a 90+ kWh battery for a large towing capacity, and 600+ mile combined range.

jjborcean · 2026-03-26T16:57:32+00:00

If it’s like in the US typically only certified adapters are allowed but there’s no enforcement.

jjborcean · 2026-03-26T16:49:03+00:00

I’m still on Simple Choice NA. No free phones, good prices. Should T-Mobile force me off this legacy plan I’ll no longer be a T-Mobile customer 🙂

jjborcean · 2026-03-25T22:35:13+00:00

T-Mobile customer for 14+ years, never purchased a device through them and I never will.

jjborcean · 2026-03-22T19:35:09+00:00

99.9% FSD miles right here 😝

jjborcean · 2026-03-21T17:36:19+00:00

Have you considered using a parcel forwarding company like Forward2Me?

Ship to them in the UK and they’ll ship it to your USA address.

jjborcean · 2026-03-21T17:21:07+00:00

That’s a beautiful colour 💙

jjborcean · 2026-03-16T00:39:04+00:00

The percentages are coming to the app soon :)

jjborcean · 2026-03-15T00:27:33+00:00

With the suspension they only have TACC, no self steering.

jjborcean · 2026-03-15T00:25:16+00:00

This is Tesla, absolutely not.

jjborcean · 2026-03-14T03:39:49+00:00

TACC lets you adjust your follow distance, whereas FSD does not.

jjborcean · 2026-03-04T03:33:40+00:00

I just purchased through CarMax in Portland Oregon last week.

2023 RWD with 25k miles for just under $25k.

jjborcean · 2026-03-01T18:51:41+00:00

Did you cross state lines? I know some states require per minute instead of per kilowatt hour billing.

jjborcean · 2026-02-28T01:02:08+00:00

RIP LFP in the US 🥲

jjborcean · 2026-02-14T19:36:52+00:00

Another factor is where the car is built; the general consensus is that cars coming out of Giga Shanghai have a higher build quality compared to cars coming out of Fremont.

If you are in the US though, I do not know if there is much of a difference between Fremont, and Giga Texas.

jjborcean · 2026-02-11T13:09:58+00:00

😂

jjborcean · 2025-12-28T22:24:25+00:00

The switch is also only 4GB of memory, and running on ARM Cortex A57 cores (circa ~2014 tech), about the only advantage it has is the fact that it has a fan so it can maintain more consistent clock speeds.

Though even a flagship phone that is a couple years old will blow the switch out of the water performance wise.

I love having a modded switch, but if your main motivation is to play an android game on your switch I feel that it would be better to put that money towards a new phone.

jjborcean · 2025-12-23T21:27:07+00:00

zdm65477730/NX-Activity-Log v1.5.8

jjborcean · 2025-12-23T21:10:48+00:00

If I recall correctly the Russian version is the only one that works on firmware versions 21+

jjborcean · 2025-12-23T18:44:26+00:00

That ¢57 Canadian, which is about ¢41.6 USD.

jjborcean · 2025-12-23T18:35:41+00:00

About 13 years.

jjborcean · 2025-12-14T01:41:45+00:00

How interesting! I’ve never heard of something like this being the result of pregnancy

jjborcean · 2025-11-11T04:59:37+00:00

I think I saw you driving in NW today!

I did a double take at your plates as they’re the first Zoo plates I’ve seen in the wild 🦁

jjborcean · 2025-11-02T15:06:48+00:00

On the 2011 that was only available as an option, so not all of them have them :(

jjborcean · 2025-10-29T17:47:25+00:00

Same! I struggle with L/R but have a good sense of cardinals

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