No wasted space if not getting harvester

[jlrichar]

For those who do not get the rex, make the space the rex would have occupied useful. Maybe get the spare in there?

My wife has a non rex BMW i3. There is a giant cavity under the rear compartment where the rex would go if we had that option. For the pure electric version that space is closed off with no access. There are companies that make a bin you can buy to add a sub trunk, but it’s a little dicey with high voltage cables in the area.

On the one hand it would be great to be able to add the harvester later, on the other if I don’t have it I don’t want that valuable space to just be wasted. Give me back the space somehow.

 

[J Alynn]

For those who do not get the rex, make the space the rex would have occupied useful. Maybe get the spare in there?

My wife has a non rex BMW i3. There is a giant cavity under the rear compartment where the rex would go if we had that option. For the pure electric version that space is closed off with no access. There are companies that make a bin you can buy to add a sub trunk, but it’s a little dicey with high voltage cables in the area.

On the one hand it would be great to be able to add the harvester later, on the other if I don’t have it I don’t want that valuable space to just be wasted. Give me back the space somehow.

The space for the Rex is where the additional batteries go back to get to 350 mile EV range. The Rex/Harvester option eliminates part of the full size battery pack that is standard in the fully EV version. There will not be a void. Watch the reveal video as it shows a graphic which is helpful to see. I didn’t get a shot at the reveal but I know it’s been posted on here.

 

[jlrichar]

The space for the Rex is where the additional batteries go back to get to 350 mile EV range. The Rex/Harvester option eliminates part of the full size battery pack that is standard in the fully EV version. There will not be a void. Watch the reveal video as it shows a graphic which is helpful to see. I didn’t get a shot at the reveal but I know it’s been posted on here.

I read through a lot of discussion. It seems like the harvester equipped traveler will have 150 miles of all electric range, will weigh less, and be less expensive than EV only. But the removed cells might not make enough space for the size ICE and gas tank required to get to the 500 mile range mark. In other words the ICE will take up some extra space not used by cells in the EV only model. If cost cutting ensues then it might get decided to have same space utilization in both EV and REX. Same trim pieces…. My request is to not do this. Instead open up that space.

Cells are flat. A gas tank can be flat, but it’s unlikely an ICE will be as flat as cells.