BMW iX1 review of efficient mode - how much different does it make for range and consumption?
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2023
- Test of driving the same route in both personal mode and efficient mode to find out what the difference is for the BMW iX1. Also a good update about actual range for the iX1.
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Very informative video. Been watching your videos for a few months now, and your channel is one where I always learn something new about the iX1. So thank you for your time and efforts!
Glad to help and thank you 🙏
Thank you for this. This kinda video is really good and compares the two scenarios well. Appreciate your efforts !!!
Thanks a lot! 🙏
As usual an excellent and informative video. Certainly one of the very best reviewers around. It will certainly help when I take delivery of my iX1 in early May.
Much appreciated!
Again, as always another interesting and informative video. What I like about yr videos, apart from whatever aspect of the car you are investigating, is that I can use them to get to know the menu system, as I seldom give myself the time to delve into the system's intricacies.
As regards the test. Here in Denmark we are blessed with warmer although, unfortunately, more variable weather than in Sweden, making it difficult to conduct an efficiency review of the various modes under the same constant conditions. Therefore a really great help that you made this video. Thanks for that.
Actually it’s the same situation regarding weather here so I waited almost two weeks before I had two days in a row with the same conditions.
Another good video. Thank you 👍
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you 🙏
Great video. Appreciate the meticulous testing method.
Thank you! 🙏
Very good video. Great comparison. It will help a lot for me when I start driving my brand new iX1.
Glad it was helpful! 😊
Exactly what is required for those looking at moving to EV for the first time. Especially like me waiting for the ix1 to arrive.
Keep up with this type of detail.
Thank you 🙏
Great video as usual. Looking forward to getting our iX1. If we get 200-220 miles per charge that would be good for us.
Thanks 🙏
Hi per. I am delighted that you share your passion as a BMW iX1 with us regarding the pros and cons based on your experience. I note that you state that your iX1 has received extra protection for the paintwork in the form of Gyeon matte evo cera
ceramic coating. in this connection, I would like to hear about your experience with this kind of coating and where you can get the specific coating done in Sweden (if someone like me manages to find a workshop in Malmö)😁. Br Fan
It works really well. I have a very good company in Västerås for that but can’t do any recommendations besides that
Thank you for your information, my new car delivery on few days time 😊
Good luck! 😊
What I like about the efficient mode is that the cruise control is less aggressive in the efficient mode. What I mean by that is that in the efficient mode, the cruise control will accelerate the car up to the required speed in a gentle way, whereas in the personal mode, the cruise control will accelerate the car up to the required speed too quickly and aggressively for my liking.
Always good with alternatives!
interesting to hear about the app. When my iX1 arrives i plan to link my Raspberry Pi running "home assistant" to the car via the connected drive service-the same one the apps use. If I also got a mismatch between car and phone stats, it'll be interesting to see which one the home assistant plug-in will follow. I suspect it'll be consistent with the app
Hopefully the app will be updated
Thanks Per, another excellent video as always. I have referred to your videos more than the iX1 handbook!
I see you did the tests in regular 'D' mode: do you think results might have been different in "B" mode, especially in Efficient? All that extra brake regeneration might have made it more worthwhile.
Thank you 🙏 I have tested both B and the adaptive regeneration and the adaptive is more efficient and also gives you a good flow in the driving. It’s almost like autonomous driving as it adjusts for cars in front of you, curves, crossings etc.
Hi Per, thanks for a great video, scientifically constructed and executed journeys. I missed whether you had car precondioned for departure or not. I find preconditioning, although may seem like an added luxury, does improve the battery charging capacity.. in my X5 PHEV
It’s parked inside a garage with 20 degrees so didn’t precondition
@swede-365 Thanks Per. My garage is completely separate from the house so temp is invariably low in Kerry, Ireland.
Thank you, very interesting comparison. One a separate note, how often do you use DC chargers?
Not that often because I have good charge possibilities at home and at work. But I have had EVs for many years so of course a lot of DC charging during the years.
Great video! Question: is it possible that the car at start up starts in Efficient mode directly? Can’t manage to configure this
No unfortunately not.
Very interesting video! I would like to know the range and consumption in higher temperature like here in Italy...your car is like my next BMW I'd like to have.
I will do some tests now with summer tyres. Last week we had 20 degrees here but now only 5 again so I have to wait some time for proper results.
Nice ix1 pre- information in your videos for me as I just signed up for a ....more or less exactly the same options for my car. I realise that I will have to spend many, many hours on RUclips etc. prior delivery to at least be able to just drive the car!!!! I don't like that BMW removed the iDrive.....I'm so used to that.
I also prefers the iDrive wheel, not a fan of touch
Thank for your test. Which "motor" version have you drived ?
Its the electric ix
Thanks for a very informative video. I notice that your winter tires are on 20 inch rims. I wonder what the range results would have been on 17 inch rims. I'm considering ordering the car with 17 inch winter and 18 inch summer tires.
No idea 🤷♂️
The range improves!
Hello does this car have the max efficiency mode like the ix? I think it might be a new software updated feature. Great content very well presented
Sorry don’t know and the car is traded against an i4M50 so can’t check
Thanks for the comparison. I have 20i and the figures are also different between the app and the car. It seems that the app reads or estimates something different. From my experience, I think that the difference between personal and efficient is not so large. Did you understand what is the blue bar that goes up and down in the main screen near the power throttle in efficient mode?
It’s the recommended throttle response for efficient driving. You should try to keep the acceleration in that range.
@@swede-365 Thank you!!
Thanks for this video. Do you have any idea how to set the efficiency mode as standard? Now I have to change every time when I start the car?
For me the efficiency mode is the best mode for the gas pedal.
Unfortunately it’s not possible, hopefully in a future upgrade.
@@swede-365 thanks. Yes I hope so. Some other modes can be set as start mode (I.e. Expressive mode).
Hi! You are driving around Vasteras? Place looks familiar, I've been to ABB/Hitachi Energy a number of times, so I walked and cycled around Vasteras quite a lot. Greetings from Slovenia, great reviews!
You are absolutely correct 😊 Have a great time!
Very good and interesting information. Do you have any idea if drivning in one pedal(B) is more efficent and when this mode is most efficent to use? My car will bee to my workshop next week to fix the problem with the lights. Cross my finger that they managed to solve this. I have told them to contact BMW and ask for the solution they did for M bilar in Västerås in this matter.
The adaptive regeneration is much more efficient and also makes the drive feeling almost autonomous.
Before my iX1 Fully Charged I had a Skoda Inyaq with steering wheel paddles to ajust the regeneration. Before that I had a Hyundai Ioniq with paddles. I think this option would also have been nice in BMW. After all, BMW is a drivers car, and the driver should be in control, not leave the regeneration to adaptive control which I think does not work very well. @@swede-365
Hi. I'm planing to order mine in the upcoming days, will be with M package but can't decide on the wheels. I would go for the basic 18 M sport wheels but wondering how much efficiency will be affect if I choose the 19 inch rims (which seems to be wider as well 245 vs 225 ) . ?
You can see that on BMW configurator as the range updates as you choose different wheels. At least on the Swedish website for BMW.
@@swede-365 I saw that, but even if you choose 17" over 20" the whole range drops around 10 kms. Is it only that small of a difference ?
Yes so choose the wheels you like 😊
Hei. Ser at WLTP rekkevidden er 438 km. Praktisk tur som din gir altså ca 100 km mindre rekkevidde? En WLTP test skal også inneholde variert kjøring. Det har nettopp vært en vintertest i Norge nå (NAF vintertest) hvor det var mye og lange bakker ( start omtrent på havnivå og avsluttet høyt) og de kjørte bilen til den stoppet. Resultatet på din test var omtrent som denne vintertest. Det virket som du hadde relativt flat vei så trodde du skulle kommet noe lengre. Venter på ix1 i april😊
It’s all in the video if you watch it 😉
Have you tried and seen the difference if you use apple car play or not? Does it make any significant difference in terms of battery usage? Bmw own navigation use significant amount of battery but i couldnt see the difference when i use the car play google maps navigation
I always have CarPlay connected so I don’t know what the consumption would be without but I doubt it is noticeable.
You are talking a about a massive battery. I seriously doubt this could make any difference. What do you think would affect this? Higher CPU load? It would be absolutely negligible. Same as charging your phone while driving. Think of your car as a giant freezer capable of massive energy consumption. Your navigation, phone, … in comparison is the tiny Led on the freezers display, consuming a tiny fraction of all that power. Again, negligible..
Also, I own an iX1 and frequently alternate betwee Waze/Gmaps through carplay and the built in navigation. Totally within expectations, it makes 0 difference.
What range do you think is possible in summer? 15-25 celcius?
350 seams realistic
10-80% ?
have you ever been outside camping with this car? I mean tesla have camping mode and it seems very effitiency I wonder that how about bmw ix1
No, I have an RV for camping 😊
Hi, mir gelingt es nicht, den Efficient Mode als Startmodus zu aktivieren, so dass ich ihn nicht bei jeder Fahrt neu aktivieren muss. Das hat BMW offenbar nicht vorgesehen.
Yes, very strange decision from BMW
I read somewhere this is due to vehicles being tested in “normal” mode for wltp. That would explain why you cannot choose efficient or sport mode, but can use the expressive etc. which seem to be tuned the same as personal mode. Drive-wise.
I see that you did the test in D rather than B, is it on purpose ?
The adaptive regeneration in D works much better than B for me
@@swede-365 you’ve changed the settings for max in D?
I just have it on adaptive which works great for me
Hälsningar, all beröm, utmärkt bidrag, kanske någon behöver minska konsumtionen, för att nå målet.
En annan personlig fråga, hur skulle jag välja BMW iX1 pris 60 000 EUR, men TESLA Y 56 000, jag jämför båda bilarna med liknande utrustning, vilken skulle jag välja.
Hvala och lep pozdar
Det är personligt så det måste du avgöra själv. Jag har aldrig gillat Tesla då jag inte gillar designen vare sig på utsidan eller insidan.
@@swede-365 Meget enig. "Finish'en" både på "utsidan" of "insidan" er også under standard sammenlignet med de store tyske bilmærker.
Sorry to see that you’ve lost the use of your right hand… 😉
the car has a heat pump standard installed hail rain snow don't really mater
Of course the weather affect the range no matter if you have a heat pump or not
Because heat pumps run on magic and dreams instead of electricity? Heating/cooling take alot of energy. Less with a heatpump but still alot. Preconditioning my iX1 during winter can make it loose some percents of charge just standing there heating up.. So yes, weather matters..
@@swede-365 Hello a very good morning first of all I totally agree cold and extreme heat effect batteries like my iPhone example cars EV's even a normal car or bike that has a battery I remember my dad taking the battery out and putting it on a trickle charge however hear comes the scary, bit I did not type that comment on the heat pump. this concerns me a lot as my u tube account must have been hacked, anyway if I'm right in saying the heat pump only comes on just before you get into the car like example warm up the seats and string wheel battery etc. thanks have a nice day
I love the iX1 shape and build quality, but the efficiency figures are so bad :/ in tesla you have 16.5kwh/100km, also the battery is bigger, so we are talking of about 150km more... also the 180km/h top speed is just too low... unfortunately, the difference is abysmal
Taste is different..
@@swede-365 of course, but $10k more for the “taste” and statistically worse in every aspect…
No range, no sales.
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