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      07-30-2020, 04:51 AM   #53
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Originally Posted by ted99 View Post
Missed the boat for me. I would have bought any of these at the start of the year, but none available (I had a 2014 i3 for 3 years), so I bought the 2020 530e. I'll be trading it in 2022 or 2023 but it won't be for any of these EV's on a modified ICE platform. It will be a dedicated EV on a skateboard platform (yes, the i-Next is this, but it's bigger than I want for my in-town use if it's the rumored size of the X5). I think BMW is too late with these combo ICE/PHEV/EV platforms. Their moment was last year to 2021. Rumor is that M-B is going to discontinue their reworked GLC to EQC EV after 2021 for a dedicated EV platform EQC. There is speculation that M-B now considers the combo platform to have been a mistake...
Non-engineer here; how exactly are the combo platforms compromised, when configured pure electric, compared to a dedicated BEV platform? Is it a weight or weight distribution penalty, inferior utilization of the front bay or other respects. Thanks.
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