I just bought an i3 REX ~3 months ago - it's the perfect car for driving in SF, especially with the range extender for reducing range anxiety.
Before purchasing, I had the exact same concerns as raised in this article. Here is what I found out:
- California mandates that PZEV certified vehicles be covered for 15 years/ 150k miles for all emissions related parts (i.e. the range extender engine).
- For batteries or energy storage devices of vehicles certified to the Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (PZEV) emissions standard, they must be covered for 10 years or 150,000 miles, whichever comes first.
The i3 REX happens to fall into this PZEV category and so I've great warranty coverage. If the battery drops below 70% or outright fails, its fixed free of charge within this time frame.
This owner hadn't purchased an i3 with the Range Extender option - if they did however, they could move their car registration to CA and would get this repair for free. The warranty for BMW vehicles post 2011 is on the state a vehicle is registered in, not the state a vehicle was originally imported or last sold in.
I've seen this discussed heavily in Chevy Volt forums. People have bought Volts with the 150k mile warranty and left the state, and it would not be honored in the other state even though bought in a carb state.
People buying a non carb volt and then moving to a carb state were not able to get the warranty.
I have a feeling that note you have about the state mattering helps them disqualify a warranty, but they aren't going to GIVE you one just for entering the state with an out of state car.
There’s no way they would accept that. You can’t just declare that your vehicle is now in a different jurisdiction in order to take their money. That’s clearly fraud.
Before purchasing, I had the exact same concerns as raised in this article. Here is what I found out:
- California mandates that PZEV certified vehicles be covered for 15 years/ 150k miles for all emissions related parts (i.e. the range extender engine).
- For batteries or energy storage devices of vehicles certified to the Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (PZEV) emissions standard, they must be covered for 10 years or 150,000 miles, whichever comes first.
The i3 REX happens to fall into this PZEV category and so I've great warranty coverage. If the battery drops below 70% or outright fails, its fixed free of charge within this time frame.
This owner hadn't purchased an i3 with the Range Extender option - if they did however, they could move their car registration to CA and would get this repair for free. The warranty for BMW vehicles post 2011 is on the state a vehicle is registered in, not the state a vehicle was originally imported or last sold in.