BMW i3 42 kWh (120 Ah) headlights test

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[@jeanchristopheb]

That person at 2:20 must have hated you very much :D EDIT : well, actually, a lot of drivers must have hated you !

[@bjornnyland]

It's hard to be a BMW driver!

[@staweks]

this is how most of BMW drivers will use this feature anyway :D

[@jeanchristopheb]

@@bjornnyland anyway, thanks a lot for all the information you put in your videos. I'm looking for a new car in 2019 and I struggle choosing between buying a Ford Fiesta ST 2019 as the last fossil funny car of my life, or switch directly to electric. The Kia Niro seems to be a very good option !

[@kam_iko]

well, on a tesla you’ll always only get limited power from your headlights, because they don’t have (and likely never will) headlight washers (which are required in EU (and the rest of the world (UN regulation 48)) for lights above 2000 lumen).

[@christiank.548]

The BMW i3 also has no headlight washers.

[@kam_iko]

Christian K. interesting.

[@seb.]

That's a reason I'm hesitant to order the model3... 2000lm is not enough

[@kennethsmyth]

Headlight washers are not required on led headlights in Europe, also led headlights on top model leaf excellent and seem as good as what I have seen here

[@seb.]

@@kennethsmyth You're wrong, they are for any headlight technology UNLESS it's under 2000lm per unit. That's how cheap carmakers avoid the washers. Have a look at section 6.2.9 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A42007X0530%2801%29

[@allowambeBOWWAMB]

Good thing that BMW shows battery %. VW refuses to do this for some stupid reason. So you have to count the bars / dashes.

[@SupremeRuleroftheWorld]

that is because VAG thinks (correctly) their drivers are stupid and dont need to be confused with difficult stuff like numbers. same reason that the engine temp always points to 90 even when its not.

[@Mtatc1]

It's very easy to see the % in alalog instruments. Every line is 6,25%

[@BasicPlanet]

It is even better than that, you can choose of you want to see % or range. Its a setting what you want :D

[@allowambeBOWWAMB]

@@BasicPlanet it wasn't in e golf

[@BasicPlanet]

@@allowambeBOWWAMB no, I meant in the BMW i3 you can choose.

[@hawedehre]

As an alternative to the standard LED headlights, adaptive LED headlights are now available with an automatic, selective dip function for the high beam. The innovative matrix technology for the high beam increases visibility range while at the same avoiding any dazzle effect on other road users. For this purpose it is divided into four horizontally arranged segments which can be activated and deactivated independently of each other at speeds of over 70 km/h. The high beam segments are controlled based on the traffic situation. As soon as the front camera registers an oncoming vehicle or a vehicle travelling ahead in the same direction, the space in which this vehicle is located is illuminated using the low beam only. This is effected by deactivation of the matrix high beam segments that are responsible for this area. The remaining areas of the road continue to be illuminated by the high beam. Adaptive LED headlight functions also include the cornering light and the high beam assistant.

[@ramblerandy2397]

Even the dipped beam seems a little high to me. Still in oncoming driver's faces. Good amusing video. 👍

[@Nsmen]

Its so nice you have given me all the tips and tests that i needed for this car, its going too be my first bmw :D and im not planning too quit using the right and left indicator :D. My plan was actually leaf but since im a big boy it didnt fit me that well, but this one WOW it fitted me so good :) Keep on the good Work Bjørn :)

[@markjennings2315]

Poor other drivers getting Blined on tight bends!! I'm amazed there weren't any cars on their roofs in ditches when you turned back!!

[@foersom5928]

8:09 Yes, use MJ for battery energy capacity then it is not confused with kW for power. This BMW I3 (120 Ah / ~42 kWh) could be called 150 MJ model.

[@waterskinetherlands2310]

Works only above 70kmh: Matrix partial on/off switching (in the manual). And not entirely new, my 2013 i3 has adaptive LED as well and switches low/high auto. Change is the high beam is now a full LED matrix (old high beams are halogene). And I can confirm the new high beam led's have a lot more light.

[@edcook1569]

I prefer doing things the old fashioned normal way. I am in control then.

[@coolaa]

Wow impressive headlights :)

[@oisiaa]

I love my Model 3's headlights. So bright! The auto high beam feature isn't reliable enough so I use manual.

[@skog77]

I have an Opel with LED Matrix and those lights are absolutely brilliant. But the matrix bit only works when it's pitch black outside, and no street light. Not too impressed with this BMW one. Seems to flash people in the face. The Opel one actually makes a dark silouette around the oncoming cars.

[@strongmentalitydude3553]

Opel is best headlight maker after mercedes

[@theFORKiknow]

Some of my favourite cars to have in oncoming traffic. You come up an think what is this guy doing, turn down your brights already. But then you start noticing that lämp doesn't hurt your eyes and also notice the darkening around you. Those are awesome.

[@NicolasRaimo]

Bjorn Please can i use some of this footage for my upcoming I3 review? of course credit will be given

[@awo1fman]

Really don't like the way BMW does the automatic controls. I prefer Tesla's way of allowing you to dip/dim the lights manually without disabling the auto dimming. That goes for the adaptive features as well: whether you need that or not has nothing to do with your speed.

[@ritterIII]

vorsicht, blendgefahr björn ist unterwegs

[@_kj2]

ADAIK BMW doesn't use matrix led headlights. They can be adaptive so they can move from left to right, but they can't turn off sections.

[@bjornnyland]

Watch 7:38 again.

[@_kj2]

@@bjornnyland that's a big section. Audi/Opel uses way smaller sections in their matrix headlights

[@XTreMe2k6]

@@_kj2 its only because of the tiny headlights of the i3, look at the Adaptive LED headlights in the 3/5 series, way more sections.. its not a "audi/opel" thing ;)

[@meersde]

Looking to the bmw media information: There are 4 light-sections. But the adaptive function is activated only >70 km/h www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0284828EN/with-new-high-voltage-batteries-for-an-even-further-extended-range-and-retaining-characteristic-bmw-sporty-flair:-the-bmw-i3-120-ah-and-the-bmw-i3s-120-ah?language=en

[@asharak84]

it's late dipping and late putting them back up - I've never used auto highbeam on any car, are they all this bad? Edit: 8:42 is just painful to watch

[@ShawnSonnentag]

Yep, they're all bad fairly often. They work well some of the time. :)

[@Claude9211]

Hi, just a question what Kind of difference there are from BMW I3 120 Ah and I3 S ? Only the Power ? I will considera to buy one.... I like this incredible car, with good experience...

[@XTreMe2k6]

last video :(? i still press like

[@TonnoTorpedo]

Haha , liked the Braindead quote.🥋

[@SKraus-pb1ii]

Looks like the Corsa light are better?

[@Christer885]

😊👍

[@gertdehaan4005]

0:56 - Damn, those pesky snakes all the time! Good thing this car has a snake alert indicator, that warns you when your car is being chases by snakes.

[@srrrennn]

You’re funny 😂👍

[@Jer_Schmidt]

Actually I get a lot more annoyed at people mixing up kW and kWh than you saying "how it looks like". I know what you mean, but sometimes mixing up kW and kWh can completely change the meaning of a sentence.

[@bjornnyland]

It's easy to mix it up. It's "How it is." which is similar. And in Norwegian, we say "Hvordan det ser ut." where "Hvordan" means "How". But as you said, mixing up "how it looks like" is no big deal because people understand you. Just like "alot". Whereas mixing kW and kWh can be quite confusing sometimes. Especially if someone is talking about charging power and capacity.

[@Jer_Schmidt]

@@Lnd2345 It wouldn’t be a problem if it wasn’t actually misleading, but sometimes using the wrong unit can make a sentence have a completely different meaning. For example when charging an EV you could say “I unplugged when it got to 50kW”, or “I unplugged when it got to 50kWh”. Those two sentences both make sense but mean something totally different. So it’s not so much that I’m irritated by it, rather I am confused and mislead by it (which is irritating, no one likes being mislead).

[@BroqHans]

Aaahh... LEDs. Great for the driver inside the car. A royal pain in the neck (or should that be eyes?) for all the rest of us driving the opposite direction.

[@wikusvandemerwe2762]

Niro LED headlight looks like it's on high when it's on low -- well, the cutoff is way too high. I think someone gonna run me off the road one day for thinking I was high-beaming them! I get flashed every single time I go out at night. Gonna ask Kia to aim them down a bit.

[@tdoubt100]

Typical BMW driver. I bet you stopped using indicators too! :-)

[@ilythiaAO]

Off-topic question. When charging a BMW i3 - can you charge to 100% or is 80% the way to go? On regular basis.

[@Kevinchong18]

this is off topic from what you are doing from the video right now, but been on my mind for sometime. how does the tesla power walls running on solar compare's to the grid? i see how fast you can charge your car at a fast charger or super charger, but most or all of them is connected to the grid and it's depends where you live, is how clean or dirty your grid is! i know if you have one power wall you can only charge your car at only 5 kwhs! that would takes a freaking longtime! how many power walls does it take to have the same charging kwhs that's comparable to the grid? also how about runing all your household power consumption? i also wonder how clean is norway grid is? or maybe see a tour video in the future? thank you for all your informative video! it makes me consider other ev's do exist, besides tesla!

[@jakobedelsbrunner]

You may only have turned on the high beam symbol with the A, otherwise he will not do anything alone

[@bjornnyland]

+Jakob Edelsbrunner Nope

[@seb.]

I wish LED headlights wouldn't make road signs blind us, that's where matrix would provide another real value

[@dorsetengineering]

Wow, they’re amazing..... reminds me how totally rubbish by gen 1 ampera lights are

[@aigarius]

Too bad this doesn't have the laser lights. Those are far better

[@Chrisb8s]

Beemer beamer

[@daven1357]

It’s stupid that the high beam defaults to manual! And then, AmpHours, how incredibly dumb. My ICE 4WD starting battery is 100 Amp hours (but only 12v, shows how deceptive that can be. Shame BMW, shame!)

[@thomasd1531]

Well, he is using it wrong. With BMW only press the button for adaptive and then u keep your fingers away from the main high beam button. Very easy handling. No shame needed.

[@51StPi]

Thought you'd find this link interesting kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmiZfItnhLadnpY . You are right about the BMW headlamps, I don't drive much, but I sometimes drive my brother's X1 and the LED headlamps are terrific, the halogen headlamps on the Sprinter I drove the other night are so poor compared to the LEDs I did n't feel safe over 80kph.