I rescued a woman who ran out of juice in BMW i3

[@ichigo19870]

Bjorn is now finally opening up his roadside assistance called ABC. Always Bring Charger. Well done!!!

[@ani_b]

I thought ABC stood for Always Blame ABB Charger? 😂😂

[@muibadah]

Agreed. Let's do a fund for him, everything he goes out to film another vehicle, he can bring the portable charger too!!

[@youxkio]

Auto Bjørn Charger

[@blaiseasanga5567]

We knew this day will come. Well done Bjorn

[@poplaurentiu4148]

Yeah.. She was so lucky hat off to Bjorn ! Massive respect we learn another good EV tip to have a booster pack or some-kind of box-charger just for such case ! 😉📴📳🛐

[@Mingbell]

The rescue was like a stone killing multiple birds: saving the stranded lady, real life testing and free publicity for Eco Flow, and entertainment for viewers. The lady should feel lucky and grateful. Well done. Bjorn. 👍

[@dejo1280]

I thought I heard them talking about you on the TV recently. Something about a hero we deserve but don't need. Something silent guardian, watchful protector. The Thai Knight

[@Mues_Lee]

Master Splinter, Turtlewatcher

[@pHD77]

@@Mues_Lee "Turtlewatcher" 😂😂 Quite fitting description when you're worried about making it home on a low charge 😂

[@steb8953]

I once lived the reverse of this story , a woman stopped because I was stranded during the day, out of petrol on a motorbike out in the countryside and she had a can of it in the car.Saved me a 3 mile push.You are a real hero - I know how grateful she must've been but a lone woman at night will always be wary.

[@MikeDeeee]

Well done! I fully expected this to be a zero km test again with your wife playing the stranger that got stranded and you helping her. But no, you actually helped a stranger. Well done!

[@patrickdgarez86]

You just scored big for EcoFlow. I would knock on their door tomorrow and demand $$$$. This is pure gold for them. They could't pay enough for this kind of real life save.

[@xmtxx]

What you did was wonderful Bjorn! In france, a tow truck on the highway is around 500E (5000 NOK), 500NOK for a tow truck seems very cheap. But please, don't stay on the side of the road on the highway this long, it's very dangerous. In france, recommendations are, that, when stranded on the side of the highway you must stay on the grass, as far as possible (there are fences 10m away) from the road, because, the risk of a car colision is very high. Play it safe, we don't want you to get injuried, or worse...

[@nox5555]

beeing stranded like this on an Autobahn is a crime.,,

[@dcvariousvids8082]

Great guy with great equipment with great knowledge!

[@bjornnyland]

With great power comes great responsibility to get stranded i3 back on the road 🤣

[@valtersvasilis]

@@bjornnyland No, with great power comes great electricity bill... 😅

[@poplaurentiu4148]

@@bjornnyland Tank you Bjorn for helping her she was so lucky to met you.. ( right man in the right spot ) i could totally put myself in her shoes being stranded out of juice anywhere !..

[@pigedehekkan]

@@valtersvasilis Click like, share and subscribe to help with TB's el-bill.

[@georg2010cz]

@@valtersvasilis only in germany tho

[@thomasczylok2269]

Björn Hero Nyland! Well done in spotting the situation from the opposite driving side - good boy!

[@bjornnyland]

Like a ninja!

[@mihaicostescu]

You should’ve asked her: “you like this shit, you like this shit?” 🤣

[@hivewatch]

Being as smart, equipped and as good natured as Bjorn can lead to late home arrivals. Let's hope the BMW driver makes an exception and is actually grateful for this as they should be. Take care Bjorn there is only one of you.

[@john6639]

This is one of many reasons why I got myself a Delta Pro.

[@pigedehekkan]

Magnificent work Bjørn. 👍👍 You are truly a knight in a shining bright yellow armor. There should be more people like you.

[@brucekrisko4364]

Thank you for doing this. We need more people like you in the world to spread more kindness. Pay it forward. My hat is off to you!

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

You should have a type2 output for the Ecoflow. If Ecoflow would make a type2 module, it could communicate with the powerbank, and with the car to restrict the power.

[@garyheavens2389]

Excellent video Bjorn. Well done for helping a stranded stranger. You are officially a hero. That was somebody's daughter / wife / mother etc. Well done Bjorn.

[@wesrxnumber]

AAA emergency responder You are her savior as you fixed the i3 to accept the Ecoflow charging. You are the ONLY one who would be able to do this. You are indeed the MAN. Great video as you a good person.

[@fteoOpty64]

This is what being human is like. I have helped strangers on the road on my mountain bike. Fixed a puncture in one and a broken chain in another. All because I had tools and spares with me in my ride....

[@freas8520]

Another world first... a BMW with that yellow blinking thing on while driving. Daamn!

[@Luis-xr9ye]

Well done Bjørn, you are realy a nice guy. Once i meet a lady whith an i3 on the fast charge,and she as charging whith type 2, and she says “wow this is to slow “ , then i said she could charge DC whith ccs, and i open the lid,and she was surprised because she didn’t know 🤣

[@samusaran7317]

👀

[@danmitchell1143]

Glad you were able to assist the lady in distress. I have the EcoFlow Delta Pro (3,600 watts) and I have charged my Tesla Model Y a couple of times. I transferred 80% state of charge from the DP (approx. 2.88 kWh) which represents approximately 12-13 miles of range. Certainly can help in an emergency but would not typically rely on it for EV charging. The Delta Pro is a great product.

[@nohcam22]

So nice of you man. You set a great example.

[@Kapalek84]

Good example for all well prepared EV drivers! Well done Bjorn!

[@IanFarquharson2]

Good for you Björn. As others point out there’s a minor business case for being oncall with an ecoflow charged in the boot and going out for half an hour to rescue folks that ping you on an app when they mess up.

[@polytech90]

That was a real life test. And your previous videos confirmed one more time that is smart way to use when running out of battery power.

[@peterpoppe4855]

she's one lucky lady and you are a truly nice gentleman Bjorn ! Well done !!

[@YTcolinT]

The i3 must be the original 60Ah battery due to badging on boot lid been further from edges. I hope Bjørn does a test on i3 showing distance BMW i3 travels after running out of juice. Great save Bjørn.

[@bjornnyland]

EL = Old series from 2013-2015

[@andreaskofler4549]

You're a good man Bjørn 👍

[@AlexJPetrov]

I thought it's gonna be wifey playing the woman but it was real. Congratulations for spotting the i3 in trouble from the other lane. It's like some divine intervention to spot that car and to have everything you need to help and not to hesitate.

[@gurmeharbajwa6020]

That’s awesome Bjørn! Well done 👌🏼

[@chrisfox7460]

Hopefully she sees the clip, comes on here to say thanks, and realise that she doesn't have to be worried about future stalking concerns! 🤪👍

[@NicoSteinacker]

I would not have gone 80kph with that low battery after your refill. Some people dont understand that speed is 80% of energy usage (or more depending on your speed.) No need to save with lights or radio - just go 10kph slower!

[@bjornnyland]

Well, she was using studless winter tires during summer so I don't expect her to know too much about cars.

[@pawefiett2468]

@@bjornnyland it's because they are better for off-roading and she has gravel on driveway :p

[@bjornnyland]

It's because Norwegian nisser are too lazy to change tires and calls Nordic friction tires for "all-year tires". I have shown in many videos that studless winter tires have poor braking performance. Police should give people tickets for this.

[@pigedehekkan]

@@bjornnyland When the police hardly ever fine people for driving with summer tires in winter, I doubt they will prioritize to do it the other way around. I've tried many times to explain to people that all-year tires are not the same as winter tires and not suited for Norwegian conditions. I think the "allowed to sell but not to use" mentality confuses people. You see it all over the place from tires to electric bikes and drones and so on.

[@drister007]

@@pigedehekkan Normally all year tires peform a lot worse than proper winter tires, but there is exception to that rule: Michelin crossclimate 2 tire performs almost as good.

[@vl8021]

the lady was doing her own youtube video of 'driven until the battery died'

[@pigedehekkan]

🤣

[@JD-fk4qq]

Bjorn to the rescue ! You are Awesome brother. In AWE of your compassion and care for others as well, WHILE you are busy doing your thing, tired and on the way home. Can I use "AWE-FULL" ?

[@alfwaibel4773]

I hope, the delivery of the Sono Sion is going to start next year, - I have preordered one for my family. With this car, you can charge other EV´s also with 11kw or normal 220V plug. The battery of the Sion is more than 50kwh, so no problem to help other EV drivers out of their misery. But - nice done, Bjorn!!!

[@davidbryant2872]

Very, very kind of you to stop and help this person!

[@johnnysmile01]

It's Nice that you helped a Lady out of Juice on the road a good example

[@rhydlew]

Well done Bjorn. Please always get them to wait in the car in front of the i3, not behind. They are far safer in front of the stranded vehicle if someone crashes into cars on the hard shoulder. This is very common

[@bjornnyland]

Don't worry. We had two cars behind the i3 (as already shown in the video).

[@rhydlew]

@@bjornnyland but the Marvel was behind the i3, then the people were waiting in a car behind the Marvel. "Behind" meaning cars facing forwards. So the car with the passengers was most likely to get hit first

[@bjornnyland]

Do people in your country randomly drive on the road shoulder for no reason? Okey...

[@rhydlew]

@@bjornnyland it's extremely common for people to fixate on vehicles on the shoulder and drift over. You won't take my word for it, but your police buddy will know all about it

[@AsekiBekovy]

Norway is a good place for something like that happening. In Germany, he or she would be told to drive home slowly after the car being charged for 30 minutes, they think slowly means 130 and a little over never hurts, so you see them thank you and leaving with kick down and getting stranded again after 2 km going 140 km/h. Can't believe the confusion in other people's eyes telling them that we stick to going 80 on the Autobahn in our eNV200. Some even say that it's impossible, we prove them otherwise. Same mentality apllies to Tesla drivers charging to 100 % on free Lidl DC chargers (and wasting their own and other people's time) just to leave the site with kickdown and getting rid of 2% soc in an instant...

[@-s3m-]

I hope you mean going 80 when youre low on battery, right? Going 80 on the right track not only slows down everyone else (trucks will overtake you, block lanes, etc), but is also just dangerous when the cruising speed is 140kmph

[@AsekiBekovy]

@@-s3m- With a 24 kWh Nissan, you are always low on battery. We have the Evalia since 13 months and always stick to exactly 80 (GPS) when not overtaking. Autobahn area here is a hellhole anyway, everybody is slowing each other down. Trucks that need to overtake will be faster than the allowed 80 and that's plainly illegal. On a normal Autobahn, 80 is about as safe as it gets because others are so much faster that you will never be slowed down by anyone, while also going slow enough to allow weak vehicles to merge on without a hassle. 85-90 might still be ok consumption-wise in the eNV200, but it's still not fast enough to not be overtaken by most of the trucks. I can't help it.

[@peterfireflylund]

@@AsekiBekovy I don’t think you should be driving on the Autobahn with that car…

[@tmyrdal]

Realy Nice of you Bjørn. Thats reaky cool.

[@Vitnir3]

Nicely done, I guess it would make sense to go for the optional range extender in the older i3's

[@bjornnyland]

No one gets them in Norway. If you get REx, you give up all the EV incentives and the i3 becomes a lot more expensive since tax and VAT are suddenly added.

[@EdwinJohnCook]

I live in the UK and I scared some old Granny because I offered her help. Well done

[@radbaron]

Well, this isn't exactly what I thought would happen (someone helping Bjorn) , but glad to see that you're willing and prepared to help others. Most drivers just keep on going.

[@bjornnyland]

Who helped me?

[@radbaron]

@@bjornnyland Last week I commented that it would be a good outtake if someone did this TO you while you were doing your "out of energy" videos. (EQS 450 video)

[@laurenz138]

Bjørn is just such a cool guy.

[@googlereviewer2743]

The most amazing thing about this video is that the BMW's indicators were actually working! 🤯

[@kodywillnauer9422]

Tow companies would be smart to incorporate these into their tools for roadside service.

[@ab-tf5fl]

Possibly. Although, if it's possible to use the tow truck's own engine as a diesel generator, it would probably be cheaper. The problem with the Ecoflow is that it costs several thousands of dollars, and for the tiny amount of diesel it would take to put 4 km of range into the car's battery, that up-front cost for the Ecoflow seems hard to justify. Eventually, when the tow trucks, themselves, become electric, the truck's own battery becomes the obvious power source. You could even imagine the truck hooking up to the stranded car like a DC fast charger and charging it at 50-100 kW. However, that world is probably decades away, and will require significant battery breakthroughs before it becomes economical.

[@johnbullers8647]

Nice work Bjørn!

[@Humuku]

the highest ampere setting is 12A in the i3, the other modes are 10A and 6A, at least in the original versions

[@bjornnyland]

Thanks for the clarification. It seems like the cable was trying to pull 2.7 kW which was too much. But at 2 kW, that's around 8.7 A which is similar to other cars I have tested.

[@Humuku]

@@bjornnyland Thanks for rescuing the i3 and good luck with NO house and DE plans.

[@nunoesteves4415]

Whats the speed they should do in order to get minimal consumption?50km/h?

[@oskarzgoa8428]

@@nunoesteves4415 first of all as it's possible: no acceleration, maintain speed, to not let the battery go below margin voltage, and shut down the car. Secondly speed: the lower, the better, but remember about security, you cannot go 10kmh safely on the road, do probably the lowest in the city will be ~30kmh

[@Humuku]

@@nunoesteves4415 If you activate Eco Pro+ mode, the consumption at 90 km/h should be around 12 kWh/100km = 12 Wh/100m = 0,12 Wh/m which means the she should be able to drive at 90 km/h although I would not recommend it. The needed power is defined by rolling and air resistance. At 90 kW/h air resistance dominates a lot, so low speeds like 50 km/h will save energy, needed energy will be 0,068 Wh/m. I created a Wolframalpha-Link which one can use to input the characteristics of the car and it will then give you the power needed by physics for sustaining the given velocity. Unfortunately link posting is not allowed here. But the quintessence is, that for higher velocities the needed energy per second (called power) increases with the third power of the velocity.

[@razakmdesa]

Kudos to you Bjorn👍🏻💪🏻

[@Peter-st1lt]

Good Samaritan of the year goes to Bjorn! That was very nice of you to help her out!

[@AWildBard]

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear high-visibility vests.

[@martijnspeklap8713]

Wow, you're a Savior Bjorn!

[@cordkretzschmar5693]

very nice that you helped this lady.👍

[@RaymondD78]

Take a Hyundai/Kia granny cable with you. You can select the max amps (6/8/10A) on the granny cable unit and then you have no problems with settings in different cars!

[@bjornnyland]

No need to. My own cable from EVkabel can do that. You have seen it in the zero mile tests.

[@TheBigGLW]

Your good deed for the day. Well done! ABC. Always Breakdown Close (to Bjorn!!)

[@herbertsax7169]

Bjørn, the fastest and easiest way to recharch an EV is to tow it and the driver of the car without juice should switch in driving position and set the recuperation level to its maximum. It’s like driving downhill, recuperating energy. Under that circumstances the towed car charges with around 20 kW power. Very few minutes are sufficient to mobilize the car again.

[@bjornnyland]

Not if the car is already bricked. Then you might damage the PM motor.

[@herbertsax7169]

@@bjornnyland Bjørn, the car is physically unable to recognize whether it is driving a long distance downhill or is being pulled by another vehicle. The prerequisite, however, is that the electronics still function at the high-voltage level and the recuperation level is selected in such a way that the vehicle engine does not recuperate more power than is consumed when driving uphill. Usually. As a rule, recuperation level 2 is sufficient. In this case, the charging power is between 10 and 20 kW. It is technically irrelevant which type of drive motor the vehicle uses. Maybe you should make a video about it and also show the limits under which conditions active towing makes sense and when it doesn't make sense.

[@bgbthabun627]

@@bjornnyland i agree with herbert sax

[@golgoth7600]

Anything more than that would have been creepy. Glad that you helped her tho.

[@bjornnyland]

I already know her address, remember?

[@golgoth7600]

@@bjornnyland missed that part 🤦‍♂️😅

[@sargfowler9603]

That could become a nice little business! Get a callout to a customer that's ran out of juice. Charge them up and set them on their way to the nearest charger. €60 sound reasonable?

[@laserandy007]

You are a good guy, Deine Mama wäre stolz auf Dich 👍🏻

[@Crychavoc]

TB - Superman of electric car world 🦸🏻‍♂️⚡️

[@adamchoi8136]

I thought it was the delta pro. It’s nice of you to help this ev driver out.

[@bjornnyland]

Delta Pro weighs 45 kg and is too heavy. Delta Max is only 22 kg.

[@ouethojlkjn]

Your cape is in the mail, “mobile charger man” - he charges like no man.

[@MrShaneSunshine]

How's Wifey? Is she happy you didn't actually stalk the lead foot lady? 😂. Funny video!

[@epicwave7060]

Wonder if she knows she meet the EV king of Norway?❤

[@larsvd5354]

Bjorn should get a bigger Ecoflow generator. There are units that can do 2,4KW or even up to 7,2KW. It will weight a whole lot more but charging will be magnitudes faster vs the

[@bjornnyland]

Nope. I have said many, many, many times that the equipment I already have is perfect for me.

[@TheStopwatchGod]

Bjørn’s unit is capable of 2.4kW

[@bjornnyland]

I don't feel like lifting up 45 kg into the trunk. I care about my knees and my back. But lifting up 22 and 17 kg separately is fine.

[@tymanot]

Danke Björn.

[@wimdsock9419]

What a good lad!

[@tesla-spectre]

That is real cool... what would happen if it was in a torrent rain storm? Guess the EcoFlow could not be used exposed to rain, right? Because normally if shit happens, if happens in real bad conditions. Also would be cool to see later in winter, how it behaves under say -15 degrees Not only happens to EVs btw: I saw a month ago a woman in a huge SUV Mercedes GLS stopping in the middle of a large crossroad here in Prague. Everyone was wondering because she ran to people asking for help, obviously not knowing what had happened. A taxi driver checked and fact was she ran out of petrol 😂🤣 obviously she never ever had to fill a gas tank herself, as she said, so she did not even know where to look for - talking rich entitled people 😂🤣. And best: she had just passed a gas station literally 200m before...

[@poplaurentiu4148]

I watched a clip from a gas station, when a distracted lady who previously had gas cars obviously but this time came in with a Tesla and she was alarmingly busy trying to find the gas filler.. So, it took a while but until the gas station personal came out to her electric car and told her she need to search an EV station charger she was super-angry throwing the gas filler away then jump in the car and took off but the whole situation was filmed by gas station CCTV was absolutely mental.. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@tesla-spectre]

@@poplaurentiu4148 yeah but that also means the Tesla staff did not brief her properly. Here in CZ the tesla staff is super if people without EV experience come. I met a Danish guy in Italy with an ID4 who had helped an elderly couple at a charging station in total despair: they were from southern Germany and had bought a Skoda Enyaq with the small 58kWh Battery. Noone told them they need a charging card from a provider. they literally had the car 10 days, had charged it at home i guess with a schuko plug cable and went on holidays. after 200 or 300 km - do not nnow - the Enyaq ran dry of course and just made it to the charging station. they stood there and could not charge because they had no card oe key fob from any provider! because noone told them and they did not prepare. they thought they can just charge with credit card like the car before. and they could not (I experience when testing that often even those chargers who say you can charge just with a QR code or credit card did not work properly; thankfully I have the SuC network). that is partially bad prep but also partially irresponsible sales staff

[@drister007]

No problem there at all. Just put the EcoFlow in a car on a back seats, open a window or door a bit and plug it in. Protected from rain and does the job. You didn't thought about that?

[@miroslavmilan]

@@drister007 I did.

[@SwamiSoeiroJr]

Bjorn Good Samaritan! Well done.

[@angelarodrigues2829]

Well done. I have One BMW i3. Nice to see that feature

[@BlazerRox]

Bjorn to the rescue! You need a special reflective vest with a lightning bolt on it, as your superhero costume!

[@Unknown_Ooh]

This happens more than you'd think because I have a friend who owns a towing and recovery company and offers roadside charging.

[@adrianul85]

Hy, super portable rescue. The portable batteries are great, but the bad wheather is coming, just cary a tow rope and regen -tow( charge ) to a nearby charger. Maybe is faster and safer than stopping on the side of the autobahn. Just a thought!

[@bjornnyland]

Towing EV with PM motor might damage the motor.

[@SergejKolmogorov]

You are the man. Bravo!

[@matjo690]

Björn, im in Lampang December and January... Swedish coffee from a dedicated follower always available if your in the neighborhood testing cars... Live near the highway! Welcome!

[@bitOfABite]

Such a nice guy!

[@muibadah]

Bless you my man. Thanks for being such a kind soul. Your video will inspire me and many others to follow in your footsteps.

[@mannienicholas3693]

All she gotta do is put it in eco pro plus mode n don’t use a/c & she will make it home. It’s one of the greatest features of the i3

[@apicharjiratanan4285]

Abc!! Always bring charging!

[@elvyn123]

Bjorn, you are a star.

[@peterkn2]

ABCDEF: Always Be Carrying Da Eco Flow

[@bobjohn3108]

Not all heroes wear capes, some wear hi vis jackets!

[@michaelheinrich44]

EcoFlow beats Juice Booster!

[@bjornnyland]

Two different things though.

[@DigitalDiabloUK]

Heroes don't always wear capes; they sometimes drive EVS

[@just_one_opinion]

have a wonderful winter.

[@pprey6599]

Love the "who the heck is this dude".

[@michaelmehrer2177]

These portable batteries open up a lot of possibilities. Next years design might be one that faster charges that first mile and then sits in the back seat plugged in through a window to drive for another 10 miles. Or should every car have a standardized sub-set battery with 10 miles you could just swap with a stranger? Bjorn, you're doing a heck of a job!

Eine wunderbare Serie: „... run out of juice…“ und jetzt endlich der Praxiseinsatz. Da habe ich für meinen nächsten Norwegen Urlaub ja keine rekkeviddeangst mehr. Bjørn wartet schon :-). Sprichst Du eigentlich deutsch? In deinen Videos kommen mir immer mal wieder einzelne Worte bekannt vor.

[@youdj_app]

well done!!! The woman was so lucky haha funny she was thqat scared since norway is such a safe country

[@pigedehekkan]

How scared was she? 7?

[@egyphon]

His dream came true, a stranded electric motorist on the side of the road, well done sir.

[@ganesha2933]

A modern hero.

[@salibaba]

Always Be Carrying Damn Eco Flow

[@Porkonfork]

"Bjørn Nyland" Roadside Services...... BNRS?? Could be catchy

[@Jerasakw]

Well done, Bjorn👍

[@eurorock5912]

Thanks Bjorn!)

[@unixtippse]

The number of people who only charge twice a month and run the battery down to 0% between charges would probably blow our minds.

[@garylovesbeer]

Your superhero cape is in the mail!

[@rickdeckard9810]

She better subscribe to your channel.

[@jamesvdv0]

Well done! I think that the lady driver should have put the i3 into Ecopro+ and this would have dampened the throttle, limited the top speed to 90 kph and disabled the heater.