Yes. The focus on weight makes perfect sense for their combustion engine cars, but they went totally overboard with it on the i3. The cost of all that carbon

Yes. The focus on weight makes perfect sense for their combustion engine cars, but they went totally overboard with it on the i3. The cost of all that carbon fibre made success impossible. The other big mistake was the 2 gallon petrol tank on the hybrid version. They had the opportunity to have the only hybrid on the market that has no gearbox, no complicated transmission, no clutch and a decent sized battery. But nobody wants to have to stop to fill up every 50-60 miles.