I am on record as loving our BMW i3 and its Range Extender. :) The German over-engineering of stupid things has been it's primary downfall, not the ICE+EV comb

I am on record as loving our BMW i3 and its Range Extender. :) The German over-engineering of stupid things has been it's primary downfall, not the ICE+EV combo. We are approaching the end of our extended warranty period, and we have had two failures -- electrically actuated rear trunk latch and our electrically actuated charge-port-cover latch. Both ridiculous and unnecessary. Both about $4K at the dealership, with no real viable alternatives. Unfortunately, we are likely to replace it due to the obscene repairs of minor and unnecessary components. I don't think there is anything else similar coming out. We won't be considering the RAMCharger, which is at least the same idea :)