Tesla Model 3 VS BMW i4 - ENDLICH Alternativen in ALLEN Klassen!

finally a Tesla fighter, that's what you could call it if we put the BMW i4 next to my Tesla Model 3 because, although many German manufacturers, of course, initially focused on premium vehicles, for example a Tesla Model S, which was the best dog for a long time There are finally vehicles in the smallest class, that is, in the spearhead class of the Tesla Model 3 and accordingly today we are comparing the BMW i4 with the Tesla Model 3 for you, so hey and welcome to this new video here at Jonas, another comparison video if you don't want to miss future comparisons of similar electric cars, but sometimes also different electric cars, you should subscribe to the channel now at the latest.

What are we going to do today? i4 M50 behind us with almost complete equipment and the smaller Tesla Model 3. The comparison is visibly unfair, but we are not talking about that today because we want to generally compare the types of vehicles, which are either sedans or coupes, depending on how you prefer. I want to introduce it, which is available in different versions, the BMW i4, on the one hand, is available as the e-drive 35 starting at €56,000, then there is the e-drive 40, the starting price of which is about €60,000 and then There is the M50 variant for more than €70,000, always in the basic configuration and at Tesla it starts at around €50,000 with the Tesla

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The term standard autonomy has been omitted here, it is purely rear-wheel drive. the long range variant which costs just over €60,000 and then there is the high performance variant for €64,000. That means we have similar spreads in the renderings and of course you can compare the vehicles to each other, but today it's all about looks. the interior, the software, the charging issues because we've actually had all the vehicles this way before testing and we have references and we show you what you can expect and what kind of range there is in both areas. We will explain. why the one behind us costs almost €100,000 and in fact you could put two side by side, so to speak, if you think about it, I want to think like that and it's all in this video and of course we start with the optics.

We have compared both vehicles with you so that you can decide which is the most attractive for you, always taking into account what it costs and what it can do. You can't tell at all that it's based on a combustion engine, but that's not a bad thing because it obviously has some design features that it brings with it. It's not as aerodynamic as the Model 3, which you can see at the front where there are edges here and the BMW it comes from is obviously a lot more. huge, the Tesla here is also not in the standard version, while the BMW is because I had my Tesla Model 3 wrapped up, it's a little deeper and we also have extra tires.

The vehicle looks very good but does not seem mediocre and you should keep this in mind. You can just look at both vehicles facing each other. I don't want to put too much emphasis on it. Of course, you can see the sporty features of the vehicle in the M50 variant. only a carbon spoiler if we take the high-performance variant, everything else remains identical, so it must be said that in my opinion BMW already has the advantage over Tesla in terms of functionality, but it is also minimalist. BMW already has many here. Lines and shapes. It's more of a classic car manufacturer and in the back, of course, we'll look at the trunk of both vehicles because that's an important aspect that you'll see when we open up both Tesla Model 3s and I'll walk over to the BMW and open it up.

If you raise it, you have a big difference and we already had it back then, for example, with the Polster 2 versus the Tesla Model 3, which is really important for a lot of people to buy it. The crucial thing is how to open the tailgate. You can see. which is shaped like a magnifying glass, which means that here we have this height of loading options and this flap is due to the fact that the window remains flat and does not open, which has the advantage that the window is made of glass upside down from here to the back seats.

Be careful and it no longer has a roof rack, but it also means that it's a little bit more difficult to load in here, but it has a huge second trunk right down here where, for example, in our case you can pack the power bag. carry my mobile charging solution with you at all times and, for example, when we were recently in Oslo with the Model 3, where you can only get plugs with chocolate sockets, it really saved our butts and we were able to make progress. So I highly recommend taking a look below the video and I could load a lot of stuff here.

But it is difficult because as soon as you insert the object, it is a little higher than this height and you can hardly insert it. Sometimes it was the case that we just had to fold down the rear seats and load them from the back, yes so you can accept that but it's just not the best case and BMW is doing much better and clearly the whole thing is due to space abdominal and you can't say that Tesla did it wrong or anything like that. There are many other manufacturers that will do that and for example the ionic 6 that will soon arrive.

Here comes the really cool vehicle that also drops. In this category, it has the same rear trunk lid and that of course is a shame because you can still expect something like that here and you can already see that the camera housing is in the trunk here. The i4 is not as deep as the Model 3. , but the best loading options, the components up here can also be removed if you optionally want to download even further up and you can also remove them up here accordingly and then you can just go back. It is best to approach here in the lower area. - admittedly there is not much space - there is always a mobile charging cable here, but the charging cable has to go here on the side because we have the Harman Karda sound system in the vehicle, which is the largest.

It has a sound system installed, a subwoofer on the back of the seat and then you no longer have as much space below, so you decide what type of trunk you prefer, which would simply be your case. and I can't do it for you because it's part of my daily life. Often, especially when we're filming here, the trunk of the Tesla Model 3 bothers me a little, simply because I can't access it very easily. I don't even open my trunk or my camera case, which I somehow manage to do without problems and so it's the little things where you would just have to say: okay, what is the intended use, for example, if you want to get a So have fun with the Model 3 stroller and it's just important to show it to you here because that way you'll have a better idea of ​​what it's like in practice and that's what these comparison videos are for.

Before we get to the interior, Let's talk briefly about my favorite brand when it comes to floor mats and trunk mats for some time and with the code Jonas you get a 10% discount not only on the floor mats but on the entire store against Tesla vehicles . They are so similar on the outside, so different on the inside when the Tesla Model 3 was introduced back then. The press was actually quite abuzz because this 15-inch freestanding screen here in the middle revolutionized, you would think that the whole interior felt deeper because the panel here is very, very flat, but that's misleading and the steering wheel is also more down in Stuttgart and you look at the whole vehicle, it's a completely different seating position and the last comment you read, mine wrote no.

He doesn't want a Tesla because he doesn't want to be seen up to his navel. I'll leave it at that for now. In general, you feel here. But the interior is still very comfortable because the vehicle is very airy. Big windows so you can see something everywhere and if you can live with it, you'll get all the driver information here on the center screen, so you'll have an extremely clear view of everywhere else and you'll just be able to do all the control by touch. here in the middle and using these two spinner wheels on the steering wheel, so it's a very, very balanced interior concept, but I always say at this point, you definitely have to like it and I want to not force it. any and it's the case that if you drive the Model 3 or the Model Y, all in the category, then you just have to deal with it and when you do it's very, very neat and it's very different Here at E4 Kevin I just said say that you can see it directly in the image.

Of course, I can't judge how much more compressed it is here and that doesn't mean anything negative, it's just a BMW four as you know it, so you have a very. very wide center console, the doors are also much closer together and you feel very cramped - this does not have to have a negative connotation - the word narrow can also mean, of course, that you feel very connected to the vehicle, particularly similar to a vehicle in upholstery 2 yes, it is based on an electric platform and still has a huge central tunnel and you still sit like this and even in the mass Porsche you can sit a lot in the vehicle, the feeling of spaciousness is completely lost, but Maybe This vehicle is not the target group for me personally.

I like this huge screen here, which is not available in the current version of the four, it will only come with a facelift as is currently the case in the BMW 3 Series and then I have to say that it looks great and that is the screen that have. We already know them from the IX and they were recently added to the vehicle at that time and consequently it becomes a little more modern than these classic BMW elements that we already knew from BMW. By the way, the spin resetters are still there for several years and that's how you feel.

As a BMW driver, you'll probably feel very comfortable here, but it's more of this classic car and less of the revolution that you get to see. To some extent, in many other manufacturers BMW is very conservative, especially here in all-wheel drive. But be positive, because if you like the interior, you will surely feel comfortable here; It is a curious impression that we already had in the

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. The driver's seat before, of course, continues in the rear, and the panoramic glass roof, which can be seen in the Model 3, also serves this purpose and here I also have a lot of freedom on the ground.

We don't have a gimbal tunnel here, which means you only have one continuous floor area and therefore you can adjust your legs here however you want and that makes sitting here much more comfortable and you can In the back of the Model 3, three You can travel longer distances easily because your feet can go anywhere in a more relaxed way, you can get a little under the front seat but not too much and the front seat is adjusted to my size, which means you have the feeling of I'm 1.73 and still have plenty of room for the front seats.

The disadvantage we could call is that the air conditioning tubes that you have for the rear here are only manual or only possible through the front row. seats through the big screen. This means that nothing can be adjusted here and even the seat heating installed on all three seats can only be adjusted by the driver or front passenger. This could be a negative point if you want to fill it. With this at that time and that's why I say it consciously, but otherwise I'm sorry, you can feel very comfortable in the back because of this airy spatial concept and an important point that you may be wondering.

A center armrest with approximately two cups is also available. Here you can definitely cover longer distances in a completely different way or you really have to. To put it another way, here in the i4 I left the front seat the same way I was sitting in it and you can see I have enough distance. here and my feet also fit very, very well under the front seat. They're even better than in the Tesla, but if you see this huge set of tunnels here, then you can really only travel with four people total. and the middle seat in the back is really intended more as an emergency solution if someone wants to take three people with him on short trips in the back because of course that means the middle one drives behind Walking, very vehicle, very, very relaxed and good, traveling long distances can be very difficult with five people, but yes, you feel comfortable and sure you can take some people with you from time to time, despite the rain, we still have to talk about the driving impressions topic what is it really like to drive the two vehicles and that is probably the most unfair comparison because the two vehicles are now here in the standard version 3 vs it is the highest version in the BMW i4 and then in the M50 version, without However, there are some points about this.

We can talk about the chassis here. I have already driven the other Model 3 models and that is what motivated me back then. We installed an extra chassis on the Model 3 because it was nicer than the standard color. A lot has happened in recent years, both in the regular version and in the high-performance version, which generally has a slightly different chassis. I must say that the vehicle sometimes does wall, for example, when driving faster in curves than here, for example on the highway and on country roads, you also notice that the vehicle could rest the SATA on the ground, but it is pleasantly tailored and bounces well accordingly. , you no longer have thisstamped as before and that's why you can travel comfortably here, the performance if you want to know that now especially in the standard version is completely sufficient, so you have more than 300 HP in the version here if you order it now, that's right.

The 280 HP that comes with the standard version of the vehicle is, without a doubt, completely sufficient. So we have three different packages of assistance systems here in the standard version? , which is an active lane keeping assistant combined with forward adaptive cruise control, which Tesla presents as an autopilot, but the functionalities are different Manufacturers, even if you spend a little more money (€3,800 surcharge), you even get an active lane change as an option, that doesn't mean now the lane keep assist turns off and then I have to sit here in the center lane again, no, then you can do everything automatically, otherwise it's very nice to drive a Tesla. really means keeping the vehicle on track and driving very proactively or doing the latest update, then you will only have a camera-based system, which means that the radar, which is still installed here, is no longer used for it, but nothing can be decisive for one or the other, but in general it can be done.

Traveling is pleasant and you can say it is a trip for the vehicle because it is well tuned, runs well and if it needs more power, then there. There are different variants, especially here on country roads, the car is extremely fun and this cornering position and just that. The general driving position we just discussed on the highway is of course even more advantageous here and you can really drive in the corners. and the chassis is really perfectly suited for this and it has to be said that at this point there really isn't much to do, especially here in this area of ​​immobility.

You have to see that it is a sports vehicle, but it still has to be. It carries this high weight like all other electric cars and that is what it does very well, but it also has a very pleasant driving style in everyday life in comfort mode, for example in the city or on short cross-country trips, and also so mode b, the highest recovery mode, is set so that it can stop. It can recover and if I take it out it recovers adaptively at that moment, that is, if I brake because I have to turn right or because the vehicle knows that I have to turn according to the navigation data and then it recovers me with more force than if it happens realize that I just want to slide and these are points that are really good in everyday life and that really bring joy and these are also small details that can be seen to a certain extent compared to other vehicles, that recovery is good.

It's tuned because it's not just this gas brake, but because it's much more a part of it. I was still mostly in B mode because just. like this driving control with paddles, so of course I almost never need the brake in a dangerous situation and that's a lot of fun in everyday life. Now, of course, we get to some consumer values ​​because you're also very interested in them. that and that's what usually happens to me when I drive because all you want to know is how far can I go with it or what do I use and what.

On the contrary, I find it difficult and then you have to say that in everyday life it is difficult to keep the vehicle below 20 kilowatt hours per 100 km and that is of course a huge point which is of course very, very high and then you just have to compare it to a Tesla Model 3, which is simply much more economical in the At the moment, the Norbert is given here with 24 kilowatt hours, so it's already very high and it's fine if you can manage 21 in the everyday life because then you are obviously far below that. On the highway you can also achieve good values, so if you drive longer distances at, say, 130 140, then we are well below 30 kilowatt hours and that is a level again where I must say that it is possible if you have it clear.

With sporty driving, you will get close to 40 kilowatts. hours, but you can see all of that with different levels and different speeds. I know again, of course, that's what we're doing in the long distance test because it would just be beyond the scope of a video like this and if. you say, hey, you're driving the vehicle just for fun or just in the city, then you're not interested in that and that's why I've said so much here and I think that gives a pretty good overview and if you then look at the consumption over all . So you end up with about 25 kilowatt hours if you drive often on the highway during the week and then of course you also have to talk about the issue of charging, and that's a bit difficult because of the different variants of vehicles like us Yes , we discussed it before, but what is not different is the unlocking method because of course you can lock it here on Fastnet via the Elber app if you want to try it yourself for ten minutes of DC charging. or one hour of AC charging everywhere, then make sure you look below the video because you can do it there.

Try it for free and then charge for a second if you like it and what can you say about the two vehicles with the Tesla? Model 3, depending on the variant, the vehicle charges between 25 and 30 minutes from 10 to 80% with the BMW, it is relatively similar that we are around 30 minutes from 10 to 80% depending on the version and those are good values ​​and they are also comparable and if you say hello for 5 minutes I definitely want all three of you. I would understand if you drive a longer distance. Of course, it totals around 30 minutes, but that's completely fine and the charging curves.

They are almost identical, which means that it is worth charging both vehicles up to 80% and that is enough here, you should have my information about charging and of course there is still an open point if we start the sentence like this and now you can charge both vehicles at Tesla, what used to be a value add for the Model 3 and S and no I don't have a monthly subscription but I still charge with the Tesla supercharger. The only problem is that this column behind me is blind because the BMW has the charging port in the rear on the right and consequently we have to use the tent next to us. optimized for Tesla, but now you can also use the Tesla superstart for charging and consequently the charging infrastructure for many vehicles like the E4 has become significantly larger in the last few months since Tesla opened it and this is an important point because I would do it before.

I have said that a huge added value for Tesla is the supercharger network, which just works and is distributed throughout Europe and it no longer makes sense because now it is there for both of us and if now that we are here in the store, Let's take a look at the software of the two vehicles so we can get an idea of ​​how the entire infotainment system is structured and as mentioned before, Tesla only has this big central screen and there you have all the information in the left area. now it gives you the opportunity to open the trunk and make all the settings and when you drive the vehicle and the speed is displayed here, then you have the settings and I just quickly jump here, everything could be put in Set a menu in this and Then you have a submenu in this, then you can jump to different areas, so I can watch my next videos here while I'm on YouTube, for example, you can play here and you can also change the color inside the game.

Box, for example, adjusts the vehicle to frustrate you, which is also a certain native Spotify application that has a very attractive design because it is simply similar to what you know from other smartphones or tablets. Unfortunately, there is only one Spotify stream. service here you have to use Always say yes and then there is the camera area here where you can see your panoramic view, cameras arranged on the right and left so you can see everything in the parking area and you have a great rear view camera , which is what you have here on the screen.

If you want to say this in a nutshell, the weather mark is perhaps another item in this submenu. If you click on the temperature down here, you can set everything here with one tap. -In a way based on, both for the front part and, as already mentioned, for the rear part and in general it works intuitively, everything works very, very fast and of course we also do the last point, which is the planning of routes so that we can navigate from our From the point of view of Dasing to Berlin, then it is briefly charged and then we plan the supercharger directly.

Now we should load here three times and then we're in Berlin. It is very good and intuitive and you can solve it easily. What I would like to point out again and again is simply the fact that only Tesla superchargers are planned here, on the one hand, of course, this is a free aspect because they have just raised the prices again and that is why we now charge at Tesla for almost 70 cents per kilowatt hour. On the other hand, it also has the disadvantage that it is not always charged optimally and you can already see where Hilpoltstein is coming from with 46% and, in reality, vehicles should always be charged at 10 or 20%. on long trips to be able to get there faster because the charging curve there is simply better overall, but it is still very, very well thought out and the vehicle plans to change even if the chargers, for example, are too busy and adapt the All this affects your driving behavior, Tesla can do that, although in my opinion it is a drawback that it only works with your own charger, which in my opinion is also part and very, very important the application area and let's take a quick look to the overview and so I could configure all the things here, turn the air conditioning on and off and I can start all these topics directly from my cell phone.

If I had the music on, I could control the volume change. In the next titles I see that the software updates for the vehicle are available here and I also get all the content. Now I can even see the bar readings for individual tires, so there are always plenty of setup options here. Especially noteworthy is that the climate settings are very detailed, you can adjust the seat temperature, turn on the heating, for example the steering wheel heating and all these topics are possible here and Tesla is already very, very advanced in this area. It gives a good overview and you always know, for example, where the vehicle is, how fast you are going, it works very intuitively and the phone itself also works as a key, so it is enough to have the phone with you. for you and you don't need to carry any other keys in the BMW, which is what we actually have.

Two screens of the driver information display that do not need to be highlighted in too much detail because of course it provides all the information you need while driving can, for example, show consumption or a map. It is good to have it as an additional screen and the head-up display is also optional, it is good to have it to be able to see in the field of vision. how much you are currently driving and, above all, where you have to turn next. But of course here we also look at the main infotainment and everything works mainly in a tile display and that's how it works.

Here are these different mosaics. through which you can switch, but you can also adjust accordingly by holding and moving it, everything is very well done and here you also have an overview of the applications and this can be divided into all the applications, the infotainment applications, which then They connect to Apple. carplay are synchronized or the vehicle apps themselves and here are, for example, the driving settings where you also have to activate or deactivate themes like iconic sounds and then there are all the settings options here, which I think is very, very good . For example, area where you have a native Spotify app in the infotainment apps directly in the vehicle, you can see Spotify in carplay here and then if I have it here.Spotify itself means something similar and Tesla can also show its music here in the different areas and then just see what music you're listening to, you can go to your favorite songs or podcasts and get a good overview and everything without that. smartphone is connected, the overview here seems very very intuitive to me, the screen is mega to mega high resolution, very sharp and works very randomly and what are we doing here?

Of course, we also get into the route planning point because there are Things like Netflix or YouTube, for example. Unfortunately, it's not BMW here, it's always like that. Well, do you want to spend the half hour you're standing at the charging station on the vehicle's infotainment system or, for example, would you? Would you rather just be on your cell phone or tablet or have a coffee? So now let's go back to Berlin, start sailing,it will load and schedule, assuming there is a data connection in the background due to the route and we can see everything here right now.

Unfortunately, it can't all be scheduled when we load, so I'll configure it accordingly. Turn off the vehicle briefly and then we will see the optimized route for charging and so on. Now you can show the optimized path for loading here. It's a little irritating when you see it here now and I would recommend that if this view appears, if you have a plan on your own, you should enter the destination again because that just indicates. that the vehicle hasn't intelligently planned it at the time but just intelligently sent you along the route, well, as far as you can guess.

If you want the charging stops to be shown, you can also have everything planned intelligently permanently and To do this, you have to start it again when the vehicle's internet connection is there and then it will plan the charging stops independently and the will adapt based on the overall route and will not only give you the opportunity to add charging stops independently along the route and then Of course, we also take a look at the app to see how it is structured and you can always see a overview of what the vehicle is currently doing. If it's still charged, you get the charge level and corresponding range.

The vehicle flashes briefly and a remote camera gives you an overview of the surroundings. Otherwise you can also turn on the air conditioning and that was very much a feature. Even if you can see where the vehicle is at that moment, it is generally reasonable and mostly okay. that you can open and close the vehicle, so it is ahead of one or the other manufacturer, but I must say that of course in terms of functionality it does not go as far as it does with Tesla. Whether it has to be that way or not is of course a different story, but that's not the case here.

But there is still one thing and we hope we can keep it in mind here until now. There is an Apple WhatsApp, which I find very practical. because you can see the same content and information reflected back on the watch. Unfortunately, it has even fewer functions and that's why I couldn't configure anything here, but at least get an overview of what is currently happening in the vehicle. So you did it. Here and there there is a feature where you can store a key inside the Apple wool. Once you've sat in the car with both keys, you can put it away and then open it with your watch or, alternatively, in the same way with the iPhone.

If you select the key here you will be able to lock and unlock the car and then you can leave it here and you will even be able to start the car without a key, although of course these comparisons are intended to give you an overview of which vehicle. is more suitable for you and what you want to choose, you always want to hear from me in the conclusion and then I have to say that there is a two-bit conclusion, on the one hand, I have to say that I think that in terms of price and performance, you You will drive much better with the Tesla Model 3, you have software that is better suited to electromobility, it offers a little more and, above all, it has interior space, but if you want to go more in the sense of performance, which has always been inherent to the four series coupe, then you have to opt for the BMW i4 and in the M50 version it is, in my opinion, a little more powerful than the Tesla Model 3 Performance because the pages from 0 to 100 are approximately the same pharmacies of performance are faster, but things like launch control and the various sport modes do, of course.

The i4 M50 is even more attractive and now, of course, you have to decide which vehicle is more attractive to you. I must say that the Tesla would be. It is better for me in everyday life if I simply feel more comfortable in the interior, as well as in the performance and especially in the chassis configuration of the E4. I thought it was very very good, what is your opinion on the vehicle registration document? Put it in the comments and if you are interested in both and maybe say: "€90,000 on the table is too much for me, then check out Instagram and we will include it below the video because you get 5000 km." about the mileage and free top if you take a look through the link just take a look all costs are included in the subscription and if you want to see more information about the i4 be sure to look here for the daily test to see the video. in the vehicle and here is a long-distance trial and if you don't miss anything in the future you should subscribe now at the latest