Home » Some Geniuses Are Swapping 200-Mile Battery Packs Into BMW i3s, Creating A Potential ‘Forever Car’ By David Tracy March 12, 2025 4:44 pm 155 Comments BMW sold over 250,000 i3s between 2013 and 2022, and with those cars having carbon fiber bodies and aluminum frames that don’t rust; plastic and carbon fiber panels that don’t dent; and interiors that hold up to abuse, there are naturally many i3s still on the road, looking good. The issue is that many of these cars (especially pre-2017s) ha...