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      02-05-2013, 08:22 AM   #570
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Originally Posted by claykin View Post
Didn't BMW lift the trunk floor for the AH3 to accommodate the batteries? The Combox in the F30 is mounted on the trunk floor just forward of the storage bin. Its not on the right or left. Its right in the center of the trunk floor.
Ah. The Combox in the E9x cars is behind the left (driver's) wheel well. On the AH3, it's empty there. There are some electronic modules ahead of the battery back there.

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Originally Posted by jdong View Post
Presumably because they're gonna sell less than 1000 of the hybrids, and it is the most expensive F30? They probably don't have enough NBTs produced to put it on every F30.
Yes, no doubt the NBT is $$$ for BMW to buy/develop from their supplier. Given that the volume of the standard F30 is so high, it may have just been a supply chain issue.
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