Wash/Wipe System; System Components - BMW i3 Technical Training Manual

I01￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics
5.￿Wash/wipe￿System
The￿I01￿is￿equipped￿with￿two￿windshield￿wipers￿and￿a￿rear￿wiper.
Similar￿to￿other￿BMW￿models,￿the￿following￿wiper￿functions￿are￿possible:
• Intermittent￿wipes
• Continuous￿wipe￿in￿interval￿stage￿1
• Continuous￿wipe￿in￿interval￿stage￿2
• Flick￿wipes.
Available￿as￿optional￿equipment￿for￿the￿I01:
• Wiper￿nozzle￿heating￿(standard)
• Automatic￿function￿via￿rain-light-solar-condensation￿sensor.
5.1.￿System￿components
The￿I01￿uses￿(for￿the￿first￿time)￿a￿windshield￿wiper￿system￿which￿works￿in￿the￿opposite￿direction.
This￿takes￿up￿significantly￿less￿space￿than￿a￿wiper￿system￿which￿mechanism￿operates￿in￿the￿same
direction.
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