They came through the front door close to throwing up. Guide camp couldn’t have been that bad, could it?

Turns out it was the 40-minute lift home – in an internal combustion-engined (ICE) car, allegedly driven a little jerkily by a friend’s dad – that almost brought my daughters’ lunch up. It’s true, they have always been prone to car sickness, although I’ve only had one full-blown incident in-car – and that was years ago.

Maybe the BMW i3’s super-smooth ride and general lack of noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) has made them ‘go soft’, but the difference between the relatively new compact ICE crossover and the electric-powered i3 (used on the trip to camp) was stark.

Of course, individual driving style is a factor, but due to the way the i3’s EV works its regenerative magic, it subtly influences any driver to change to a more coasting, momentum-based approach. It’s an under-reported asset of any EV, and coupled with the great view and feeling of space from the i3’s rear seats – enabled by the deliberately dipped window line at that point – it’s a generator of genuine feel-good factor for potentially car-sick young ones.