Via the Facebook BMW i3 group, BMW has mailed out postcards to owners in the UK stating the 2017 BMW i3 will have a 50% increase in electric range, which would equate to around 120 miles total range. BMW also says you can pre-order to get the 2017 i3 in July. The official announcement will… Continue reading BMW sends out postcards to i3 owners confirming 50% more range for 2017
BMW has been touting the strength and crash worthiness of their carbon fiber passenger cell for a few years now. Last week, the Euro NCAP crash test results were released, and the BMW i3 only received 4 out of 5 stars. According to an article on Tom Moloughney’s i3 blog, this is mostly due to… Continue reading BMW i3 gets 4 of 5 stars in Euro Crash Test
Over the weekend, BMW CFO Freidrich Eichiner spoke with Bloomberg. So far, BMW has received over 8,000 pre-orders for the i3 electric vehicle, and that’s before orders open in North America! Mr. Eichiner says that BMW expects to sell more than 10,000 copies of the i3 next year, and BMW is preparing to adjust capacity… Continue reading BMW considers more production capacity for i3 with more than 8,000 reservations
Mercedes launches into battle with BMW, pitting the B-Class Electric Drive against the upcoming BMW i3. Mercedes Benz is touting the B-Class as being superior over the BMW i3 in all key performance indicators. “We have Tesla inside” referring to the Tesla battery components the Mercedes got from Tesla. Board member of Daimler Research, Thomas… Continue reading Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive challenges BMW i3
This time, it’s a German blog AutoKarma.de that posted these spy pictures. A reader of the blog, Marcus Engert, was out and about in Leipzig, Germany, where the BMW i3 is in its pre-production phase. While there isn’t really much new in these photos, there are some good closeups that show the interior as well… Continue reading BMW i3 interior spy shots from Leipzig
BMW has confirmed with Auto Blog Green that it will show off a new i3 concept next week at the LA Auto Show. Originally, it was rumored the new concept was a BMW i4, but BMW says it is not. The concept of the i3 electric vehicle won’t be the production version, but it will… Continue reading BMW i3 and Born Electric Tour
Spy photographers have spotted the BMW i3 electric vehicle cold winter testing in Norway. Last time the BMW i3 was spotted, it was using a 600cc range extending engine back in November 2011. The range extended model is being dubbed the BMW i3 REx. Note the super skinny tires – perhaps for low rolling resistance,… Continue reading BMW i3 spy photos from winter testing
