The BMW i3 is BMW’s first mass-produced electric vehicle. BMW is planning on releasing the BMW i3 in late 2013 as a 2014 model year. The BMW i3 will be priced between $43,000 and $50,000 US.
Autocar UK posted some spy photos of the BMW i3 while it was testing in some hot weather in Southern Europe. Some of the pictures show jumper cables as if they are trying to recharge or jump start the 12v battery. The vehicle has the usual camouflage including a random blue pattern on the exterior… Continue reading BMW i3 Spy Photos
For the first time ever, BMW will sell some of its cars online – and it’s the electric vehicles like the BMW i3 and BMW i8 that have spurred the changes. BMW’s i brand vehicles will be sold online. The first on-sale target date for an i brand vehicle is late 2013, so it will… Continue reading BMW will sell its first i Cars online
A German magazine is reporting that the BMW i3 price will be between 35,000 and 40,000 euros ($43,460-$49,670) when it goes on sale in late 2013. According to Automobilwiche, the price was divulged by a source close to BMW. This price fits with previous reported estimates for the pending electric vehicle. The sustainable city car… Continue reading BMW i3 price will be between $43,000 – $50,000
The BMW i Program is huge. It’s not just the name for the electric vehicles that BMW is planning to produce, it’s reinventing vehicles and how they are built. The entry level BMW i3 is supposed to cost around $45,000 but will have a carbon fiber body shell built on an aluminum platform. The i3… Continue reading BMW i3 electric vehicle on the rocks?
Earlier this week at the Auto China 2012 show in Beijing, BMW took it’s i8 Spyder to the stage. Other than a great looking car, the only new information gleaned from the press releases was that the BMW i8 PHEV Spyder Concept has an eDrive badge on the rear. Apparently eDrive is what BMW is… Continue reading BMW i8 Spyder edrive
BMW is looking to gather more test results on the model it is planning to launch early next year, the BMW i3 electric vehicle. BMW was testing the i3 at it’s Scandinavian test facility. The all-electric version of the BMW i3 is expected to have a range of 80 miles. BMW stated last year that… Continue reading Testing the BMW i3 in Northern Europe
BMW has released a short video to help remind us of the up and coming BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car, and the BMW i3 electric vehicle. The video is dramatic, but doesn’t really tell us anything new about the vehicles. The video even re-uses some footage shown last July of the BMW i8 and… Continue reading BMW releases new video of BMW i3, BMW i8
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
The BMW i3 electric city car was first unveiled in 2011 at the Frankfurt Auto Show. It more recently appeared at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this month. This car, the BMW i3, as well as the BMW i8 electric sports coupe, is the reason why BMW is leasing the ActiveE. The BMW ActiveE is… Continue reading 2013 BMW i3 possible, says BMW
BMW has recently opened it’s recruitment process to find 700 potential drivers for it’s BMW ActiveE electric vehicle. BMW is calling the drivers Electronauts, and they are being touted as forward thinking adventurers. The 2012 BMW ActiveE trial will be run for 2 years as part of BMW’s Project i. Project i is a scheme… Continue reading BMW ActiveE registration open for limited number of leases
