The BMW i8 is BMW’s first hybrid supercar. It combines an electric motor with a 3 cylinder gasoline engine for all-wheel-drive and an electric-only range or around 20 miles.
The BMW Group and Boeing Aerospace have signed an agreement to collaborate and partner in joint research for carbon fiber recycling. The two companies have also agreed to share manufacturing knowledge and explore automation opportunities. BMW is pioneering carbon fiber usage in a production automobile with the upcoming BMW i3 and BMW i8 electric vehicles.… Continue reading BMW and Boeing colaborate on Carbon Fiber Recycling
BMW chairman Dr. Norbert Reithofer has reaffirmed BMW’s commitment to building a range of electric vehicles during a recent teleconference. “We consider electric mobility a technology with the potential to achieve emission-free sheer driving pleasure.” Dr. Reithofer added that 2013 will be a year of revolution for BMW – the year that BMW start production… Continue reading BMW reaffirms commitment to Plug-In Cars
Earlier this week, BMW released teaser photos of the Active Tourer concept vehicle that BMW will debut at the Paris Auto Show next week. Information and pictures were limited. Now BMW has released interior photos of the electric hybrid vehicle, as well as some more specific details about the car. The Active Tourer is a… Continue reading Interior photos of BMW Active Tourer Concept
Last week, BMW announced it was working on developing an infrared heating system for its plug-in electric and hybrid electric vehicles. The heating system could save up to 30% of the batteries energy over conventional heating methods. The infrared system would generate infrared radiation that warms the occupants body directly, rather than heating air and… Continue reading BMW working on infrared heating for Electric Vehicles
We all know BMW is releasing another i3 concept in Paris, and that the i8 plug-in hybrid will be there also. Another plug-in hybrid that will be there is the BMW Concept Active Tourer. This is the first we’ve heard of this vehicle, and we aren’t sure if Concept is part of the name, or… Continue reading BMW concept Active Tourer plug-in hybrid will be in Paris
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
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
The BMW i8 is coming along nicely – and it has to be. BMW is planning to launch it as a 2014 model, which means there’s little more than a year for the BMW i8 to be production ready. Sonny Lim, former head of BMW DesignWorks, produced this rendering to try and take a stab… Continue reading Production BMW i8 may look like this
Infiniti has released the first official photos of the Emerg-E plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, and it looks just like the mid-engine supercar it was reported to be! No details have been released so we still don’t know anything like which wheels will be powered (rear gas and front battery like the BMW i8?), what the… Continue reading Photos of Infiniti Emerg-E
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
