The cars in BMWâs electrified i division donât yield the most competitive performance or range figures, but at least they look stylish and cool. Thereâs only two of them to concern yourself with, the i8 and the i3. And the 2019 BMW i3 just got a new battery with an increased electric range.
You know what I want to see more of? Dirty BMWs. Finnish rally legend Rauno Aaltonen took the humble electric BMW i3 out for a spin, and surprise! Itâs a happy little drift machine.
BMW tried to spice up its electric i3 city car with a new sport model, but itâs not quite the EV hot hatch thatâs going to convince us to give up anything.
In June of 2016, BMW announced it won a contract to supply the Los Angeles Police Department with 100 electric carsâa multi-million-dollar program the chief said âmade sense for taxpayers and for the environment.â Hah. The LAPD has barely used them.
You hated the BMW i3. You mocked it. You called it ugly. Over-styled. Too expensive. You didnât buy it. Now look at what you made BMW do. The old i3 is dead. The BMW i3s is the electric car of your bad dreams.
Since BMWâs i division launched in 2011, it has only offered two models to consumers, the i3 hatchback and the i8 supercar. So youâd think the next plug-in hybrid, the much-rumored i5, would be right on the horizon. Apparently not, because years after rumors of that car surfaced, BMW Blog says the i5 has now beenâŚ
What comes to mind when you think exotic cars? Probably something like a carbon fiber shell and an engine behind the driver. You might be surprised to learn that can have both with a warranty, and it will cost you well under $20,000. These days, the unusual and ultra-efficient BMW i3 is really cheap.
Next year, BMW is reportedly making significant changes to its awkward little i3 electric hatchbackâchanges that Autocar says will include a more powerful top trim that could bump the Bavarian EV into what it calls âhot hatchbackâ status. Can this i3S really be that fun to drive?
Yes, itâs a big day for speculative renders. But this one comes from patent drawings, and it may show where BMW is taking its electrified i-series next. Is this the BMW i5 sedan? Looks like it.
Well, hereâs a fun rumor: BMW is apparently bringing out the big guns for electric vehicles. In addition to updating the i3 and working on a new project called the iNext, BMW might also make the i8 fully electric and very fast. Maybe.
Tesla should be used to getting called out by other automakers by nowânot that it doesnât dish out its fair share of industry trash talk from time to time. Now itâs Diarmuid OâConnell, a business development executive, who basically called out the entire field of electric vehicle competition for being boring, claimingâŚ
I think the LAPD bought 100 electric toaster ovens today.
A BMW i3 was recently stolen with a running dashcam, and the resulting footage capturing a phone conversation between the thief and his mates absolutely raving over the hybrid-electric Bavarian is better than any BMW ad in decades.
The 2017 BMW i3 will be available with a new 33 kWh battery, increasing the carâs max pure-electric range to 114 miles. Thatâs a 50 percent battery bump translating to an extra 33 miles of drivable distance.
I returned this morning from a week-long work trip to New York to find myself in possession of a very unusual vehicle. This is a BMW i3 with a range extender and Iâm testing it through next week. It should be a very interesting week.
I wanted to chat about the future of electric mobility with the man who knows about it all: Henrik Wenders, Head of BMWâs i division. He turned out to be a down to earth guy who believes cities without noise and air pollution is a vision worth working for. Talk about being at the right place!
You want fifteen hundred bucks? Well, BMW is teaming with a utility company in California to hand you that coin if you let them manage how your car gets those precious electrons from the power grid. Oh, and there might be Chuck E Cheeseâs involved.
Amazon has its hands in everything, and now it's getting into the car shopping business in partnership with BMW, selling the i3 EV in Japan.
Have you always wanted a BMW i3, but for religious or moral reasons you're against speed and quality? If so, today's a fantastic day for you, my friends, since you can move to China and buy yourself a Jinma JMW2200. Think of the money you'll save! And, if everyone who sees it is really, really drunk, everyone willâŚ
It won't take much for developers to port existing iOS apps over to the Apple Watch, and it looks like BMW is the first out of the gate with its i Remote App for the i3 and i8.
