BMW i3 News
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The BMW i3 will get more range next year, and will eventually be followed by another "i" model, BMW's CEO says.
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1917 Detroit Electric Vs 2014 BMW i3: A Century Of Electric Cars
What a difference a century makes, more or less. The 1917 Detroit Electric Model 68 in these photos was painstakingly restored over a period of years by owner Donald Davidson, who is only the car's third owner in 98 years. It's shown with Electric Auto Association board member Chris Neff's 2014 BMW...
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LAPD Gets Tesla Model S, BMW i3 Electric Cars As Police Cruisers
The LAPD is getting BMW i3 and Tesla Model S loaner vehicles, and will soon lease 100 battery-electric cars.
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BMW i3 REx Electric Car: 'Coding' Unlocks Features Owners Want (And May Void Warranty)
The BMW i3 REx model is an unusual beast, the sole example to date of a car built specifically to comply with California regulations that define it as a zero-emission electric car even though it has a range-extending engine. That's because its gasoline range (EPA-rated at 78 miles) is more or less...
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BMW i3: How Far Can You Go Without Touching The Brake Pedal?
The regenerative braking system in the BMW i3 electric car is quite extreme. If you plan ahead and allow enough stopping distance, by lifting off the accelerator, this little electric car will come to a complete stop, without ever requiring a touch of the brake pedal. That behavior recently led...
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Test Pays BMW i3 Electric-Car Owners To Let Utility Delay Charging
BMW and a California utility will ask i3 owners to delay charging in certain situations.
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BMW and Apple have long cooperated on advanced technology. The German carmaker was the first in the world to incorporate iPod recognition into a car, more than 10 years ago. And the BMW i3 battery-electric car is not only highly advanced technologically--with its carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic body shell--but the most energy efficient vehicle sold in the U.S. today. DON'T MISS: BMW i3: First Drive Of BMW's Radical New Electric Car (Oct 2013) Now, according to the German business magazine Manager, it appears that Apple proposed to BMW that the i3--or parts of it--could form the basis of...
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First Standalone BMW Electric-Car Sales Facility Opens--In CA, Of Course
Electric cars are still a rarity in most of North America, and for that matter most of the world. But California, which has led automotive trends pretty much since the Second War, is different. Electric cars are increasingly popular there, and they're becoming positively commonplace in Silicon...
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BMW i3 Tear-Down Videos Show Electric Car's Radical Design
New tear-down videos expose more of the BMW i3 electric car's secrets.
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Next BMW 7-Series To Use 'Carbon Core' Based on i3 Electric Car Body
The BMW i3 electric car and i8 plug-in hybrid sport coupe are audacious examples of advanced technology in many ways. Not the least of it are body shells made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) mounted atop an aluminum rolling platform carrying the powertrains and crash structures. BMW has...
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Electric Cars Are City Cars? Not In U.S.: They're Suburb Cars Here
Automotive journalists who write about electric cars hear the phrase "city car" a lot. As in, "Battery-electric cars are perfect city cars, but [fill in different powertrain] is required for other uses." There's just one problem: No one in the U.S. has ever turned to their better half and said...
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BMW Targets Twice As Many Electric-Car Sales This Year
BMW hopes to increase sales of both the i3 and i8.
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The BMW i3 electric car goes on sale on Amazon.co.jp.
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BMW i3 Electric Car: Ultimate Guide
Ever since we got wind of BMW's 'Megacity' electric vehicle, it's been one of the most anticipated electric cars around. Now, it's simply another electric car available to U.S. buyers--though that hasn't diminished the impact of the i3's concept-car styling, innovative interior and strong...
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2015 BMW i3 Video Road Test
If there were ever a brand-reset button in the automotive business, the BMW i3 electric car is it. It's both a compact hatchback and an all-electric car, from the brand that claims to build ultimate driving machines. How does it measure up to that lofty standard? Hi, I’m Joel Feder, and...
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Is BMW i3 Electric Car Selling Better In U.S. Than Germany?
One of the notable features of last year's electric-car sales was the strong, and so far sustained, sales of the radical new BMW i3 electric car. The little plastic-bodied battery-electric vehicle from Munich, with its odd coach doors and its rear electric motor, sold more than 1,000 cars a month...
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2015 BMW i3 Electric Car Price Raised $1,000 To $43,350
BMW adds standard DC fast charging, satellite radio, and heated front seats to the i3 for 2015.
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BMW i3 Electric Car Super Bowl TV Ad: Now It's Out [UPDATED]
The BMW i3 electric car will star in the brand's first Super Bowl ad in four years.
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Introduced in Germany late in 2013, and on sale in North America starting last May, the BMW i3 electric car has produced sales figures higher than some analysts expected. Now the carmaker has said that it sold more than 16,000 i3s during calendar 2014, putting the little electric minicar among the top plug-in electric vehicles for global sales. DON'T MISS: U.S. Plug-In Electric Car Sales Continue Rise In 2014: 100,000-Plus Last Year BMW sold 1,741 BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupes as well, while the global deliveries of the much higher-volume i3 were 16,052. More than two-thirds of those...
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BMW i3 Electric Car Teardown: Profitable At 20,000 Units, Says Engineer (Video)
Engineers disassemble a BMW i3 electric car.
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BMW i3 REx: Road-Tripping With 72 Electric Miles, 1.9-Gallon Gas Tank
An owner takes his range-extended electric car on a 462-mile road trip.
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Hyundai Fuel Cell, BMW i3 Electric Motor Win "10 Best Engines" Awards
Two alternative powertrains are among Ward's 2015 "10 Best Engines."
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BMW Launches Flexible Mobility Program For i3 Electric Car
It's not a new idea, but it's one that carries a certain allure: Let the buyers of an electric car borrow a different vehicle for those few times a year when they need to travel long distances. Loaner programs have been offered by a number of electric-car makers, including Fiat for its 500e car in...
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2015 BMW i3 Electric Car: Quick Charging, Seat Heaters Now Standard
The 2015 BMW i3 will get more standard features, BMW officials say.
Stephen Edelstein