REx range extender engine
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With deliveries of the first 2014 BMW i3 battery-electric cars now just days away, BMW has busily been training service personnel and dealership staff on its new and radical design. And an informed post on BMWBlog by a dealership employee who went through the multi-day course offers some new information about the car and its capabilities DON'T MISS: 2014 BMW i3: First Drive Of BMW's Radical New Electric Car Longtime i3 enthusiast and New Jersey dealership employee Manny Antunes has steadily been offering details about the i3 and its optional REx range-extending two-cylinder engine as that...
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2014 BMW i3 Range Extender: No White CA Carpool-Lane Sticker, Here's WhyIncentives help drive the purchase of plug-in electric cars, which remain unfamiliar and expensive to many first-time buyers. But a recent article on The Street may have caused some confusion over which incentives will be granted to BMW's first electric car, the i3, when it goes on sale this...
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2014 BMW i3 Electric Car: Why California Set Range Requirements, Engine Limits
The 2014 BMW i3 electric car, which we drove last week, is generating intense interest among both plug-in proponents and BMW fans. Among other things, it's the first car in the world offered with an optional range-extending engine, at an increased cost of $3,850. MORE: 2014 BMW i3: First Drive Of...
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2014 BMW i3 With Range Extender Priced At $46,125, Or $3,850 More
Adding the small range-extending engine to the 2014 BMW i3 battery-electric minicar will increase the price by $3,950, the company announced this evening. The standard 2014 BMW i3 electric car starts at $42,275 including delivery, before any Federal, state, or local incentives. BMW had announced...
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2014 BMW i3 Electric Car Price To Be Similar To BMW 3-Series?
The production version of the BMW i3 electric car will be unveiled at September's Frankfurt Motor Show, and anticipation is building. How much BMW's first battery-electric car will cost is one of the biggest open questions. Now Ludwig Willisch, the CEO of the Bavarian maker's North American arm...
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Electric 2014 BMW i3 ReX Coming Dec, Lower Engine Power Confirmed
The ranks of dedicated electric cars--those designed from scratch as plug-in vehicles--are thin. Come December, a fourth entry, the 2014 BMW i3, will join the three currently on the market (the Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt, and Tesla Model S). BMW officials confirmed last Thursday that the first i3...
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The upcoming 2014 BMW i3 electric car is generating a lot of quiet excitement--especially for its optional "ReX" range extender, a tiny two-cylinder engine that fits under the rear deck to power a generator. The i3 will be only the third high-volume dedicated battery electric car on the market, after the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S. And it's the first one that will offer the option of a gasoline-powered range extender like the one built into every Chevrolet Volt. The company has shown prototypes of the BMW Concept i3 five-door hatchback (with no center pillar and rear-hinged rear doors) and...
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2014 BMW i3 Electric Car: Motorcycle Engine As Range Extender
Diversity among electric cars is rapidly expanding, from the all-electric Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi 'i' to the upcoming Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid, which provides just 9 to 13 miles of electric range. Now, it turns out, the 2014 BMW i3--the all-electric urban four-door subcompact that BMW showed...
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