BMW i3 News
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The BMW Group will have more than a dozen EVs by 2023, and one of them is an electric 3-Series.
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BMW i3 on its way out, no direct successor planned
BMW's i3 electric hatch is on its way out but the nameplate may return on an electric version of the 3-Series.
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CES: BMW i3 Urban Suite concept makes prom night even more awkward
BMW thinks the future of transportation contains two seats, battery power, recycled materials, and Barcalounger-style accommodations. Show them the lie.
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BMW previews high-style, low-numbers i3s and i8 packages
The BMW i3s Edition RoadStyle and i8 Ultimate Sophistor go exclusive in black and copper.
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BMW i2 rumored as first BMW-Daimler joint project, could replace i3
BMW and Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler appear to be setting aside their decades-old rivalry for the good of cost-cutting. A new report claims the two German auto giants will pursue joint development of a platform for future electric cars. For BMW, this model is reportedly set to be called the...
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2019 BMW i3 debuts with 42.2-KWH battery, 153-mile range
The 2019 BMW i3 starting production in November will benefit from a bigger battery capable of an estimated 153 miles of range, BMW confirmed Tuesday at the 2018 Paris auto show. It will be the second time the automaker has upgraded the i3's battery since the electric car's 2014 launch. The last...
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BMW last week issued a stop-sale order and recall for every i3 in the United States, meaning from the 2014 model up to the present 2018 car. A total 30,542 cars are affected. The cause? It seems that in a recent round of testing, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration determined that a limit was exceeded in one particular case. The limit concerns the case where a 5th-percentile women (about 5 feet tall and weighing between 100 and 110 pounds) in the driver’s seat and not wearing a safety belt could have a marginally higher risk of a neck injury in certain frontal crashes...
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2018 BMW i3 preview
The i3 wasn’t the home run BMW had hoped when it launched the vehicle for 2014. As Tesla has shown with its Model S, electric car buyers in the premium segment aren’t looking for quirky, ordinary to drive vehicles with only enough range to cover a day’s commute. BMW gave the i3 a...
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2018 BMW i3 spy shots
Engineers from BMW are out testing an updated version of the i3. The electric hatch didn’t generate the impact BMW had hoped when the vehicle was launched in 2014. It was cramped, compromised and didn’t deliver the typical BMW driving experience, and its 81-mile range was also down...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
LAPD picks BMW i3 over Tesla Model S: Here's why
The Los Angeles Police Department will buy 100 BMW i3 electric cars for non-emergency use. The LAPD announced plans for this order last year, when it took delivery of an i3 and a Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S for testing. It turns out officers preferred the i3. ALSO SEE: 2017 Volvo S90 first...
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BMW sued over i3’s extended-range electric powertrain
BMW has been hit with a class action lawsuit regarding a potential issue afflicting the extended-range version of the automaker's i3 electric car. According to the suit, which was filed in a District Court in Los Angeles last week, the extended-range i3, known as the i3 REx, can reduce power to...
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Supposedly stolen BMW i3 dashcam video funny, but probably fake
Warning: This video contains some NSFW language. Let's get this one out of the way: This dashcam footage from the United Kingdom is potentially fake. That doesn't mean it isn't hilarious. The background is supposedly that a thief broke into and stole a BMW i3—no doubt a difficult task given...
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BMW’s i3 broke new ground for the German automaker when it first hit the scene three years ago. The car remains unique in the market in that it combines a carbon fiber-reinforced body with an electric powertrain and a price tag that’s far from exorbitant. However, with a new generation of affordable, long-range electrics just around the corner, the i3 is in need of an upgrade. Fortunately, BMW has gauged the market and responded with some worthwhile upgrades that will be introduced for the 2017 model year. The highlight is a 50 percent increase in battery capacity to 33...
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BMW considering family-oriented i car above the i3
Update: An earlier version of this story claimed BMW i product chief Henrik Wenders confirmed plans for an i5. A BMW spokesperson reached out to Motor Authority and stated that Wenders did not confirm such a model. There’s been speculation brewing for years that the next model spawned from...
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BMW And Nissan Working On Nationwide EV Fast-Charging Network
Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] famously became the first to introduce a network of fast-charging stations for its customers and offered the services for free, meaning owners of vehicles like the Model S and now the Model X will be able to drive across the country without paying a cent for their electric...
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BMW Unveils Shadow Sport Special Edition i3
Yesterday, BMW unveiled the latest entry to its electric car lineup, via live-streaming site Periscope, ahead of this week's 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. Limited to just 50 units in the United States, the i3 Shadow Sport special edition model will feature more aggressive suspension settings, Fluid...
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LAPD Gets A Bit Greener With A Tesla Model S And BMW i3
Los Angeles is looking a bit greener today. No, it's not because the city's finally solved its ongoing (lack of) water issues. Instead, the LAPD is adding a whole bunch of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to its fleet. Alongside the 128 plug-ins, the 160 electric vehicles make up the largest...
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BMW i3 And Mercedes-Benz C-Class Make Ward’s 2015 Best Interiors List
There was a time when having a decent interior in your car meant spending the big bucks. That’s not the case these days as interiors have become much more homogenized over the years, with the key differentiators usually being the level of tech installed and the trim fitted. This is exactly...
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Swiss design and engineering firm Rinspeed made it clear last year that its vision of driving in the future is an autonomous one, and that cars, rather than being a tool to simply take you from point A to point B, will become an extension of your lounge or office. Now, Rinspeed is taking this concept to the next level with its Budii concept, which is described as a “friend on wheels.” The concept, which is based on a BMW i3, is fully autonomous and also has the ability to communicate with surrounding vehicles. But when the owner feels like doing the driving, they have the option...
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BMW Highlights i3’s Inventiveness In Super Bowl Ad--With Some Celebrity Help: Video
A BMW i3 ad will run during Super Bowl XLIX.
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BMW To Present Self-Parking Technology At 2015 CES
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, BMW gave us our first taste of its new ActiveAssist autonomous technology in the form of a 2-Series prototype that could handle itself while driving at the limit. At next year’s show, which runs from January 6 to 9 in Las Vegas, BMW will show an...
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Rinspeed Budii Is Your Friend On Wheels
Swiss design and engineering firm Rinspeed made it clear last year that its vision of driving in the future is an autonomous one and that cars, rather than being a tool to simply take you from point A to point B, will become an extension of your lounge or office. Now, Rinspeed is taking this...
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BMW Gives i3 A Boost With New $6,500 DC Fast Charger
Up until now, if you can claim being near a publicly available fast charger, you're probably among the fortunate few in a handful of major cities (or among a few electric-highway projects, mostly on the West Coast). And for vehicles like the all-electric version of the 2014 BMW i3, which use the...
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2014 BMW i3's EPA-Rated MPG And Range Revealed
The 2014 BMW i3 is quite unlike any other car BMW has produced in its history, and the same can be said of its efficiency figures. Those have now been revealed for the i3's optional range-extended model, and like its all-electric brother it's one of the most-efficient cars on the roads. DON'T MISS...
Antony Ingram