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  • BMW laser headlights

    BMWs already have a distinctive look in your rear-view mirror with their angel-eye daytime running lights, and that view is about to look even more distinctive thanks to the automaker’s new laser headlight technology that debuts on the 2015 i8 plug-in hybrid sports car. Available as an option for the high-beam mode on the i8 (the rest of the unit uses LEDs), the new laser headlight is said to offer several advantages over LED technology in terms of safety, efficiency and aesthetics. Laser light is a different kind of light to that of regular light, as it's monochromatic--the light being...

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    See & Hear The BMW i8 At Full Throttle: Video

    The BMW i8 was finally revealed in full production guise at the 2013 Frankfurt auto show, but so far, video of the hybrid sports car in action has been relatively scarce--especially in terms of real-world encounters. That's been solved by the gang at The Smoking Tire. While filming for an upcoming...

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    2015 BMW i8 Live Photos: 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show

    BMW’s new i8 plug-in hybrid sports car has made its world debut, with the covers coming off this morning at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. We’re glad to report that the avantgarde lines of the various concept versions have made it onto the production version, and in person the car looks...

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    2015 BMW i8 Revealed, Priced From $135,925

    Power output of 362 horsepower and torque of 420 pound-feet is reasonable for a 3,300-pound sports coupe with a low drag coefficient of 0.26, but it's nowhere near the top of the power charts. But suppose you combine those specs with advanced carbon fiber construction, the ability to run...

  • Teaser for 2015 BMW i8
    2015 BMW i8 Teased One Last Time Ahead Of Frankfurt Debut: Video

    After years of development and a handful of concept versions, BMW’s i8 plug-in hybrid sports car is about to make its auto show debut. We have just one week to go until the covers finally come off but in the lead up BMW has released this teaser video to help build excitement. We don’t...

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    BMW i Genius: Artificial Intelligence To Answer Your Questions

    In the new, strange and intriguing world of electric cars, customers have plenty of questions to ask--and BMW is launching a tool to help answer those questions without having to contact your dealer. Called i Genius, it's actually an artificial intelligence service, combining a database of...

  • 2015 BMW i8 prototype

    It was four years ago at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show that we first saw BMW roll out its Vision EfficientDynamics concept and announce its commitment to launching an advanced sports car with stellar gas mileage based on it. At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show in one month’s time, BMW will finally end the wait by unveiling the production version of the original concept, the new 2015 i8. The i8 will be like no BMW we’ve ever seen before, yet the brand’s traditional markets are still expected to be its biggest takers. In fact, BMW’s single biggest market, the U.S., is...

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    2015 BMW i8 Specs Revealed

    The new i3 electric hatch isn’t the only i-badged BMW we’ll be seeing this year; another is a new i8 plug-in hybrid sports car that will not only top the i range of cars but also serve as BMW’s flagship. We were given our first taste of the i8 four years ago, when BMW rolled out...

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    2014 BMW i8 Spy Shots (With Interior)

    The 2014 BMW i8 is soon to make its debut in production trim. These spy shots of a prototype show the car with the least camouflage gear yet and reveal details of its interior. Retaining a great deal of its conceptual design, the i8 looks just about as we last saw it, though this time it’s...

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    2014 BMW i8 Hits The Nürburgring: Video

    The 2014 BMW i8 has taken to Germany's Nürburgring race track for some high-speed testing ahead of the car's reveal later this year and eventual sales launch next spring. First previewed in concept form back in 2009 with the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, the i8 is BMW’s answer to...

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    BMW i8 To Move (Silently) Forward Without M Variant

    Even if you're not a super spy sent on a mission your superiors deem impossible, you should still be interested in the upcoming 2014 BMW i8. Besides showing off its extremely exotic styling, the i8 features a plethora of exciting technology that's put to use to provide a compelling and...

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    BMW Unveils Updated i3 Concept At Opening Of First i Store

    BMW has opened the first of several new retail outlets focused on its i division and its associated electrified vehicles. Called the BMW i Store, the first is located on London’s trendy Park Lane and will be followed by additional stores in other locations in the not too distant future. To...

  • BMW eDrive logo

    If you were already confused by the launch of BMW’s new ‘i’ sub-brand for its upcoming electric cars, things are about to get a whole lot more complicated when it comes to the naming of the automaker’s future lineup. At the 2012 Beijing Auto Show this week BMW rolled out its i8 Spyder concept car and attached to its rear bumper was a discrete badge reading “eDrive”. BMW explains that in the future, the designation eDrive will identify the drive technology for all electric and plug-in hybrid cars from the automaker’s i sub-brand. This is similar to the...

  • BMW i8 Concept Spyder
    BMW i8 Spyder To Enter Production Two Years After Coupe: Report

    Over the weekend BMW released the first details and images for its i8 Concept Spyder, the first convertible version of the string of previously revealed i8 coupes and a somewhat more production-looking version too. BMW has already confirmed that its i8 supercar, an advanced plug-in hybrid that...

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    BMW i8 Spyder concept debuts at 2012 New York auto show

    The 2012 New York auto show is underway and one of the stars is the BMW i8 Concept Spyder. It's the topless version of the BMW i8 we've come to know and spy, and it has the same contradictory superposition of sports car performance over hybrid/electric gas mileage. Rated at 354 combined horsepower...

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    BMW Teases Its i3 And i8 Electric Cars: Video

    With both the i3 and i8 still a year away from production, BMW is doing what it can to keep the cars fresh in the eyes of prospective buyers.

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    2014 BMW i8 Spy Video

    BMW is now just one year away from the start of production of its i8 plug-in hybrid supercar. And today we have an exclusive spy video of a prototype as it completes some cold weather testing near the Arctic Circle. This prototype is the most advanced we’ve seen yet and includes many of the...

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    BMW Celebrates Mission Impossible 4 Role With New Incentives

    It’s no secret that a number of BMW cars are set to feature in the upcoming Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol movie opening nationwide this December. However, in case there are any individuals out there who just aren’t up to speed, BMW is launching a new Mission Impossible-themed...

  • BMW i8 Concept live photos, 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    We still have a little over two years to wait until the BMW i8 makes its production debut, and from the looks of the i8 Concept, it's going to be an anxious wait. Building on the core design of the Vision EfficientDynamics concept revealed at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, the BMW i8 Concept is a very futuristic take on the idea of a plug-in hybrid sports car. The clear glass doors, laser headlights, and sculpted, flowing body work mark the i8 out as something truly unique. Whether all of these rather extreme details will survive to production is another issue entirely. One of the aspects of...

  • BMW i Launch Event, Frankfurt, July 2011
    Move Aside LED Lighting Tech, BMW Is Firing Up The Lasers

    Sometimes the pace of development in the automotive segment has echos of Moore's Law, the trend for power in the computing world to double every two years. No sooner have manufacturers such as Audi started ditching halogen and HID lighting for intelligent and ultra-bright LED light clusters in some...

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    2014 BMW i3: Autonomous Urban Driving Nearly With Us?

    Concepts featuring autonomous driving have so far concentrated mainly on highway driving, previewing the car-trains we may see some time in the future. For many people though city driving is the most stressful situation you can encounter, so surely self-driving cars would make sense in crowded...

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    BMW Introduces i3, i8 Range With Official Video

    With its introduction of the concepts for the BMW i3 and i8 this morning, BMW has launched in earnest its attempts to define a new brand, centered around themes that sound a bit like double-speak, but which really boil down to efficient driving with a bit of style. Terms like "sustainability,"...

  • BMW i Launch Event, Frankfurt, July 2011
    BMW i8 Plug-In Hybrid Sports Coupe And i3 Electric City Car: Live Photos

    Our colleague John Voelcker of GreenCarReports is on the scene for the unveiling of the new BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe and i3 electric city car in Frankfurt today, and he's sent us these live images from the event. Jump into the gallery for a more first-hand look at these slick new...

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    BMW i8 Concept: 78 MPG And 0-60 MPH In Under 5 Seconds

    The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid supercar is scheduled to go on sale in early 2014 and will be priced around the $200,000 mark.

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