Recently we showed you a video of the new BMW i8 (previously known as the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics) undergoing some cold winter testing. We now have a video of the new BMW i3 (previously known as the BMW Megacity) also undergoing some winter testing and by the looks of it the i3 will be a fun electric-vehicle. [...]
Last month, BMW confirmed that its new sub-brand for sustainable mobility solutions will be called ‘BMW i.’ The BMW i brand will start offering the BMW i3 (previously known as Megacity) in 2013, followed shortly by the BMW i8 (previously known as BMW Vision EfficientDynamics). According to Ian Robertson, BMW global sales and market boss, [...]
So far we’ve known the BMW electric-vehcile (you know, the one that will debut in 2013) as the Megacity Vehicle. Today BMW announced that it is launching a new sub-brand that will be focused on producing sustainable mobility solutions that are good for mother nature. Known as the BMW i, the sub-brand will offer a [...]
Get ready BMW fans – BMW will host a press conference in Germany on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 to unveil a new sub-brand. The new brand will carry the ‘i’ badge and will be found on all the upcoming BMW electric-cars including the upcoming BMW Megacity, which will arrive in 2013. BMW calls the i [...]
The BMW Megacity Vehicle, which is scheduled to enter production in 2013, may get an optional range-extender. BMW Financial Officer Frederick Eichiner recently told German website Focus.de that the Megacity Vehicle may get small internal combustion engine, which can help extend the range of the vehicle and charge the battery while driving. Customers will have [...]
BMW says that it may start off leasing its new Megacity Vehicle on a short-term basis, rather than offering the zero-emissions electric-car for sale. Click here for more news on the BMW Megacity. “We’re looking for an alternative to traditional purchase or leasing of a vehicle,” sales chief Ian Robertson said. ”We don’t want to [...]
BMW is considering options to add artificial sounds to its range of upcoming electric-vehicles to make them safer for pedestrians, especially blind pedestrians. Rivals Audi and Mercedes-Benz said that they are already developing sounds for their upcoming electric-cars and Nissan and Infiniti have already unveiled their solutions for EVs so they don’t pose a threat [...]
Mercedes-Benz is reportedly working on a competitor to BMW’s Megacity vehicle. According to reports coming out of Europe, Mercedes-Benz has kicked of styling studies into a range of new alternative-drive city vehicles that will compete with the line of BMW Megacity and BMW Project i vehicles. The Mercedes-Benz Megacity competitor is currently being styled at [...]
BMW Group announced today that it is expanding its plant in Leipzig to make it the first location in Germany to hold large-scale production of electric-vehicles. Up until 2013, BMW will invest €400 million ($561 million USD) in new buildings and machinery for the production of the Megacity Vehicle, which will enter production in 2013. [...]
BMW’s Megacity electric-cars is scheduled to hit markets in 2013 – however, the automaker isn’t planning on making some green with their first battery-operated vehicle. According to BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer, the German automaker isn’t expecting the Megacity Vehicle and electric-drive to contribute much to profits at first. “It may be that you don’t earn [...]
