BMW Point One S Solar Station Is the Best Looking Charger for Your i3
31 Dec 2014, 16:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Along with this new avalanche of electric vehicles, the world also has to make sure that they can actually be recharged, in order to offer all the advantages companies claim over conventional automo...
BMW to Replace Problematic Onboard Chargers on the i3
29 Dec 2014, 17:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / There seems to be a problem with some of the chargers installed on the i3 cars sold so far in the US (and probably the rest of the world too). As it turns out, they used to malfunction after a while...
BMW Still Working on Fuel-Cell Car But Sees Electric Vehicles as the Future
18 Dec 2014, 09:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW surprised everyone when they announced that a powertrain using hydrogen will be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show. The world knew that the Germans were working with Toyota on developing a car wi...
BMW Is Creating a Tesla Model S Direct Rival But It’s Not What You May think
16 Dec 2014, 13:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / There have been rumors that BMW is working on a new car in the i range, one that would fill the gap in between the i3 and i8 but nothing we’ve heard so far was official. All we had to work wit...
BMW Will Bring a Fully-Automated Parking i3 at 2015 CES, Previewing 2016 7 Series Functionality
15 Dec 2014, 13:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Just Saturday we were telling you that BMW plans to introduce a new automated parking feature on the upcoming G11 7 Series. According to our sources, the car will be parking itself without a driver ...
BMW Wants Bigger Electric Range on i Cars
10 Dec 2014, 15:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / At the moment, BMW’s sales of the i sub-brand are going well. Over the course of November, they went past the 15,000 mark, even though there were some issues with the carbon fiber supply due t...
Rinspeed Will Bring Autonomous Budii Concept at Geneva, Based on a BMW i3
9 Dec 2014, 12:45 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The team over at Rinspeed made it a habit out of bringing out a new concept at each of the Motor Shows hosted by Geneva. Next year, the Swiss-based company will be bringing its Budii concept out, a ...
BMW Launches DriveNow Carsharing Service in London, Prices Start at £20 an hour
5 Dec 2014, 10:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW and Sixt SE launched the DriveNow initiative in London yesterday, adding yet another name to the list of cities that offer the service, raising the total to 7 and over 360,000 users. At first, o...
Touching BMW Holiday Commercials Focus on the Future
4 Dec 2014, 09:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The holiday season is upon us and no matter what you believe in, you’ll surely want to make some gifts this year for the ones you love. Just like every other year, BMW put together a couple of...
Multi-Speed Transmissions for EVs in the Works
3 Dec 2014, 17:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It was only a matter of time until EVs received multi-speed transmissions. Some of them even have such drivetrains today, alas only with 2 speeds such as the i8 for example. We should also mention t...
BMW Sold Just 816 i3s in November? Is Demand Falling Already?
3 Dec 2014, 16:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / An interesting report from InsideEVs claims that BMW sold just 816 i3s last month which is a drastic drop compared to the 1,159 units they sold in October, which was a record for the brand actually....
BMW Wants a Charging Network to Rival Tesla’s Superchargers
3 Dec 2014, 15:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Rumors that Tesla will be collaborating with BMW were quickly dismissed by the German manufacturer this week through unofficial channels. It all seemed too good to be true from the start to be hones...
How to Best Charge your BMW i3
2 Dec 2014, 15:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW USA is looking out after its own and since they sold quite a lot of i3s they are not offering free counseling online to the owners, to help them out. After all, the i3 is a new breed of automobi...
BMW i3 Wins Green Car of the Year Award 2015
24 Nov 2014, 10:10 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / At this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show, BMW was presented with the Green Car of the Year Award from the Green Car Journal for the i3, adding to an already impressive tally of awards the electric...
Is the BMW i8 a Preview of How Future Performance Cars Will Look Like?
20 Nov 2014, 18:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Ever since the i8 came out the world seemingly started to pay more attention to hybridization in modern cars. It’s not like we weren’t interested before but looking at a Prius, for examp...
BMW i3 Production Slowed Down by Asian Typhoon
18 Nov 2014, 10:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW has been complaining that they can’t keep up with the demand for the i3 but everyone thought that they were exaggerating to push the envelope further. However, recent signs show that they ...
BMW’s i5 Model Rumored to Be a Fuel-Cell Vehicle, thanks to Toyota Technology
17 Nov 2014, 09:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / For quite some time now, we’ve known that BMW and Toyota are working together. The initial rumors claimed that the Germans are after the Japanese’s electric-vehicle tech while the Japane...
BMW i3 Fan Creates Worldwide Map for EV Owners
13 Nov 2014, 17:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / His name is Scott Lawrence Lawson and he is passionate about a couple of things. Apart from his love for music, poetry, art, cooking at home and biking, he’s also really excited about the BMW ...
BMW i3 Sales Far Behind Dealer Expectations in Germany
13 Nov 2014, 09:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Dark clouds seem to be looming over BMW at the moment, as reports are coming in claiming that the sales of i3 electric cars in Germany are not up on par with what was expected. In a recent report fr...
Proving the BMW i3 Is a Driver’s Car Takes a Suzuki Swift and a Race Track
12 Nov 2014, 17:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In what I consider to be the most interesting video seen on Youtube lately, the guys from Auto Express decided to test whether the BMW i3 rises to the expectations people have from cars wearing the ...