Have they said what the i3 battery kWh will be? The ActiveE has 32 kWh so that should be a genuine 100 miles range at highway speed.
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Range extender plans:
...Perhaps most unexpected, BMW says it will offer the i3 with the option of a range extender, to be called i-REX. It will be a tiny gasoline engine—the company gave out no details—that powers a generator that sends electric power to the motor to take the onwards after its electric range of 80 to 100 miles is depleted...
Have they said what the i3 battery kWh will be? The ActiveE has 32 kWh so that should be a genuine 100 miles range at highway speed.
Better late than never. I like what I'm seeing.Two years and then BMW shows off some competition for the Leaf? Three years before they take on the Karma?
Really?
As for looks, Concept Cars ...
end up being production cars like...
Supposed to be 6 hour charging using common (German) plug. That sounds more like 18 to 20 kwh rather than 35 kwh. Low miles and expected price around $40K all point to battery being around 20Kwh.I heard "around" 35kWh...
Umm... Bad example... Your "production car" photos is of a drivetrain "mule" based on the Chevy Cruze, not the production Volt.
Nah can't be that high. They've reported today that the range is 80-100 miles, which is the same as the Leaf and the BMW is supposed to be much lighter.
BMW has not priced the models nor has it divulged a rollout schedule beyond the 2013 launch, in Germany first, of the featherweight i3 city car, which has a curb weight of 2,750 pounds. The i3 uses an approximately 22-kilowatt-hour battery and a BMW-designed electric motor to deliver a range of up to 150 kilometers (93 miles) on a single charge. The company says the electric-drive system will enable the i3 to achieve 0-62 mph acceleration in just under 8 seconds. The model is said to have a top speed of 93 mph.
The i8 will use a direct-injected, turbocharged high-performance 3-cyclinger gasoline engine to drive the rear wheels and a BMW elector motor, powered from an approximately 8-kWh rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack, to power the front wheels and will be able to deliver up to 35 kilometers (21.7 miles) of all-electric drive. It will have three modes: all-electric, gasoline only, and combination. BMW says the plug-in hybrid i8 will deliver more than 100 mpg on the European cycle and will boast acceleration speeds of under 5 seconds for a 0-62 mph sprint and will have a top speed of 155 mph.
Guilty!The last concept that really got me excited was the Nissan ESFlow.