i3

At the 2015 New York Auto Show, Jose Guerrero, BMW i product manager, sat down with us to talk about the i sub-brand and the newly released X5 plug-in hybrid. First topic on the agenda…

The Japanese unit of German auto giant BMW on Wednesday started selling its i3 electric models on Amazon.co.jp.

The outgoing BMW Group CEO Norbert Reithofer says political initiatives in a number of markets are directly related to an increase in the i3 sales. “We can see a clear connection between sales figures and…

Over sixty years ago, BMW bought a then rights tons tiny little Italian car called the Isetta. It was a massive hit in Europe, selling over 160,000 units. It brought BMW back from the brink…

The future is coming. With many manufacturers building or considering fully electric sedans, BMW will need to follow suit. While an all-electric sedan has yet to be confirmed, we do know that BMW is planning…

In many ways electric cars are very similar to their internal combustion counterparts and that’s by design. Most major OEMs are afraid to make something that’s “too different” from what their existing customer base is…

After months of testing, BMW is releasing an important software update for the i3 REx model. The new update will display the state of charge (SOC) percentage in the upper left corner of the dashboard,…

BMWBLOG has been using the WeatherTech floor liners for the BMW i3 for the last 5 months and thought we’d give you an update on how they have been performing in our long term i3…

Recently, Matt Petrany of Jalopnik sat down with Adrian Van Hooydonk, BMW’s Head of Design, to talk about carbon fiber construction. When BMW created the i3 and i8, it developed a new kind of carbon…

The i8 interior is very good, but the BMW i3 interior to me is the real winner. It’s just so different and refreshing and inspired.