BMW i3

When the EPA range and efficiency figures were announced couple months ago, the BMW i3 became the most efficient vehicle available in America. Here in the US, the EPA uses “MPGe” as its official efficiency…

Many people that order the range extender option on the i3 do so because they just aren’t comfortable with the BEV i3’s 81 mile EPA range rating. Personally I really didn’t want it but my…

The new BMW Smart Charging App makes it possible for BMW i customers to automatically identify the best rates and times for charging their electric vehicles at home. Developed by the BMW Group and available…

When we reported first US sales of the BMW i3 at 336 units in May, our hope was that BMW would break out the i3 REx and i3 BEV sales separately. That didn’t happen and…

Ever since the introduction of the MINI E trial vehicles, the issue around “engine sound” and pedestrian protection was brought forward. Without a doubt, the sound of electric cars is an issue again and again…

After a long wait, EPA has finally rated the BMW i3 REx (Range Extender) and the first units have been released to the customers. The US Environmental Protection Agency rates the BMW i3 REx at…

An all-electric, zero emission BMW i3 was donated to Make It Right, the charity that builds green homes, buildings and communities for people in need, for the raffle at its 2014 Gala on Saturday, May…

For a little over a month now, cargo ships from Bremerhaven, Germany have been arriving weekly at the port in New Jersey to unload anywhere from dozens to hundreds of shiny new i3s. My i3…

BMW has sold 2,022 i3 models worldwide, excluding markets where it has not launched yet, like the US

Now that BMW has begun to deliver some BEV i3s to the ActiveE Electronauts, some of those in the ActiveE trial lease program who haven’t yet gotten their i3 have been asking how the i3…