BMW have had hydrogen cars running for many years now, and fuel cells and now electric vehicles, but it looks as if BMW have decided that electric is the most practical.
They are so sure of the electric vehicle future that they have now announced their own line of battery powered cars to be known as BMW i, and made public a roll-out date of 2013 with two cars. The first is the four seat urban battery powered car to be called the BMW i3 and the second a hybrid sports car to be called the BMW i8.
BMW i8
The design team has been working on the BMW i range since 2007 and they will be plug-in electric vehicles. The cars will be lighter than the current crop of internal combustion BMW’s with use of carbon-fiber and aluminum and will be more aerodynamic making them energy efficient. This even extends to running taller and narrower wheels and tires with less rolling resistance.
