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BMW has released a series of videos to unveil the first two cars in their "i" series of electric vehicles: the i3 and the i8. Both are still very much concepts, but the videos give us a good look at what BMW has in store for this line of vehicles.
Both vehicles feature carbon fiber construction and sleek, futuristic styling (note the use of clear carbon fiber panels on both vehicles) and are scheduled for a 2013 release.
The i3 is a four-door, compact city car, formerly going by the name of Megacity, that will be the automaker's first series-produced all-electric vehicle. It will be 700 lb. lighter than the Nissan LEAF and have 170 hp -- 63 hp more than the LEAF.
The i8 is the two-door, all-wheel drive, plug-in hybrid sports car that was formerly the Vision. The i8 will have a combined output of 349 hp, will go from 0 - 60 mph in 4.6 seconds, have a top speed of 155 mph and get about 80 mpg.
Check out the video above or watch all the new videos on these vehicles here.
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written by Wolter Hellmun, August 10, 2011
While most of the world's power is generated by coal power plants, that is not true in every country. In my country (Costa Rica) ~80% of the energy comes from hydroelectric power plants.
Either way, if the majority of the people in the world replaced their cars for EVs, and the pollution became a matter of replacing coal power plants for non-perishable resource power plants, the problem would be easier to solve. Not only would the environment would be in less danger, but energy would cease being coal-dependent and thus more economic.
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written by Egon, August 10, 2011
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written by Jason, August 10, 2011
Keep up the excellent verbatim regurgitation and greenwashing
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written by net97surferQ, August 11, 2011
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written by alternative ways, August 12, 2011
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A far better approach is to invest in farmwaste-derived biofuels such as Vetroleum. (see Sustainable Power LLC of Texas as an example) Waste-derived bio gives farmers an additional cash crop, divert higher greenhouse index methane production (from rotting wastes) to CO2 and close the fuel greenhouse loop. There is also enough annual farmwaste production to generate 5 times the US' energy needs.
Electric cars are a dead end which only compounds dinosaur-powered cars' problems.