After BMW reportedly designing incentive electric-powered cars and plug ins that are named after the sub brand ‘i’, now BMW has officially revealed about the car.
Both are BMW I3 using stun pure power, and BMW I8 plug-in hybrid vehicles, namely cars powered combination of conventional engine and electric motor. BMW I3 and BMW I8 will be produced at BMW’s plant located in Leipzig, eastern Germany.
One of the interesting things observed, it turns out BMW in cooperation with Audi AG – Another German luxury car manufacturer – to work on the source of electrical power for the BMW I3. Electric motors and batteries are the exact same car with Audi E-tron, namely the Audi R8 is electrically powered and will appear in the market by 2012.
For BMW the presence of two models – electric and hybrid – it is a reaffirmation of their pioneering work as the most innovative manufacturers of luxury cars in creating environmentally friendly and sustainable.
“BMW ‘i’ it represents a new action in the mobility premium,” I’m Ian Robertson, BMW’s sales and marketing boss.
BMW I3 previously called by the name of BMW Megacity. This car will be a car town (city car), the first BMW to use electric power. The BMW I8 developed because of theBMW Vision EfficientDynamics.
These cars use hybrid technology. Although the source of power from conventional engines and electric motors, but BMW’s claim to have the high performance.
Other interesting things from the two cars are an unique architectural concept construction. BMW calls the concept DriveLife concept, namely the use of aluminum chassis and carbon fiber body of material recycled plastic or carbon fiber reinforce plastic (CFRP). Resulting in a light weight but strong chassis.
