The creation of electromobiles from BMW is carried out by a special unit with a prefix i. In this article you will find out information about all BMW electric vehicles.
History of the Bavarian electric car linebegins in 2010. It was then that the company registered the whole model range with index i. Thanks to this, it is possible to track which cars are planned to be produced with electric motors in the future.
In 2011, the first model of the whole appearedseries of electric vehicles. I3 is a city minivan, which is driven only by electric motors in wheels. After a good start, the company decided to expand the range of cars in almost every class.
BMW electric car opens the youngest model- i1. This car has not yet been released to mass production, but there is information that it should compete with Smart Fortwo from the American concern.
There are currently onlygossip. After the appearance on the Internet of the rendered images of the new concept from the Bavarians, the specialists concluded that we are in front of us a model of the future serial BMW i2. Externally, the car has a great similarity with the older model i8. The pictures show that the car has a two-door coupe, so it should occupy a niche between i1 and minivan i3.
The first car is an electrical series.It is a compact city minivan. The car body is made entirely of aluminum and carbon. Its mass is not more than 1300 kg. The electric motor has a capacity of 170 horsepower and a power reserve of one charge up to 160 kilometers. The car is perfect for urban conditions, but not for long journeys due to low power reserve. Official sales of i3 began in 2013. Almost immediately after the start of sales, the company announced a new version - i3 Coupe. This car is a hybrid of a minivan and a sports car. In the series, the new modification has not entered at the moment.
Electric BMW plans to take almostevery class in the modern automobile market. This is indicated by their plans for the release of a sports coupe called i4. Most likely, the prototype will be a coupe of the BMW 4 Series.
I5 - full-size family sedan, which will be equipped with two variants of electric motors. A direct competitor of this model is the child of Tesla - Model X.
This machine should occupy a niche full-sizedcrossovers in the market of electric cars. Not before 2020 - so they say about the date when the new electric car will be released. The BMW X6 will be the prototype for the creation of a new SUV.
The most expensive and most impressive car fromthe entire model range of electric vehicles is the i8 sport car. The car entered mass production in 2014. It is hybrid. It has 4 electric motors for each wheel with a total capacity of 150 horsepower. In addition, the coupe accelerates with the help of a gasoline turbo engine with a capacity of 170 horsepower. Electric BMW i8 in the body of the roadster went on sale a few months after the main model.
Children can feel themselves drivers of this BMW. Manufacturers produce electric children's cars in the bodies of various popular models (for example, coupe Z4, crossover X6 and so on).
Electric children can drive at speeds up to5 km / h for 2-3 hours. During this time the child will fully enjoy the management of this BMW, albeit in a reduced size. More expensive models have a full-fledged audio system.
Children's electric vehicle imitates fullyfunction of this car. It has pedals, direction indicators, an imitation of the sound of the motor and other "chips". Some models are even equipped with seat belts and real optics.
