BMW’s Coolest Car Yet? Electric i8 Roadster (i8 Spyder)

April 5th, 2012 by Zachary Shahan

BMW has unveiled a wicked concept electric car, the i8 Spyder (tons of pictures below). It’s easily the coolest BMW I’ve ever seen. Jo Borras covered it on the day of its unveiling on sister site Gas2, but the fact that BMW unveiled this beauty on April 1 had Jo concerned the i8 Spyder might just be another elaborate April Fools’ Day joke. It seems it was not, since BMW’s still got it on its i8 cars page. Let’s hope BMW isn’t just slow to reveal that it was a joke. Here’s more form BMW on the i8 Spyder:

BMW i proudly introduces the BMW i8 Concept Spyder. The combination of intelligent, lightweight design and cutting edge BMW eDrive technology imbues this new model with genuine sports car performance, yet its fuel consumption is no greater than that of a small car….

The BMW i8 Concept Spyder is powered by the groundbreaking BMW eDrive technology, consisting of an agile BMW electric motor, innovative battery technology and an intelligent engine management system, coupled with a TwinPower Turbo combustion engine. In a show of unmatched coordination – and due to the car’s minimised weight – this two-seated, open-top sports car reaches a combined system output of up to 260 kW (354 hp) while using no more than 3 litres of fuel at 100 km*.

The BMW i8 Concept Spyder proves that you should never underestimate the potential of electricity.
(*European test cycle)

And here’s Jo’s post from April 1, quite a fun read:

BMW Trots Out Sexxxy New i8 Roadster (via Gas 2.0)

Are you there, God? It’s me, Jo. I know we don’t always see eye-to-eye on things, but I’d like to thing that (in the main) we’re good. I still believe that, despite the fact that they don’t run 52 Formula 1 races each year and that whole thing with the French girl (which, really, I didn’…

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