BMW has been through many different phases of electrification. One of those phases involved developing the super unique and fun BMW i3 and BMW i8. We owned a 2015 BMW i3 REx for nine months in 2018–2019 and we absolutely loved it. Then production of the Tesla Model 3 was … [continued]
The BMW i3 battery-electric sedan goes into production this August. It features a host of innovative thinking in a modern package.
I recently came across an article at The Autopian about some aging EVs that are coming back from the dead. How? By getting new batteries! Aside from batteries, EVs really have very little that can go wrong with them. There are so few moving parts operating at relatively low temperatures … [continued]
BMW Group is revving up its EV sales and production engine in Europe and elsewhere around the globe as demand for electric vehicles continues to rise.
February saw plugin EVs at 24.8% share of the UK auto market, up from 22.9% year on year. Full electric volume increased by 1.21× YoY, with plugin hybrids up by 1.29×. Overall auto volume was 84,886 units, up 13% YoY and the highest February in 20 years. Tesla was the … [continued]
Dannar is taking its new mobile energy storage unit on the road with BMW i3 EV battery packs and a plan to decarbonize off-road working vehicles.
The US electric car market continues to grow strongly. Yes, Tesla still dominates (that’s not changing anytime soon), but several other automakers are also seeing fast-growing full electric vehicle (BEV) sales, and the number of BEV options on the market has exploded in recent quarters. Overall (lacking just a little … [continued]
I’m one of those retirement-age folks who took up pickleball as part of my second childhood. Within two years I had wrenched my knee, and now I’m immersed in at least a couple of years of recuperation due to surgery and subsequent complications. Driving my co-owned Tesla Model Y during … [continued]
The US electric vehicle market has been growing strongly year after year. Sales in the 1st quarter of 2023 are more than double sales in the 1st quarter of 2021, and they are more than 5 times what they were three years ago. In the grand scheme of things, according … [continued]
Germany’s plugin electric vehicles took 21.6% of the auto market in March, down from 25.6% year on year. BEV grew share slightly, but PHEVs lost half their share YoY, due to recent policy changes. Overall auto volume was 281,361 units, up over 16% YoY, but still well down from pre-2020 … [continued]
