We’ve driven BMW’s entry-level 5, top-of-the-line X4, and flagship 7 Series. Now we’re going to spend a week driving the i3, BMW’s smallest and cheapest electric car.

It looks as if BMW and Bosch have created the microwave of electric car chargers.

In the BMW i range, eight follows three, and that makes perfect sense. According to Carscoops, via AMS Magazine, nine might soon follow eight, you know, as it should.

BMW chooses to call its SUV-like X5 a “Sports Activity Vehicle,” so it should come as no surprise that it’s named the car you see here something other than “a tall wagon” or “a model wearing our badge that spins its front wheels.” The German automaker has dubbed it the “2 Series Active Tourer.”

Since 2007, Brad Pitt’s Make It Right charity has constructed 100 eco-friendly homes in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward. Someone at a recent MIR fundraising gala won an equally green car in a raffle: the all-electric, zero-emission i3 donated by BMW, as well as the chance to hear the lovely Sandra Bullock call out his or her name.

A few weeks ago, there were murmurings that a 9 Series concept was on its way to the Beijing Auto Show. BMW did not disappoint. It offered attendees a glimpse at roundel products to come with the Vision Future Luxury concept.

It’s safe to say the BMW i3, which has been in production since mid-September, is an acquired taste … you either like it or you hate it. Regardless of how you feel about the BMW electric car, the way it is produced is pretty cool. BMW has released a video of some of the first […] More »