Hybrid Cars

For us this is a special moment,

we are marking another milestone in the history of the BMW group, a milestone and a perspective of how our future mobility will look like. It's the world premiere of the electrically powered concepts BMWi3 and BMWi8 Specifically designed for modern city driving.

The BMWi3 truly embodies sustainability Its lounge like interior is made of renewable raw materials And the innovative life drive architecture features a carbon passenger cell reducing the total weight of the car to only twelve hundred fifty kilograms. This vehicle will mark the launch of the first volume produced car featuring bodywork largely made of carbón. It's a revolution in automotive design, ligthweight construction and an electric motor with one hundred seventy horse power allowing acceleration from zero to one hundred kilometres per hour, in only eight seconds, and a total range of one hundred fifty kilometres. The concept BMWi8 aims at sustainable sportive driving. It combines a high perfomance two hundred and twenty horsepower petrol rear engine and a front electric drive. They provide the hybrid with difficult dynamic BMW driving characteristics and a top speed of two hundred fifty kilometres per hour. BMWi is the most recent demonstration of the BMWs capabilities as the world's most innovative and sustainable auto manufacturer. The BMXi3 will be launched in 2013 followed by the BMWi8 in 2014.