BMW UK sold over 3,000 electric vehicles as its dedicated BMW i brand saw sales of the i3 and i8 grow by more than 80% compared to 2014. BMW has also expanded its range of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) with the introduction of X5 PHEV and 3 Series PHEV models. Neither of these has contributed to the dramatic sales increase but BMW is confident they will be popular amongst customers who value cheap…
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The carsharing service DriveNow has added the electric BMW i3 to its fleet of available vehicles. DriveNow customers in London are now able to use the all-electric premium model by BMW i. This will be followed by the global roll-out of the BMW i3 in DriveNow vehicle pools during summer 2015 at several German locations
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BMW will display their latest tech wizardry at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015. Amongst the highlights is their new automated parking assistance facility which enables a user to tell the car to go and park – and come back to them again – using a simple command on a smart watch. Science fiction? Not
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The largest low carbon vehicle event, held at Millbrook Proving Ground, got off to a great start today with several announcements to whet the appetite of any person interested in electric, hybrid, fuel cell and other alternative technologies. Professor Gordon Murray teamed up with Innovate UK Chief Executive Iain Gray CBE to reveal Yamaha’s Formula
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BMW have unveiled their latest BMW i3 fast DC chargers, made by Bosch, available to American users. However, the fast chargers are not exactly great news if you have any other electric vehicle. At present, there is a bit of a standards battle going on in the fast DC charger arena. Generally speaking, AC is
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Frome, Somerset, is to be the host of a new electric vehicle event this Friday the 4th July, at the Cheese & Grain from 6.30pm. The event is free and open to anyone interested, intrigued or bewildered by electric vehicles and will be joined by Malcolm Burgess of Tesla Motors and Kevin Sharpe of Zero
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This year’s inaugural UK Car of the Year (COTY) Awards winner is the BMW i3. What greater sign of the times could there be, than when an electric car wins outright over internal combustion powered vehicles in a competition that is decided by many journalists from motoring magazines which have tended to side with the
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The Deputy Prime Minister has announced the UK government will invest more than £9 million to boost the number of charging points for electric cars. Major car manufacturers BMW, Nissan, Renault, Toyota and Vauxhall are all backing the Go Ultra Low campaign in a ground breaking partnership with government to debunk common myths and misconceptions
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Vehicle manufacturers are implementing more and more technology into their products than ever before and as such it comes as no surprise that partnerships with established technology firms are being created left right and centre. Only a couple of days ago, Mercedes-Benz announced their partnership with Pebble to provide a smart watch that links in
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BMW continues their camp videos with new explanations and footage of the carbon fibre used in the construction of both the i3 and i8 vehicles. Carbon fibre is not a new material, but it is more costly to use than alternatives since it requires a more complicated production. As such it has been the reserve
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