The BMW i3 electric vehicle will be getting its range boosted in 2016, according to German company’s CEO, Harald Krüger. By how much, isn’t yet clear, but presumably to a notable degree considering the growing competition […]
Editor’s Note: The BMW i3 was also recently adopted for some police cars in Los Angeles, and the BMW i8 has been acquired by the Dubai police force. A number of brand new BMW i3s were […]
BMW’s North American sales figures for September 2015 have now been released, revealing a couple of very interesting things. Perhaps most notably, the BMW i3 electric vehicle accounted for 5.5% of all North American sales for […]
The carsharing service DriveNow has added 20 new BMW i3s to its London fleet, according to a recent email sent to EVObsession — bringing the number of i3s in the London fleet up to 50. The […]
BMW will be suspending it DriveNow carsharing program in San Francisco in November, according to recent reports. The move comes after a bit more than 3 years of successful operation in the city, and, apparently, is […]
Originally published on the Fastned blog. By Michiel Langezaal, Fastned cofounder and CEO Cars with internal combustion engines are a disaster for our health and the climate, and offer a poor driving experience. The sooner we switch to […]
About a month ago, I wrote a long article about my challenge deciding between a Nissan LEAF, BMW i3, or Tesla Model S. I buried a short poll on the bottom of the article and, honestly, […]
BMW’s rather under-the-radar (of most people anyways) “i Flexible Mobility” program has gotten an update, according to recent reports. The program as it now stands encompasses two basic options: direct access to an “i Flexible Mobility” […]
Those purchasing a 2016 BMW i3 will have the option of getting the well-regarded electric vehicle (EV) in 3 new colors — Fluid Black, Mineral Grey, and Platinum Silver — according to recent reports. Of course, […]
I’ve finally got what seems to be official and complete data on electric car registrations in Norway. Woohoo! (In case you haven’t been following along for years, public data on electric car sales/registrations are not available for all models […]
Danish BMW i3 sales surged in August owing to large orders relating to the new DriveNow carsharing program in Copenhagen, according to recent reports. Altogether, 407 BMW i3s were sold during the month (400 of those […]
BMW is without a doubt one of the large automakers most serious about the electric vehicle transition, or electrification of passenger transport. I put BMW #2 or #3, only behind Tesla and perhaps Nissan. The German […]
So, the big EV news of the week comes from Nissan, rather than Tesla. Nissan just announced that the two higher trims of the 2016 LEAF will include a 30 kWh battery that gives the car […]
There’s no doubt about it — electric car charging is different from fueling a car with gasoline. On the whole, it’s much more convenient to charge an electric car — you get home, you spend 7 seconds […]
Despite the ongoing economic troubles of Canada (and the falling gas prices), sales of the Chevrolet Volt are continuing to go strong there — based on the recently aggregated sales figures for the US’s northern neighbor during […]
