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BMW i8 Wins 2015 World Green Car Award at NYIAS 2015

Benji Jerew — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:52:45 +0000

It sounds like a repeat of last year’s Auto Show news, really only two digits’ difference, because the winner of the 2015 World Green Car Award is the BMW i8. Last year, at the 2014 New York International Auto Show, the BMW i3 took the award, so there’s your two digits. This year, it may […]

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BMW X5 eDrive – 62 MPG Plug-In Hybrid SUV

Benji Jerew — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:49:21 +0000

BMW has been toying with us, showing off various plug-in hybrid electric vehicles at the auto shows, but could the BMW X5 eDrive be the first to make it off the production lines? The BMW X5 eDrive was revealed at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. The plug-in hybrid SUV borrows heavily from the BMW i3 […]

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BMW i5 Could Contend with Tesla Model S?

Benji Jerew — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:28:20 +0000

The Tesla Model S is, by far, the most well-equipped and capable electric vehicle on the road today, which leaves other contenders, such as BMW and Audi, scrambling to catch up. One would think that, with the history of electric vehicles [EV], companies like General Motors, creator of the EV1 and Ultralight, or Toyota, creator […]

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Is BMW Ready to Take on Tesla Motors?

Benji Jerew — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 03:04:22 +0000

Tesla Motors is one of the smallest automakers in the world, and yet, worth over $20 billion, is proving to be quite the thorn in the side of established companies. Despite the fact that Tesla Motors has asserted that it is a performance vehicle manufacturer, it isn’t hard to believe that, closing in on $100,000 […]

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BMW M Engineers Not Going to Touch the Hybrid BMW i8, But Why Not?

Benji Jerew — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:33:45 +0000

Take one look at the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, and you’d swear that BMW M engineers either: A… had a hand in its design or, B… can’t wait to get their hands on it. Strangely enough, given its performance characteristics, BMW M [for Motorsport] engineers had nothing to do with the development of […]

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BMW i8 Revealed, Pricing and Specifications Updated Again – Frankfurt Motor Show

Benji Jerew — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:53:11 +0000

It’s been long in coming, but finally we get a look at the BMW i8 that was hinted at a couple of years ago, and it’s a beauty! [albeit an expensive beauty!] The Frankfurt Motor Show is a great venue to see some of the latest vehicles, the wheels of some we hope to see […]

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BMW i8 Specifications Revealed, Carbon Performance Without the Carbon Aftertaste

Benji Jerew — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 18:02:30 +0000

BMW’s finally released the specifications of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle [PHEV], and they’re sure to please. The price will boggle you, though. Could the BMW i8 be one of those guilty pleasures without the guilt? I’ll admit that I enjoy performance vehicles as much as the next person, from my 12mpg 1993 […]

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