The more time you spend with the BMW i8, the more you realise just how exciting an ownership experience it is for the lucky few. No, the car isn’t up there with the true greats in dynamic terms ...
BMW is the automaker offering the largest number of electric-powered models in Canada, with seven. Auto123.com tried them out in the days leading up to the recent ePrix de Montréal Formula E races.
Plugged into a standard household supply, the i8 takes around eight hours to charge from flat, though with a special BMW-supplied wall box an 80 per cent charge can be achieved within two hours.
The BMW i8 was introduced in 2014, as the second car in BMW's quasi-sub-brand 'BMW i' after the earlier i3. An initial concept for the rather futuristic i8 was shown in 2009, as the BMW Vision ...
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The BMW i8 plug-in-hybrid sports car is just the sort of crazy project that could help redefine the BMW brand – and perhaps even the notion of what makes a car enthusiast – for the 21st Century.