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Another data point in the conversion of our transportation fleet from Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles to Electric Vehicles (EVs):
Electric vehicles are making up an ever-increasing percentage of BMW's sales, both here in the US and worldwide, according to a statement released by the company on Friday. In April in the US, the BMW i3, i8, and X5 xDrive 40e accounted for just under 15 percent of all BMW passenger vehicle sales—a combined 2,572 cars out of a total of 17,786 cars sold last month.
More than half of BMW's EVs have been sold here in the US, which, along with Scandinavia and the UK, is the company's best market for hybrids and EVs. BMW's electrification strategy is a two-fold affair. There's the i sub-brand, which currently features the i3 city car and i8 sports car (two of our favorites here at Ars), and it's believed that a third i model is in the works, a crossover called the i6.
The company is also building hybrid versions of some of its regular vehicles, including the 330e, X5 xDrive40e, and now a 740e as well.
In recent news BMW also announced a joint fast-charger network with Nissan.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 18 2016, @02:46AM
The cars are for snobs who don't care about the Nazi past. Quite fitting for those who also like Ueber.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 18 2016, @02:52AM
> The cars are for snobs who don't care about the Nazi past. Quite fitting for those who also like Ueber.
Unlike Ford [wikipedia.org] who just inspired Hitler...
And yeah, my Ashkenazi brother-in-law refers to BMWs and Mercedes as "nazi sleds" and then went out and bought a land rover while they were owned by Ford Motor Co.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 18 2016, @12:43PM
Some old lady in a Ford tried to give me crap for driving a Honda and putting Americans out of work. I had to inform her that my car was built in Ohio while hers was from Mexico and not built by the sort of "Americans" that she was referring to.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 18 2016, @04:40AM
All I know is driving a BMW strongly correlates to a whole lot of other personal characteristics that I find quite nauseating.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 18 2016, @12:59PM
What's the difference between a BMW and a porcupine?
The pricks are on the outside of the porcupine.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 18 2016, @01:22PM
They may be snob cars, but they are really good.
I owned a 15-yo little 3-series awhile back, and was impressed with these traits:
- Excellent cornering, very little body lean
- Road feel and steering response
- Driver comfort and visibility
- Reliability (surprising, as my previous euro-car experience was all Saabs)
- Body integrity - no rattles, squeaks, leaks, etc, even on an older car.
- Mileage; consistently in the low 30mpgs on the highway.
Best part--I'd bought used, and it had depreciated like crazy. Sold it to buy a minivan after 150,000 trouble-free miles.
The only negative was how low it was. I think I only had about 4" of ground clearance which caused some pain with speedbumps, roadkill, and so on.
Yeah, maybe snobs buy BMWs, but that doesn't mean they aren't awesome.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday May 19 2016, @01:28AM
Have BMW supported Nazism after 1945? Supposing they haven't, might it be more effective (as an anti-Nazi tactic) to do business with them under the assumption they won't further a modern-day Nazi movement--but boycott them if they violate that trust?