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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: 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.