The BMW i is a comprehensive and ground-breaking concept for sustainable mobility.
It represents visionary electric vehicles and mobility services, inspiring design and a new understanding of premium that is strongly defined by sustainability.
It thrills with its innovative vehicles: the all-electric BMW i3, is a locally emission-free car for city driving that is sustainably designed throughout, and the BMW i8 is the most progressive sports car.
“The arrival of BMW i marks a new era of personal mobility not just with purpose-built electric vehicles that bear a strong focus on sustainability throughout the value chain,” said Mr. Heinz Reuter, Chairman/Managing Director of Prestige Automobile.
“Clean energy, such as hydroelectric power and wind power are further used in the production of BMW i vehicles.
Compared to the already highly efficient BMW production average, a further 50 percent energy and 70 percent water is saved in BMW i production.”
BORN ELECTRIC:
Purpose-built Design – the LifeDrive Concept.
BMW i has adopted a new LifeDrive architecture.
This new vehicle architecture meets the full range of technical requirements of an electric drive system (including a large battery), while keeping weight low, maximising range, creating generous levels of space, enabling supreme driving characteristics, and ensuring impressive safety for the battery and passengers alike.
In contrast to vehicles with a self-supporting body, the LifeDrive concept essentially comprises two separate and independent functional units.
“Notably, the Life module is a high-strength yet lightweight passenger cell made from carbon fibre, a material used in fighter jets and racing cars.
This material is up to five times the strength of conventional steel, while weighing 50 percent less.
Meanwhile, the Drive module integrates the vehicle’s suspension, battery, drive system, and structural and crash functions into a construction made chiefly from aluminium, thus saving weight and improving stability and efficiency of the vehicle,” added Mr. Reuter.
BMW i3: All-electric vehicle capable of zero tailpipe emissions.
The BMW i3 displayed comes standard with the Range Extender (REx) and has a maximum output of 170hp and peak torque of 250 Nm, which is on tap from 0 rpm.
The BMW i3 (REx) sprints from 0 - 60 km/h in about 3.9 seconds and 0-100 km/h in approximately 7.9 seconds.
When driven by pure electric power generated from the car’s high-voltage lithium-ion battery, the BMW i3 can travel up to 150km.
This rises by around 20km in ECO PRO mode and by the same distance again in ECO PRO+ mode.
When the REx (a 647 cc two-cylinder petrol combustion engine with 34hp) is activated, it doubles the BMW i3’s range up to about 300km.
BMW i8: Most progressive Plug-in Hybrid Sports Car.
The BMW i8 features the latest BMW Efficient Dynamics technology, including a rear-mounted 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and a hybrid synchronous electric motor.
The BMW i8 has a combined system output of 362 horsepower and 570Nm of torque.
The engine powers the rear wheels and produces 231hp and 320 Nm of torque, while the front wheels are driven by the electric motor with a maximum output of 131hp and 250Nm of torque via a two-stage transmission.
Together, they propel the BMW i8 from 0-100km/h in 4.4 seconds.
On top of its breath-taking performance, the average fuel consumption is just 2.1 litres/100km (based on the EU test cycle).
