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Photo by Hugo Becker of BMWBLOGThe much anticipated World Premier of the i3 has come and gone, so now it's time to look at what was learned. There was a lot of information released and I'll try to touch on as much as I can here, but I also recommend reading the full press release...

Thanks to follower CDspeed for posting the link to the new BMW i3 vehicle configurer or Visualizer as they call it for the US market. Here you can check out the different interior and exterior options, wheel choices and colors Pricing isn't available yet as it is on the German BMW...

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I was fortunate to be invited to the BMW i3 World Premier today. BMW held three simultaneous World Premier events in three different "Megacities". I was at the New York event, the other locations were London, England and Beijing, China.I don't have the time to do a full post today...

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BMW Press released a teaser video of the production i3. We get to see the real production i3 in action for the first time. Enj...

On July 22nd, tucked nicely at the end of a press release for the i3, were the words,“It will arrive in US showrooms in the second quarter of 2014.”That means US i3 customers will have to wait a bit longer than expected. Although BMW has never made an official announcement on when...

There have been many discussions on the interwebs about the cost of the i3 since BMW announced pricing a few days ago. As the resident "electric vehicle expert" for BMWBLOG, the editor asked me to offer my thoughts on whether the i3 was worth the price tag BMW put on it or not. You...

Looking very similar to the i3 concept coupe, the i3's interior is one of its finest visual accomplishmentsThe Dutch website Autoblog.nl just released what appears to be a full set of production-ready i3 pictures, no doubt supplied by BMW to a Dutch newspaper which probably released...

BMW North America sent out a press release at 3:00am this morning announcing the base MSRP for the i3 will be $41,350. With the mandatory destination and handling ($925) the final price before any options and tax incentives is $42,275. No surprises here except it will be available in the 2nd quarter of 2014. Most previous reports had...

According to the French website, La Tribune, BMW will announce the retail price of the i3 on Monday, July 22nd, one week before the official introduction of the production i3. From the report(translated by Google):"The urban electric BMW i3 will be launched in late November while...

The BMW i website was recently updated with a countdown to July 29th at 8:30am. That's when BMW will formally introduce the production version of the i3. Once you click on this lead page, you enter the regular BMW i website which doesn't seem to have had any other new updates. You...

You get a better view of just how tall and thin the tires on the i3 without the body in place. One of the features on the i3 that have had many BMW loyalists cringe when see them is the tires. They are tall and thin, and look more like you would expect them on a Toyota econo-box,...