You see, the BMW i3 is a stepping-stone car – a ... contributes to 1440kg at the kerb; drop our range-extender’s twin-cylinder engine and that falls to 1320kg – 150kg less than a Renault ...

At the heart of the BMW i3 is a bespoke electric motor tagged ... For the record, the range extender engine is a 650cc motorcycle-derived parallel twin-cylinder petrol unit mounted above the ...

BMW kept the electric-first premise of the car by not connecting the gas engine to the power train at all. The i3 uses a two-cylinder 650cc, 38 hp twin as a range extender. It does this by ...

one version of the i3 was equipped with a combustion-powered range extender. In the absence of a suitable unit in their car ...

Has BMW, the maker of the ultimate (electric) driving machines decided to follow Chevrolet’s example? Word from Munich today is that BMW’s head of electrical components, Dr. Christian Schmidt ...

good for 153 miles of EV range and up to 200 total miles if you had a topped off range extender. The BMW i3 is relatively affordable as used EVs go. Early 2014-16 models with the 18.2-kWh pack ...

the BMW i3 is an electric car with a pure electric range of 125 miles. It’s competes with smallish city cars like the Renault Zoe and Nissan Leaf. We actually test drove the Range Extender model ...

The BMW i3 is part of ... With the optional range extender equipped, the system offers functionality similar to other hybrid cars on the market such as the Chevrolet Volt- the i3 uses its range ...

Since we tested it, the i3 has gotten a larger 42 kWh battery, noted as 120 Ah. BMW claims the electric range exceeds 150 miles. The optional two-cylinder gasoline range extender (REx) acts as an ...

The BMW i3 debuted on the market in late 2013, one of the brand’s first electric cars. Also available with an optional range-extending engine, early models featured a 60 Ah battery providing up ...

Hence the BMW i3 weighs just 1320kg in standard form ... such is the seamless acceleration always on tap. The range extender engine adds 120kg to the i3 and the rear wheels are a little wider ...

The BMW i3 is part of ... its range extending gasoline engine exclusively as a generator and the drive wheels remain powered only by electricity. The i3 starts at under $42,000, while versions ...