BMW i

Watch the BMW i3 get recycled

What happens to a BMW i3 at the end of it’s life? It gets recycled. Steffen Aumann, Head of the BMW Group Recycling and Dismantling Centre, says that they can achieve a recycling rate of 95% of a BMW i3. First, the pyrotechnics of the vehicle are neutralised. This means that components …

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BMW i3 Tear-Down Videos

Munro & Associates, an engineering firm that specializes in disassembling new cars and analyzing them through a reverse engineering process, released three new videos focusing on the i3’s carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) construction, lithium-ion battery pack, and interior construction. The video reveals that BMW has nailed the production process and …

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BMW i8 presented with the World Green Car Award.

Sports car with pathbreaking overall concept repeats the BMW i3’s success of the previous year. Munich/New York. For the second time in succession BMW i clinched victory at the World Car Awards in the category World Green Car. Following the success of the purely electrically driven BMW i3 the previous year, …

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