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Review: 2024 BMW i5 electric sport sedan trounces gasoline sibling

Green Car Reports

Battery-electric 2024 BMW i5 models will make up roughly half the full range of the eighth-generation mid-size BMW 5-Series sport sedan that first debuted in 1972. As with its larger sibling, the BMW i7, the electric version—though all but identical on the outside—is clearly superior to its gasoline counterparts.

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Fiat 500e review, F-150 Lightning price cuts, BMW and Rimac: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Rimac is working on battery cells for future BMW EVs. The Fiat 500e is back, and we drove it in its element. And official Ford F-150 Lightning prices are heading back downward. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Fiat 500e review, F-150 Lightning price cuts, BMW and Rimac: Today’s Car News

Baua Electric

Rimac is working on battery cells for future BMW EVs. And Rimac announced that it will help BMW with next-gen EV batteries , as the company that started with a BMW EV conversions, and then a supercar maker, now also shifts roles to a high-tech supplier. The Fiat 500e is back, and we drove it in its element. Privacy Policy.

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BMW iX review, Tesla sales process, ICE retirement, Lightyear and Koenigsegg: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

And we warm up to the weirdness of the BMW iX. In a weeklong drive review of the BMW. Researchers suggest EV sales targets are an incomplete solution without retiring gas vehicles. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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2023 BMW i7 review: The flagship goes electric

EV Central

The flagship of a flagship, the i7 sits at the tippy top of the BMW 7 Series range (there’s also a petrol-powered mild-hybrid variant), combining all the luxe limousine trappings you expect with an all-electric powertrain for the first time. It’s the pinnacle of the BMW family , and it both looks and drives like it.

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BMW i5 review, Nio ET7 range, VW goes Tesla, Biden backs NACS: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

And how good is the electric version of BMW’s 5-Series? In a first drive of the BMW i5 EV, we found this electric sport sedan to be better all. The Biden administration backs NACS, and VW finally caves to the Tesla standard. Nio goes 650 miles on a charge to show off its semi-solid-state battery tech.

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Review: 2023 BMW i7 EV cribs gas 7-Series, emerges shockingly good

Green Car Reports

The 2023 BMW i7 is a revelation. The feat is even more remarkable because the i7 is an adaptation of the gasoline-powered 7 Series, BMW’s.

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