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BMW i features i8 Concept Roadster and BMW i3 at Manhattan stop on “Born Electric” World Tour

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The i3 and i8 will become the first purpose-built electric and hybrid-electric production vehicles to be made primarily from carbon fiber when they come to market in 2013 and 2014 respectively. The eDrive system for the battery-electric i3 features an electric motor that develops 125 kW/170 hp with peak torque of 250 N·m.

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New EV Prototype Leaves Range Anxiety in the Dust

Cars That Think

Developed in just 18 months, the rear-drive Vision EQXX is powered by a single radial flux electric motor—developed entirely in-house—fed by a battery pack with just under 100 kilowatt-hours of usable energy. Defying today’s EV norms, the battery and motor are entirely air cooled. The Benz sipped electrons at 8.7

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