Only according to handful of Tesla snobs. 4,500 BMW i3's to Tesla 14,000 S's or 7,600 X's. That's a great contribution. Leaf, i3, eGolf, Focus EV et al are all doing their part in converting to EV's, 72% of plug in's sold this year.
I believe the OP had attached two videos, and both of them showed a BMW 330e.
There have been 218 Units sold in the US so far this year.
And they start @ $45K.
And they travel 14 miles in electric mode.
>>>>This to me is a complete fail.
Why not get at least 23 miles like the i8? (another EV fail, but at least it is somewhat handsome).
Simply put: BMW is going in the wrong (EV) direction as far as range...
More like LACK of range.
Not to completely disparage the i3, but how many of them have the REX, and how many are fully BEV?
100% of Teslas are BEV.
80 miles of electric range for the i3 is okay (for city driving), but the car body has some eccentric characteristics.
e.g.: access to rear seating only if front door is opened first, lack of useable storage space.
Parts of the car on close inspection appear to be, well, -- unfinished and unresolved.
Yes, the goal is to have multiple offerings of viable and
handsome EVs from multiple suppliers and manufacturers.
The latest offering from BMW is odd, and the strategy of the ad to "avoid the wait" missed the mark.
And most people who I talk to agree, the i3 is an odd looking car.
Electric or otherwise.
Why BMW spent to much time, money and effort and the i3 is the BEST they could come up with as an EV?
They need to back to the drawing board with sharper pencils for their next EV "contribution".
smh