BMW 5 Series PHEV to get wireless charging
- 15 May 2017
BMW will introduce wireless charging as an option for the 5 Series plug-in hybrid next year.
BMW will introduce wireless charging as an option for the 5 Series plug-in hybrid next year.
BMW has teamed up with the National Park Foundation, National Park Service (NPS) and Department of Energy to enable electric vehicle usage in America’s National Parks.
Defying that idea that electrification is mainly a technology for small cars, BMW’s first plug-in hybrid 7 Series perhaps makes a better case for itself than some of the brand’s similarly-powered compact
The all-to-common problem with plug-in hybrids is the cost of the technology means it’s fitted to large vehicles with usage that often doesn’t suit short EV ranges and the thirsty petrol engines
Having shown what it’s capable of with the futuristic i3 and i8, the iPerformance line-up is where BMW’s plug-in technology competes for the mainstream. Particularly the plug-in hybrid 330e, which combines the
The new BMW 5 Series will be available as a plug-in hybrid from next March, offering CO2 emissions of 49g/km.
Despite its futuristic styling, the BMW i3 was a big step towards normalising electric vehicle ownership when it launched three years ago. Not only was the ‘megacity car’ a clever product –
The London Metropolitan Police has begun a trial of a range-extended BMW i3 as a patrol car, with the aim of evaluating how electric vehicles could perform in a live operational environment.
BMW has unveiled a 39g/km plug-in hybrid X1 which uses a drivetrain derived from the i8 supercar.
The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid supercar will re-launch on the 8th September as the Karma Revero, four years after its original production run ceased, its new owners have announced.