{"id":272188,"date":"2016-11-27T16:42:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T16:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=272188"},"modified":"2016-11-27T16:42:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T16:42:21","slug":"bmw-to-offer-new-version-of-i3-electric-car-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/bmw-to-offer-new-version-of-i3-electric-car-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW to offer new version of i3 electric car in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
German luxury carmaker BMW plans to launch a new version of its i3 electric car next year with a longer range and revamped design, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported, citing company sources.<\/p>\n
BMW will rework the front and rear of the i3 and equip the car with a new battery to increase its range substantially beyond the current 300 km maximum, the paper said, adding that the increase would be below 50 percent.<\/p>\n
BMW has been torn about whether to accelerate development of new electric cars given its expensive early investment has only resulted in lackluster sales, with 25,000 i3s delivered last year.<\/p>\n
To help improve sales, BMW has already increased the battery range of its i3 city car by 50 percent this year.<\/p>\n
BMW was not immediately available for comment on the newspaper report.<\/p>\n
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Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
German luxury carmaker BMW plans to launch a new version of its i3 electric car next year with a longer range and revamped design, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported, citing company sources. BMW will rework the front and rear of the i3 and equip the car with a new battery to increase its range […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":272189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106],"tags":[13994,13995],"yoast_head":"\n