The BMW i8, first introduced as the BMW Concept Vision Efficient Dynamics, is a plug-in hybrid sports car developed by BMW. The 2015 model year BMW i8 has a 7.1 kWh lithium-ion battery pack that delivers an all-electric range of 37 km (23 mi) under the New European Driving Cycle. Read more...

The i8 is part of BMW’s "Project i" and it is being marketed as a new brand, BMW i, sold separately from BMW or Mini. The BMW i3, launched for retail customers in Europe in the fourth quarter of 2013, was the first model of the i brand available in the market. Read more...

With swan-wing doors, a shark-nose front end, and a supercar stance, the i8 plug-in hybrid is BMW’s most revolutionary car in decades. The interior seats four in trappings worthy of an Ian Schrager hotel. A turbocharged three-cylinder engine/electric motor duo with a combined 357 hp delivers M3-like acceleration, a 155-mph top speed, and Prius-like efficiency.

We’ve known for quite some time that pricing for BMW’s supercalifuturetastic 2014 i8 would start at $136,650, but now BMW has released complete pricing for the superhybrid, including color choices and options. Read more...

BMW has clustered what few extras the i8 does offer into just three packages: “Giga World”, which adds LED headlamps and a choice of specific colors for the interior leather for $2000; “Tera World,” which also gets the LED lights as well as its own leather/cloth interior treatment, plus blue seatbelts, for $3000; and “Pure Impulse World,” which adds a dark-gray headliner, unique upholstery, and the blue seatbelts and the LED lights from the other packages for a purely impulsive $10,800.

To achieve the i8’s targeted 22-mile electric-driving range, BMW assembles 96 Samsung-supplied prismatic lithium-ion battery cells into a 57.5 x 14.4 x 13.0-inch die-cast aluminum box. Read more...