First released in 2013, the i3 marked BMW‘s initial foray into the realm of mainstream electric vehicles. Primarily designed as a city car rather than a long-distance traveler, it wrapped up its U.S.

The BMW i3 isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Better yet, the automaker has some sort of battery upgrade prepared for its small electric car. "The car is already an icon today. Which car can claim ...

The BMW i3, which always seems to be on the precipice of discontinuation, is slated for yet another battery upgrade—even in the middle of re-positioning its electrical models as more ...

First, there was the Powerwall, the wall-mounted battery from Tesla Motors designed to store electricity generated by solar panels and help consumers escape the grid. Sensing the start of a trend, ...

The BMW i3 will get a new battery option from July, which the carmaker claims extends the official range of the five-door electric hatchback from 159.32km to 313.82km, an increase of almost 50 percent ...

BMW is quite happy with i3 battery pack durability and announced that the newly sold i3 in Europe are now covered with an extended battery warranty to 8 years and/or 160,000 kilometres (100,000 miles) ...

BMW will keep on building the i3 until 2024, a company spokesman has told German newspaper Leipziger Volkszeitung. While the i3 was BMW’s first serious foray into the world of electric vehicles (and ...

A Chinese company is selling upgraded battery modules for the aging BMW i3. The company claims its energy-dense pack can double its original driving range. The BMW i3 is a great little electric car, ...

BMW will provide whole house battery backup power by making use of used "second life" batteries pulled from older BMW i3 electric vehicles, either the 22-kWh battery packs or the 33-kWh newer battery ...

An electric vehicle employs wireless communication to relay performance feedback on individual battery cells to a host processor, replacing hard-wiring previously used for the same purpose. Electric ...