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...Vietnam is rapidly becoming the land of Vin-everything....
...Citi estimates that BMW derived 41 per cent of its 2014 after-tax profits in China, an economy set to decelerate....
...Some manufacturers have released fully electric models, such as the BMW i3. This year Hyundai began offering its Ioniq model in different fuel formats....
...DriveNow, a “free-floating” scheme that allows drivers to move between any parking space within four London boroughs, has its own fleet of 50 fully electric i3 cars as well as 240 Minis and BMW 1 Series....
...BMW sold 17,800 i-vehicles in 2014 — a fraction of the group total....
...With his Apple Watch on wrist, he apologises for being “a bit of a technology nut” and excitedly tells me about the electric BMW i3 that is parked outside....
...Finally, the DriveNow “free floating” system allows users to pick up a car — a 1-Series BMW, a Mini or an electric i3 — wherever they can find one and drop it off in any parking space, whether residential...
...Toyota’s hydrogen fuel-cell based Mirai car and Hyundai’s ix35 are vying with electric vehicles such as the Tesla Model S and BMW i3 to displace diesel and petrol combustion engines — in moves aimed at making...
...Although the new i3 electric compact and i8 plug-in hybrid sports car have enjoyed rave reviews, their combined 15,000 sales in the first 11 months of 2014 are but a tiny fraction of the 1.9m cars BMW sold...
...Car analysts also point to sales of BMW’s i3 electric vehicle, which was launched in the US in April. LMC Automotive says it sold more 9,600 vehicles in 2014, up from 505 last year....
...BMW said it had sold more than 2,000 BMW i3 electric compact vehicles during the first quarter....
...This month it will launch the i3 urban compact, a carbon-fibre electric vehicle, which will be followed by the sporty i8 plug-in hybrid....
...But it is unquestionably a BMW.”...
...The Big Three of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz will together take the wraps off at least 14 new cars, including the full debut of BMW’s much-hyped entry into the electric car market with its i3 and i8 models...
...BMW is set to launch 25 new models in 2013 and 2014, including the electric, carbon-fibre i3 compact urban vehicle which BMW hopes will help its vehicle range meet tough new European Union vehicle emission...
...Germany’s BMW remains committed to bringing its battery-powered i3 city car to market next year, and the new Model S luxury sedan from Tesla, the US EV specialist, was named car of the year by Motor Trend...
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