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BMW i3 Range Extender engine adds 10% to the price

BMW i3 Range Extender engine adds 10% to the price The BMW i3 – BMW’s first foray in to a world of electric cars – was officially revealed in July – and due on sale in 2014 – and seems, by electric car standards, to be almost affordable. At a starting price of £30,680 – £25,680 after the taxpayer bribe for EV buyers – it’s no more expensive than other electric cars and does come with some clever technology – and the BMW badge – that will help it move out of showrooms. But as we reported as far back as 2011, the BMW i3 is to get a range-extender option – a small petrol engine that kicks in to recharge the batteries when they get low – which will make the i3 a much more practical proposition.

Electric cars enjoyed one of the best months of sales in June 2013

If you think you've been seeing more Teslas and Nissan Leafs on the streets, it's not your imagination -- there really are more of them on our roads. Just in the month of June of this year, almost 9,000 plug-in electric vehicles have been sold in the U.S. This adds to more than 110,000 plug-in electric vehicles that have been sold in this country in the last two and a half years, the Electrification Coalition reports.

2012 Porsche 911 Cabriolet: New video ahead of Detroit debut

New video of the 2012 Porsche 911 Cabrio ahead of Detroit debut Ahead of its official public debut at the Detroit Auto Show next week, We have new video of the 2012 Porsche 911 Cabriolet. We may have had the reveal of the 2012 Porsche 911 Cabriolet (and the 911 S Cabriolet too) back in November, but the 911 Cabriolet is only due to get its public debut at the Detroit Auto Show next week. Which explains why Porsche has chosen to deliver a new video of the 911 Cabrio now.