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Production BMW i3 EV teased ahead of reveal

BMW are teasing the production version of the i3 with this silhouette We’re sure there will be a few surprises in store when BMW finally reveals the production version of the electric i3 at the end of July, but does it really warrant a tease? The small BMW i3 City Car has been around since BMW revealed it as a concept (and changed its name from Megacity Vehicle to i3) two years ago. And the production i3 will be revealed two years to the day from the arrival of the i3 concept, on 29th July.

Infiniti EV put on hold to concentrate on volume sales

An Infiniti EV based on the Nissan LEAF (previewed by the LE Concept above) have been put on hold Nissan’s luxury arm, Infiniti, is on a global push to try and make inroads in to the dominance of Lexus in the luxury Japanese car arena, and has ambitious plans to be selling 500,000 cars a year by 2017. But Infiniti sold only a third of that total in 2012, so any chance of hitting the lofty target of 500k cars in the next five years means they must concentrate on volume cars, not niche cars like a Nissan LEAF based EV. That means the LEAF-based Infiniti LE EV Concept we saw at the New York Auto Show in 2012 will stay as a concept for the foreseeable future as Infiniti boss, Johan de Nysschen, seeks volume cars that will push the brand forward and bring proper sales numbers.

BMW 5 Series GT – Leaked images ahead of launch

BMW 5 Series GT leaked official images ahead of the release on Sunday [ad#ad-1] As we’ve discussed countless times, Mercedes and Audi seem to be filling niches in the car market no one even realised existed. But BMW is playing catch-up quickly. Many would say that the X6, and in particular the BMW X6M, is a car that fills a niche that doesn’t exist – but we have another contender.