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      05-13-2016, 08:40 AM   #46
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Originally Posted by N & M View Post
Nothing worse than pioneering an idea to lose momentum behind it and see your initiative be stolen by others.
Alas, this doesn't apply to anything BMW has produced since mid-80s...
Even i-cars were a late tepid response to Tesla, yet not daring to directly compete with Model S...

They still make good enough cars for us to buy, but these days, so do plenty of other sub-brands (AMG, S's, Jag Type-R, Lexus, ATS, etc).

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Originally Posted by X3paul View Post
I will keep my i3 (2017 september delivery in Munchen hopefully) as a reminder of better days.
Nope - BMW "i" cars are not eligible for ED.
Germany, and much of Europe, lag pathetically behind in EV charging infrastructure. You wont make it very far from Munich in an EV.


Same will likely hold for iNext, or iWhenever, or iOopsTooLate...

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