Quote:
Originally Posted by BigT
Latest statements and Vision M Next concept car show this will be not the case. The M brand will be the M brand and the i brand something else that you probably don't want.
Development Chief Fröhlich sees PHEV as the next step for M cars.
And latest research analysis of the Fraunhofner Institut (something like the German MIT) shows battery vehicles only up to 50kWh useful in terms of efficiency (weight) and production emissions. BEV is best for city and suburban cars but for long range fuel cell (H2) is the future and PHEV more reasonable in the meantime. Allows also a much smoother industrial transition. It's simply yet impossible to build huge batteries for every car of the world. Li-Io isn't the right stuff for that.
|
well i hope they dont lose touch with the enthusiasts. There's a new generations of ev enthusiasts coming of age in terms of income. Hopefully they make moves to include them or their customer base will start dying off like cadillic, buick and jaguar.