iX3

As BMW begins to roll out more electrified models as part of an ambitious electric strategy, it is also now preparing to say goodbye to one that helped start it all – the BMW i8. The i8 plug-in hybrid electric sports car premiered at the German International motor show in 2013 alongside the i3 as an exercise in design and function, in many ways blazing the trail for future electric models that would wear the BMW roundel.

BMW has revealed drivetrain details about its upcoming iX3 crossover, i4 sedan, and iNext crossover, as it prepares its full-scale onslaught on the electric vehicle market. All are said to use a variation on BMW's fifth-generation electric drivetrain technology. The i4 "four-door coupe" will have a driving range of over 600 kilometres under the more difficult WLTP test cycle.