BMW says goodbye to its electric car pioneer - other model will soon be fully electric

Created: 07/01/2022, 10:08 am

By: Omer Kayali

The BMW i3 is said goodbye with a special edition and will soon no longer be produced.

BMW plans to produce a new electric car at the Leipzig plant.

More and more electric cars are bustling on the roads.

While most automakers are launching new models, others are saying goodbye to their first all-electric series.

This is also the case with the BMW i3 this year.

The i3 was the first model from the Bavarian automobile manufacturer, which went into series production in 2013.

A total of 250,000 copies were made.

After around ten years, BMW is now saying goodbye to its electric pioneer with a special series.

Since then, many other i-series models have been launched, including the i4, i7, iX or iX3.

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With the production of ten copies of the

, BMW's i3 has finally reached the end of its career.

The 250,000 units of the small car that have been produced since 2013 are now joined by a handful of special models, which are characterized by 20-inch wheels, electric glass sunroofs, adaptive LED headlights and extensive comfort equipment with leather and contemporary infotainment technology.

The customers of the Homerun Edition were allowed to be present during the production of their cars at the Leipzig plant.

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With the end of production of the i3, an era at the

also ends .

In the future, among other things, the new generation of the Mini Countryman is to roll off the assembly line there, which will also come onto the market in a purely electrically powered version next year.

The company has not yet given any further details about the new electric mini.