BMW i8 Concept Spyder with BMW eDrive makes world premier

The BMW i8 Concept Spyder is celebrating its world premiere at the Auto China 2012 in Beijing (23 April - 2 May 2012) and the rear-end of the car clearly bears the eDrive emblem for the new technology. In future, the designation eDrive will identify the drive technology for all electric and plug-in hybrid cars from BMW i. BMW eDrive comprises the components of the electric drivetrain: the electric motor developed in-house by BMW, the lithium-ion battery, and finally the intelligent motor management system.

This technology ensures that electromobility with BMW eDrive offers a unique experience. This is because the full torque of the electric motor is available from a standing start and the acceleration unfolds continuously in thoroughbred electric vehicles until the top speed is attained. Vehicles with BMW eDrive technology are therefore extremely agile and offer enormous driving pleasure. The lithium-ion battery cells and the intelligent motor management system also offer a substantial increase in range and power for the vehicle.

The future will see BMW eDrive technology empowering all electric drives - electric and plug-in vehicles from BMW i - giving them the capability for being particularly dynamic and smart.

Source [BMW]

 

that's really a cool looking car!

 

Danm shame we'll never see that version on the road.

 

Probably we'll see a roadster like this, don't worry.

 

interesting..

whats more annoying is all the car companies unveiling their cars in China. Remember when it used to be the US who got all the fun?

 

I would like to see that in the streets. But they will change the wheels to a cheaper ones and the windscreen and we will have another car like the rest.

 

i hope they make this one day. the one thing bmw don't have is a supercar/exotic. i would be very happy if this is what they offered.

 

that's sexy

 

Awesome!!

 

Meh, don't kill me. but I want to see this slightly stretched with less goofier wheels and to be called an 8-series