BMW Created the Most Efficient Electric Car In the US

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 1, 2014 @09:38AM from the turning-the-shaft dept.

cartechboy (2660665) writes "You think of efficient electric car and you probably think of the Tesla Model S, right? Well, you'd be wrong as the Model S is only rated at 89 MPGe. As of today, BMW now has the most efficient electric car sold in the U.S., the 2014 i3. The ratings were just posted to the Internet via a window sticker, and at 124 MPGe combined (138 MPGe city, 111 MPGe highway), the i3 is currently king of the efficiency race. The nearest competitor? The 2013 Scion iQ-EV with a 38 mile range and 121 MPGe rating, but it's not even available to the general public. Other competitors are mostly compliance cars such as the Chevrolet Spark EV and Fiat 500e. So where does that leave us? Well, BMW just won the race, for now. But how long until a competitor takes away that top spot?"

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Tesla still wins by blueturffan · 2014-05-01 09:43 · Score: 4, Funny

This BMW is ugly as sin and only has half the range.
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame
1. Re:Tesla still wins by tompaulco · 2014-05-01 11:25 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  This BMW is ugly as sin and only has half the range.
  Electric cars have to be ugly. If they looked like regular cars, then how would everyone else know how you are sacrificing yourself for the environment?
  
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Re:What is MPGe supposed to mean? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-05-01 10:09 · Score: 0, Funny

Learn to use Google or Bing, you dumb fuck.
Re:Thank you summary guy by aztracker1 · 2014-05-01 16:55 · Score: 5, Funny

That's why I drive a V8 Challenger R/T ... If I didn't do it, how could the Prius drivers feel good about saving the world?

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