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The i8 is an electric supercar and BMW i's second model and was first unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.
The electric car is powered by a 170hp electric motor with a turbocharged 1.5l three-cylinder engine that produces an additional 223hp. Total power works out to 393hp and 406lb-ft of torque in a car that weighs 1450kg. The layout of the powertrain allows the car to have full torque vectoring all-wheel drive that can channel power entirely to the front, rear or any balance in between. That allows the i8 to accelerate to 60mph in 4.9 seconds with a top speed of 156mph.
The production version of the i8 was presented at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Since its first steps on vehicle building, BMW has committed itself to advanced technology and constant improvement. The Germany-based pioneers were the experienced aviator Gustav Otto and the owner of Rapp Motorenwerke (an aircraft engine factory), Karl Rapp. These men combined efforts in order to start a real aircraft industry, placed in Munich, which would serve the German military during the First World War by providing them the airplanes. So, in 1913,... more