BMW i3 'can be upgraded'
BMW i3 buyers could be offered a future upgrade in battery technology - and the opportunity to use the electric vehicle's current power storage to speed up charging times, according to a senior source.
The all-electric i3, which is due on sale at the end of July, uses a lithium-ion battery pack mounted in the base of its bespoke aluminium chassis. It has a range of between 80 and 100 miles, and takes anywhere from four hours to 10 hours for a full charge, depending on the system in place.
However, a senior project source has told What Car? that the car will be upgradeable to the next generation of batteries - and that BMW is already making plans for the existing units to be used elsewhere. -