The BMW i3 will be officially unveiled next week, but official images of the production electric car have been leaked ahead of its world debut. Technical details of the EV were released earlier this month, before official prices for USA and Germany were revealed and a Singaporean BMW i dealer appointed.
We've already seen the i3 with very little disguise on, but this set of pics shows us the car's dashboard for the first time. It is light coloured, minimalistic in design, and unlike any other BMW cockpit in production. Munich has done away with conventional dials in favour of a digital screen behind the two-spoke steering wheel. There's also a big steering column mounted gear lever.
Designed with a unique LifeDrive architecture, the i3's main body (Life Module) is made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic that is not only very light but tougher than steel. The aluminium chassis (Drive Module), meanwhile, has been devised specially to house the bulky battery to ensure better driving dynamics and overall balance.
Performance is good - the pure electric i3 does 0 to 100 km/h in just 7.2 seconds, while range is around 130 to 160 km. There's also a range extender version that adds a 650 cc two-cylinder petrol engine into the equation. We've already explained the production BMW i3 in detail, and you can read more here.
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