i3 is a wide car - with tad over 2m width, It's 10cm wider than X5 or series 7!

As a proper BMW it has rear wheel drive and a front kidney grille. Body is mainly plastic strengthened with carbon fibres, and a lot of aluminium, which have increased body production price 25 times ($20 instead of .80c per kg). Lighter body compensates for extra weight caused by batteries, so a car weighs less than 1250kg.

Synchronious 170bhp electroengine speeds to 60mph in 7,9s, with maximum speed of 100mph. Drive autonomy is between 80 and 93 miles. Maximum recharge time is 6h, but batteries can be charged to 80% capacity in less than an hour. It's packed with gadgets meant for city use, such a warning sygnal for pedestrians, and crash prevention system which works for all drive speeds.