Unlike all other electric cars in the segment, the BMW i3 is built on a unique platform. It consists of an aluminium chassis and a carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) body, bonded together.

The latest pair, however, produced by design company Garage Italia Customs, could be some of the maddest yet. The cars in question are both BMW i models - an i3 and an i8 - and under Garage Italia ...

BMW was one of the first car manufacturers to debut a mass-market EV, the i3, in 2013. Like every non-Tesla EV from that era, the i3 was a quirky, hatchback-type thing with a city car range.

The last i3 rolled off the factory line in Leipzig ... tracking down the latest news and writing reviews. Three car garage: a new BMW X3 or a used sports car, luxury saloon and EV for the same ...

BMW’s first mass-produced pure-EV may have arrived back in 2013 and while we know technology in the electric car market moves quickly, in many areas the i3 is still cutting-edge today.