Range-extenders (REX)
6 August 2014
A Range-extender (REX) is like having your electric cake and eating it. You should think of a Range-extender as an electric vehicle with the safety net of a small conventional
BMW spearheading a drive to make choosing their models easier
2 June 2014
BMW admits that the sheer choice of its range is confusing for SME and other business buyers. Matt Bristow, BMW’s new Operation Manager plans to change this
Alphabet wants more support for electric vehicles in the Budget
18 March 2014
WITH the Budget due tomorrow (19 March 2014) plenty of business motoring issues hang on what Chancellor Osborne announces. Among them are electric vehicle (EV) subsidies as the Office for Low
2014 will see SMEs turn to hybrids and electric cars
7 January 2014
Lloyds’ SME sustainability survey The Lloyds banking survey of SMEs and sustainability reported that the key benefits felt by SMEs engaging in sustainability were: 54% believed it reduced their costs
BMW i3 or Tesla S? Make your mind up Jonathan Money
10 December 2013
IT’S all very well for us hacks to be given fully-charged BMW i3s and taken out to Brands Hatch for a fiddle on the track, as I did on the
Top 5 low emissions company cars
25 November 2013
WANT to lower the CO2 emissions of your small fleet? But don’t want to wear a hair shirt? Then you’d be surprised how many different types of low emissions company
BMW i3 business car lease from £339 a month
12 November 2013
THE BMW i3 is available on a business car lease from £339 a month. The offer is through BMW’s Business Partnership, which is designed for small businesses and SME small
BMW i3 Range Extender car review – relax, you’ll get there
11 November 2013
Hot on the heels of our review of the BMW i3 comes the BMW i3 Range Extender. It’s still driven by an electric motor, but with your ‘range anxiety’ allayed.
BMW i3 v BMW M3 drag race
8 November 2013
THE UK launch of the BMW i3 – call it the German take on the electric car – saw groups of journalists driving out to ex-F1 circuit Brands Hatch in
BMW i3 car review – could this be the car to convince your business to go electric?
28 October 2013
Wonderfully stylish and wonderfully cheap to run. As long as you don’t want to run very far.
New AlphaElectric consultancy service takes the guess-work out of switching to electric cars
23 October 2013
HAVE you ever quietly fancied the lure of filling up on a three-pin plug rather than tipping greasy diesel down your car’s filler pipe? Wondered about the calming silence of
BMW’s electric i3 charges in
31 July 2013
BMW has been showing off the new electric i3 in production form for the first time. As well as its electric drivetrain, the BMW i3 embodies other important innovations such
BMW i3 to cost £369 a month on a personal lease
22 July 2013
THE all-electric BMW i3 lease cost will be £369 (inc VAT) on a personal car lease when it is launched in November 2013. BMW insiders had hinted it would be
BMW claims an electric car convert
2 July 2013
I HAD a chance to sample the BMW ActiveE while I was at the BMW Corporate BMW Group Corporate ‘Designed for Driving Pleasure’ event last week (see blog SMEs buy
Big roll-out as BMW electric i cars charge into the market
20 May 2013
BMW is gearing up for a big launch later this year for its new electric cars which will be marketed under the i brand. From the start, 46 UK
Biker power will extend BMW i3 electric range
23 April 2013
BMW has confirmed that its i3, electric city car will also be offered with a range extender when it goes on sale later this year in the UK, thus effectively
BMW’s electric revolution
22 April 2013
A SELECT few gathered in Leipzig last week to be ushered into the production facility for BMW’s new i-branded, electric car range, the city-focused i3 and the supercar i8. We
The challenges of choosing your company car in the future
13 November 2012
Blog: RALPH MORTON THE Increasing cost of fuel is massive challenge to businesses with company cars. Now there’s an opening statement by Caroline Watson, transport strategy manager at the Energy
BMW’s Olympic Pavilion showcases low-emission company cars
24 July 2012
Story: COLIN DAWSON BMW is expecting thousands of visitors to its Olympic Park Pavilion every day of the Games. The Pavilion will display a range of the latest BMW company
