Review BMW i8 2015 secure prestigious category as The World Green Car
The auto corporation has performed a great about-face in less than a decade, moving its target from gas-guzzling SUVs to fuel-sipping hybrids and gas-free electric vehicles. That has made earning awards like the World Green Car of the Year far more essential, and this time around the winner is the BMW i8, turning it into the second consecutive win for BMW in this specific important category.
The BMW i8 was picked from an initial entry list of 10 latest global vehicles, then a short number of three finalists that put the winning BMW i8 as well as the Mercedes-Benz S 500 Plug-In Hybrid and the Volkswagen Golf GTE were all the way to World Green Car being unveiled in New York.
The i8 is a plug-in hybrid. When you charge it, it could go 15 miles on battery power before the engine would need to support. Over normal driving mileage, the EPA indicates the average American can get the equivalent of 76 mpg, if they drive it sedately. That’s precisely how it moves in all-electric mode, each time it operates as a front-wheel-drive car with an economical 129 hp and 184 lb-ft of torque. Top speed for zero-emissions propulsion is 75 mph, and it takes its sweet, silent time getting there.
Between the front wheels there’s a 96-kilowatt electric motor--the equivalent of 131 horsepower. It delivers power to the front wheels with a two-speed transmission. In the back, there’s a turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder gasoline engine providing 231-horsepower. That power goes to the rear wheels with a six-speed automatic transmission.
Have the BMW i8 into Comfort mode, and the i8 serves like a hybrid, mixing gas and electric power as required. Go faster than 40 mph, and it transfers power to each and every wheel, for all-wheel drive.
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