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Worldwide i3 Sales Exceed 10,000

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A photo from the BMW i3 Sales Start in November 2013. Pictured are the first group of people to take delivery of an i3 According to InsideEVs , worldwide i3 sales have passed the 10,000 unit mark, just shy of one year from the i3's European launch. It wasn't until May of this year that the i3 became available in the US, and after a couple months of relatively  slow sales, the i3 has had two consecutive months with sales greater then 1,000 units and October is expected to continue that trend. Inside EVs also states that BMW claims they are now selling about 3,000 i3s per month and if that is correct, and the trend continues, then the second year sales will see over 30,000 i3s hit the streets. That figure is pretty much what has been said to be BMW's target for annual i3 sales, and if they indeed hit it in the second year of production then that has to be considered a success. Me and my client adviser, Manny Antunes of JMK BMW. I took delivery of the first i3 REx in the US ba...

The First US i3 REx Delivery Goes To Me!

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My client adviser, Manny Antunes and I with my i3 This afternoon I took delivery of the first i3 REx in the US. BMW of North America was kind enough to arrange it so I'd have the very first one delivered in North America, and I would like to thank them for that. It's been a long, fantastic journey for me. Five years in BMW's e-mobility trial lease program and over 140,000 electric miles driven on my MINI-E and ActiveE has led up to me finally getting the first real production EV from BMW. This has been a long time coming and I'm very anxious to see how the i3 performs and report on it here and on other websites. I'm sure there will be things I feel need improvement, but I do expect to thoroughly enjoy the car for what it is. BMW NA CEO Ludwig Willisch handing me the keys to the first all electric BMW in company history.             January 13th, 2011 Manny Antunes, my client adviser at JMK BMW delivered the first i3 BEV in the ...