The BMW i3 electric car has been unveiled in Beijing, London and New York. It is a neat looking little car which is apparently set to go on sale in Canada in the first half of 2014 starting at $44,950. The CNET review on the left seems fairly impartial. The car is a bit pricey and is being sold with a lot of mumbo jumbo which make the company videos hard to take. One interesting feature referenced by a reviewer is the so-called “coach doors”. The company doesn’t mention these at all. It is a set of rear and front opening doors on each side. It seems as if the rear will not open without the front being opened first. That should save a lot of injuries. On the right, a video on the installation of a home charging station. We have no idea how easy it is to obtain or pay for such a device but we thought you would like to see it as a fulfillment, at least vicariously, of the electric car dream.
