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Bmw Revamps "i" Electric Car Division To Focus On Self-Driving Tech


Ron Burgundy
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BMW's first all-electric car, i3, is unveiled at a ceremony in BeijingBy Edward Taylor and Irene Preisinger MUNICH (Reuters) - BMW has transformed its "i" division into a development center for self-driving cars, a board member told Reuters, a major strategic shift for the unit previously focused on making a family of lightweight electric vehicles. While Tesla's Model 3 will hit showrooms in 2017, and as rivals Porsche and Audi are working on all-electric cars for release by 2019, the German carmaker appears to have put such cars on the back burner. By contrast, Tesla has already received more than 370,000 orders for its Model 3.




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