The first mass-produced electric vehicles from BMW’s “i” division will be shipped to dealers in China in 2014, BMW Group’s senior executives said at the Los Angeles auto show early this month.
The i3 battery-powered vehicle and i8 plug-in hybrid sports car will be sold in BMW’s “5S” dealerships in China, its top outlets that have added “sustainability” to the standard 4S functions of sales, spare parts, service and surveys.
BMW has seven such dealerships in several Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenzhen and Chengdu.
BMW Group unveiled the “i” sub-brand last year at its global headquarters in Munich.
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