BMW is revolutionizing the way it builds its cars in an effort to converge with increasing environmental consciousness as well as ever-tightening emissions regulations coming into action across the globe.
We’ve already started to see this with its range of fuel-saving EfficientDynamics technologies but going into the future we’ll be seeing cars like we’ve never seen before.
The first of this new wave of environmentally-friendly cars will be the i3 and i8 coming onto the market next year.
Rather than using conventional metals for the construction of their main structures, chassis, and body panels, these two models will rely mostly on lightweight carbon fiber.
According to BMW’s R&D chief Klaus Draeger, we’ll soon be seeing more carbon fiber construction in mainstream models starting with the next-generation 7-Series flagship sedan due out around 2015.
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