"More than 100 BMW i3’s leave the plant each day"

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BMW i vehicle production has been ramped up. <- encouraging

Guess this also could mean that, when combining it with Munro's assessment from the other week, the i3 is already (or about to) turn a profit. Who knows...

:?:

 

[nowtta60]

Flipping 'eck. That means they build 1 every 15 minutes. I can't even stick a lego set together in that time ;-)

What that means there's another potential 36,500 new i3 owners this year. If they sell them all that's up in Leaf territory for sales.

 

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Flipping 'eck. That means they build 1 every 15 minutes. I can't even stick a lego set together in that time ;-)

To qualify my statement: I guess Munro was talking about the material cost per i3 unit compared to the retail price, thereby obviously excluding (rather conveniently) the heavy investment BMW had to make into the production plants (estimated to be around €2 bn).

 

[DJCeeJay]

Good news. Unfortunately the BMW link does not work.

 

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Good news. Unfortunately the BMW link does not work.

I've just checked and the news item for December was moved into a different, 2015 folder, which can now be found here.

Thanks for pointing this out.

 

[websterize]

And BMW USA Chief Ludwig Willisch drives the i3. That can't hurt.