Tom Moloughney

If you listen to BMW marketing, they’ll have you convinced that the only place to really experience the full benefits of the i3 is to drive it in a city environment. Pretty much every description…

I have to say that overall I am very pleased with my i3. It’s living up to what I had hoped it would be, and after a month of ownership I’m convinced it was the…

When the EPA range and efficiency figures were announced couple months ago, the BMW i3 became the most efficient vehicle available in America. Here in the US, the EPA uses “MPGe” as its official efficiency…

This afternoon I took delivery of the first i3 REx in the US. BMW of North America was kind enough to arrange it so I’d have the very first one delivered in North America, and…

Many people considering a BMW i3 are a bit torn between the full electric version (BEV), and the range extended version (REx). What they may not know is their decision will indeed help BMW decide…

While Electric cars are currently more expensive than their conventionally-powered counterparts, the total cost of ownership over time can certainly be less, and in some cases much less.

BMW has been hosting i3 training events to get their client advisers up to speed and ready to sell the car. I’m very happy to hear they are doing this because I was really beginning…

This article first appeared on bmwi3blogspot. One of the more talked about features of the i3 is its tires. Not for decades has there been a car with such tall and narrow wheels and tires….

Tom Moloughney, one of the first electronauts in the U.S. and a huge advocate of electric mobility and BMW EVs, writes an article on the Euro NCAP Crash Tests results which awarded the BMW i3…

Now that BMW has finally answered the question people have been asking for over two years now since the Megacity vehicle was first announced, some may be wondering if this small “city car” is worth…