i8 is a gasoline-electric hybrid. Its gasoline engine part is represented polutralitrovym with direct fuel injection - similar to the MINI is set in 2012. Power to 223 hp, and torque - 300 Nm. Electrical part installation - a 131 hp motor and 250 Nm. The originality of the layout is that the gasoline engine at the rear and rotates the rear wheels, and electric - front and drives the front. In this case both sides of the unit have their own transmissions - rear automatic double-clutch, and the front - a two-step. The system is configured so that the hybrid's electric start and front drive, and to further expedite the gasoline engine is connected. On the "clean electricity" machine can travel 35 kilometers.
Dynamic characteristics of a hybrid - 4.6 seconds up to a hundred and four seconds from 80 to 120 km / h Maximum speed - 250 km / h At the same time fuel consumption of just 2.7 liters of a hybrid in a hundred ... Appearance of the future BMW i8 can be estimated from the conceptual Vision EfficientDynamics.
