Build Your BMW i3: The Configurer With Pricing is Now Live

Once the US i3 options pricing specs were public it was just a matter of time before the i3 configurer would be live. It's now up and you can design your own i3, add and remove options and see how it looks with different color and wheel combinations. The range extender isn't an add on option though, instead it's treated as if it is a different vehicle entirely even though everything else is the same as the BEV i3 (with the exception of the rear wheel size if you get the standard style 427 wheels).

I'm happy to report BMW didn't do what some other EV manufacturers did and build the $7,500 Federal Tax Rebate directly into the price. They clearly show the "Total MSRP as Built" and then have a line that says "Estimate" to indicate that you may be eligible for the tax credit and also offers a line to see if your particular state has additional incentives. Additionally there is a Gas Savings calculator to estimate how much you can potentially save in gas but that's very difficult to say without knowing what car you are displacing, how much you pay for electricity, if you have solar, etc.

Want to see what your custom designed i3 will cost? Here are the links to the site:

Configure an i3 with Range Extender

Configure a BEV i3

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BMW i3 Countdown Has Begun

The BMW i website was recently updated with a countdown to July 29th at 8:30am. That's when BMW will formally introduce the production version of the i3. Once you click on this lead page, you enter the regular BMW i website which doesn't seem to have had any other new updates. You can jump directly to the site by clicking on the BMW i logo on the right side banner of this blog.

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BMW Website now has i3 Information

BMW now has an i3 section on their website. While it doesn't have any new information that hasn't been available here and on the internet for a while now, at least they have begun to post information about it. While it's still over two years away from production, there are a lot of people following it and waiting for every bit of information as it's released.

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