STYLE: ADELAIDE BMW
She’s electrifying WORDS Hayley Pearson PHOTOS Wayne Pearson The future is here!
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he’s unbelievably attractive, ridiculously smart, environmentally conscious, a real thrill, and super fun to be around. I am, of course, referring to the driving machine that is a completely electric car. Like something out of the Jetsons, Adelaide BMW’s iX, iX3 and i4 are here, and everyone’s flipping out! But what exactly is an electric car, and why are we all swooning? To be completely transparent, before we had the opportunity to pull up our driving gloves and test-drive one of Adelaide BMW's brand new electric models, we had no idea just how cool these driving machines were. It was like an out-of-body experience…
THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED AT ADELAIDE BMW, AND WE’RE SO EXCITED!
She’s quick and quiet
These beasts are FAST. Not that I would ever dare to go over the speed limit, but the idea of being able to go from zero to one hundred in 3.8 seconds is just insane! The speed is like nothing you’ve ever felt before in a car — it’s more like being on the Eurostar, one of Europe’s fastest speed trains, where you glide rather than drive. And as Björk famously said, “It’s, oh, so quiet”. Electric cars don’t have loud combustion engines, which makes for a very quiet driving experience.
She’s smart and safe
She’s like the dux of the school when it comes to smarts. Her gadgets are so cool that your inner child will be squealing with
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