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The 2022 BMW i4 and M50 sports saloons may look quite a lot like their combustion-engine 3 Series equivalents, but the model was based from the outset on a new vehicle architecture created by the Bavarian carmaker to use only electric drive systems. WORDS TONY WHITNEY PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF BMW
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t makes all the sense in the world for BMW to build an electric car related to the near-legendary 3 Series sports saloon range. The 3 Series has built an amazing reputation over the decades and has long been a benchmark for rival makers of responsive, taut-handling premium saloons. Many competitors have even picked up on the number three as
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a model designation, right down to Tesla with its Model 3 EV BMW’s EV experience goes back further than most people realise and history records that an electric 1600 was used at the Munich Olympics in 1972 to lead a field of long-distance runners who would not have appreciated the emissions from a conventional vehicle. This was, of course,
