It issued a brief statement on Wednesday, saying that the BMW i8 Roadster will arrive in 2018 "to unlock the door to a whole new dimension in pioneering open-top driving pleasure – virtually silent and with zero local emissions." The Munich car maker also spread the word across social media with postings in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
BMW also posted the preliminary energy consumption figures of the new i8 variant which it described as a plug-in hybrid BMW with an eDrive powertrain. The combined energy consumption is listed as 15.4 kWh/100 km; combined fuel consumption at 2.0l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions at 45 g/km.
The roadster is likely to get a new more powerful battery pack, which should give it a longer range. Rumours of a fully electric i8 has been floating around for some time but it remains unconfirmed until BMW says so.
BMW posted the first teaser photos of the roadster last month.
