BMW Delivers First i8 Plug-In Hybrids to German Customers, Beats Audi in Laser Light Race
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BMW Delivers First i8 Plug-In Hybrids to German Customers, Beats Audi in Laser Light Race



The first BMW i8s were handed over to customers last Thursday during a ceremony held at the BMW Welt in Munich. The first eight owners from Germany were presented with the keys to their new cars by Roland Krüger, Head of Sales and Marketing Germany for the BMW Group, and Helmut Schramm, Head of Production Electric Vehicles at Plant Leipzig. Read more »




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