BMW launches new iX3, brings electric back into range of core brands
BMW launches the iX3 - bringing electric to its core models for the first time - which will be available in Australia by mid 2021.
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Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.
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BMW winds up i8 plug-in hybrid sports car production
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