{"id":1240,"date":"2011-03-02T10:57:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T18:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2011-03-16T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T19:00:16","slug":"bmw-announces-new-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/bmw-announces-new-line\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW Announces New Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1carpictures.com_bmw_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1241\" title=\"bmw \" src=\"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1carpictures.com_bmw_logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1carpictures.com_bmw_logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1carpictures.com_bmw_logo-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1carpictures.com_bmw_logo-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1carpictures.com_bmw_logo-55x55.jpg 55w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>BMW has announced its plans to introduce a new sub-category line of cars  that are based on electric technology. The first two models, the BMW i3  and BMW i8, will be ready for sales in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The new BMW i brand is a direct response to consumers desiring hybrid  and electric cars. Formally referred to as the Megacity concept, these  new cars will feature new drive trains that utilize green technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The BMW i3 is a completely electric vehicle, geared toward the urban  consumer. The BMW i8 is a hybrid which combines the sporty style of a  BMW with the fuel efficiency of an economy car.<\/p>\n<p>Both cars will be constructed of lightweight materials, aluminum for the  chassis and a special plastic polymer for the compartment, enabling the  cars to attain better mileage.<\/p>\n<p>The BMW i series will be constructed in Leipzig, Germany and will  create at least 800 new jobs by 2013. BMW is investing 400 million Euros  into the plant and believes it can reduce production costs by using the  same electric components on both models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW has announced its plans to introduce a new sub-category line of cars that are based on electric technology. The first two models, the BMW i3 and BMW i8, will be ready for sales in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[712,711,710],"class_list":["post-1240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-news","tag-bmw-electric","tag-bmw-hybrid","tag-bmw-new-car"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1240"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}