Sentences with phrase «i8 safety car»
The facelift version of the S - Class hybrid will feature Qualcomm's wireless electric vehicle charging technology (WEVC), inspired by the Formula E system used on the BMW i8 Safety Car.
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In the lead than: The BMW i8 Safety Car.
It's the use of the latest system's «double - D» coiling that's enabled Qualcomm to more than double its efficiency, enabling it to charge the i8 Safety Car's 10kWh battery to 80 per cent in around 1 - hour.
BMW has also been an important part of Formula E, partnering with Andretti on its current race car in addition to being the official vehicle partner of Formula E, providing us with the gorgeous BMW i8 safety car and i3 medical and course car.
Not exact matches
A late safety car with two laps to go brought the ePrix to a rather frustrating finish, with the BMW i8 peeling off into the pits at the end of the final tour — meaning the finishing order was locked in.
Whereas most carbon - fiber car parts are laid by hand into large, complicated molds, the i8's safety cage bonds together many smaller panels.
There's even scope for a more powerful 22kW charger to be fitted to the next Formula E safety car - Qualcomm says a 22kW charger could fill an i8's empty battery in as little 15 minutes, and perhaps more impressively, it could even fill the much larger battery of the all - electric i3 in less than an hour.
But unlike the company's purely fossil fueled performance cars — M4, M5 et al — which could speed well past 156 miles per hour were they not electronically limited, the i8 would struggle to go faster even if the safety nanny was removed.
Its design signals lightness, safety, efficiency and pure driving pleasure — stand - out qualities that the BMW i8 plug - in hybrid sports car shares with the BMW i3, its pure - electric sibling conceived for agile and comfortable urban driving.
Get all the information about the performance prototyp of the new BMW i8 as Official FIA Formula E Qualcomm Safety Car.
BMW's hybrid i8 supercar has served as the Formula E safety car since the first season, and its electric i3 is also the series» medical car.