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Would you be willing to buy a BMW that gets up to 81 miles on a single charge, has a 170 horsepower motor, and costs a mere $41,350, not including the inevitable options?<\/p>\n

\"And<\/a>
BMW i3, an all-electric BMW that has 0 CO2 emissions, 0-100 kph in 7.2 seconds, and all the space and comfort you’ve come to expect in a car that is not very large at all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The all-electric design pretty much dictates that you have a garage for charging, and you probably wouldn’t want this if you lived in the rural portions of the Western United States.<\/p>\n

But those are just the drawbacks. On the bright side, it spews out zero toxins, is sized for practicality, and you can get two of them for the price of a Tesla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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