Report: BMW i won't be limited to EVs; diesels, hybrids, motorcycles all possible

If you are still you try your ideas for how the new BMW i-brand fit with the company mantra ultimate driving machine work, Autocar can have the piece of the puzzle that he missed. According to reports, the German automaker is now planning to flesh out the young brand with a variety of alternative fuel vehicles.
Not everything under the banner i not be sailing on all electric power all the time. The news came courtesy of BMW marketing boss Ian Robertson, although he deeply into what other types of alternative fuels, we could see was out of the green arm of BMW.
Autocar also have some time with BMW R & D chief Klaus Draeger, the praise is not forthcoming i8 the same fuel-savvy diesel engine of the BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics concept said. Rather than the production version of the vehicle, a small gasoline engine on board to lead engaging in various markets (including the States would imagine we) all over the world.
There are not any details on exactly which machine their way into the new Green find supercar, we would think that would be the new BMW four-cylinder turbo engine to guess not bad. Also interesting are reports that BMW expand its new i sub-brand, its motorcycle division, possibly with a number of hybrid and / or electric two-and three-wheel scooters, motorcycles and trikes.

BMW's new eco sub-brand to be called "i"

We have for some time that BMW has been hard at work developing a series of high-tech green vehicles were known by the often mentioned mega-city runabout, a series version of its Vision EfficientDynamics eco supercar. But until now we did not know how to call the Bayern create this very different new models will now determined. BMW has just announced that its new sub-brand called "i" be the i-family house of the German automaker's vehicles and sustainable mobility solutions "when it arrives in 2013. The first two models are the still unpublished and i3 i8, otherwise like the Mega City and VED Series vehicles (both are in the illustration above teased) are known. While BMW is not saying where that is built i3, has confirmed that the smaller volume mounted i8 supercar in Leipzig.
In addition, the car manufacturer BMW i Ventures, an investment company in New York City with $ 100,000,000 has been established in support base. The company's goal is to promote "vehicle-independent services" - things such as Smartphone applications. BMW i venture has already begun setting out from other companies, including City My Way, a company whose self-titled Access includes details of public transport, parking and entertainment in over 40 cities in the U.S.
We can not help but note that in the attached press release (available after the jump), there is almost no discussion on the conservation of BMW call "fun-to-drive" and a leader in dynamics. (Sustainable vehicles and mobility solutions "is certainly not set terminology to the enthusiast's heart on fire.) That is, if production can keep i8 the promise of the Vision EfficientDynamics show car to drive conversation is almost certainly a part of the program for be the car, and hopefully the i3 a light and nimble little thing when it comes to the market.