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Are there any new cars electric drive with petrol to charge the battery like the Vauxhall Ampera?
We’re seeing more hybrid and pure electric cars but very few electric range extender cars (e.g. BMW i3 REx). Why do we not see more of these? Your normal day to day mileage or even long motorway trip...
I have read about this new technique for combining a petrol engine with electric drive. Is it coming to the UK?
I have an 18 month old BMW i3 with range extender. I am really surprised that BMW has dropped this option on the new i3 models. Do you know roughly what the split of i3 sales are between pure electric...
 

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