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      01-26-2022, 03:25 PM   #113
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Originally Posted by wtwo3 View Post
Off-topic but sort of on topic....

Why did BMW call give their electric vehicles the "i" designation (i3/i4/iX).... why not e3/e4/eX)?
Its German nomenclature, you know they like to do things confusing rather than accurate

In all seriousness, I'm not sure why, but the original goal for BMW EV's was under what BMW had called "Project i" so they likely just took that further for vehicle models. Also they probably liked what Apple was doing maybe?
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