I just love getting up close to luxury cars! Spinning them can be a mix of pure excitement and tough life. The BMW i8 and Tesla Model S are simply futuristic and a real game changer for the high-powered fleet.

<div class="m-ad m-ad__article-body"> Importantly, BMW&#8217;s system will work both with new batteries and also what it calls &#8220;2nd Life Batteries,&#8221; which are used packs from i3s that have outlived their usefulness on the road but still supply enough power to be used in a home.

Stevens Creek BMW has taken advantage of steadily increasing electric-car sales in California and opened the first BMW full-service standalone facility. Although the country has recently seen an increasing number of electric cars on their roads, they are still a rarity in most areas of North America, and the rest of the world.

Tech giant Samsung has made a huge move as it plunges itself in the midst of electronic vehicle technology by acquiring a battery pack factory. Its subsidiary Samsung SDI will now be given the responsibility of handling the battery manufacturing operations of Magna International, a Canadian-based auto supplier.

Ian Robertson, representative of BMW was quoted as saying that the era of electric vehicles is on our door step, as the auto industry is seeing an increasingly mainsteam uptake of the eco-friendly alternative.