BMW i Vision Circular

The all-new BMW i vision Circular is a fully-recyclable concept car for 2040 with a focus on how to reuse materials to create a product with as little carbon footprint as possible.

At its core, the BMW i Vision Circular is a four-meter long, four-seat electric vehicle with a small visual footprint but a capacious interior. However, it’s far cleverer than that. Every single material used on the i Vision Circular is either a secondary material — a material that’s already been used in another product’s life cycle — or one that’s sustainably sourced and recyclable.

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[Westenders.Russia]

The best what happened to the BMW design in recent years. There is no racing DNA in it but it still friendly and interesting

[siviter]

You have the brilliant i3 platform. Nearly ten years on it is still streets ahead of rivals. You should do a heavy refresh on it inspired by this.

[directlinelife]

Its good to have something different from time to time but as for the interior, all it gave me is a headache.

[AssassinCreep]

Beautiful car i would by it as is if: 1. Its affordable, most BMW's are not affordable for the average American
2. It got rear.range

[pierrearthur]

The i3 was a genuine engineer’s answer to the EV battery/autonomy vs. Weight/efficiency equation in 2006 when it’s genesis started. And yes a few compromises where made along the way (style, saftey belt mounted on rear door making it impossible to disembark a rear passenger without unbuckling and opening the front door to then be able to open thé rear one... Not a drama compared to all the great ideas (and yes that include the thin Wheels on 20 alloy to reduce drag whilst keeping same road contact surface)... you see an engineer answer not a marketing one that says big fat wheels are cool.
Then battery progresses where such one could pack a 100kW or more in a 2.5 ton monster and propell it in 3 sec to 60 mph... so we ditched all that foreward thinking and made again « what the market wants » aga SUV monsters big, heavy and with a poor
One lost track of the very reason WHY WE WENT ELECTRIC in the first place : reduce CO2 emission and make longer lasting safe and ultra efficient car. The i3 goes like a small race car yet I average 14kW/100km... There is no chance I average even 20kW/100km with an iX3 which is why I will never buy one.
I hope this vlogs reveals that there is a Gen 2 i3 on it’s way, that it keeps it’s CFRP body shell upon alu-framed drive module (antagonistic opening door would tend to suggest this). I see seat belt are integrated on front seat which solves biggest shortcoming of existing i3.
Get rid of that pointless LED& OLED light show and invest that money in rear doors you can open independently of front ones and in a 60kW battery pack and you’d have a winner for all people intended to buy a car with their head rather than their eyes and ego.... And no that is NOT to small a market....
I say this as the proud owner of an i3s... though an angry one because it has these beautiful (to the eye...market demand) 2 tones alloy wheels that now leave the rusty (cause never used) discs to see whilst the original alloy wheels on the 2011 i3 where almost closed to hide discs that engineers knew would hardly be used and rust !
This little detail to show the drama of concepts... once you bend their rules to adapt them to market demand you end up distorting them and creating problems !
Long live the genius that created the i3, may BMW bring a Gen II in due course, at whatever price. One think is sure...in view of the looming climate and resources issues, my money is on a i3 type car, not any of these new monsters à la Tesla model X or Mercedes EQS even if I can afford them !
With my sincerest thanks for having had the guts to do the right thing with the i3 and my friendly disapproval for just about any other car in the BMW range as it stands today,
Pierre

[pierrearthur]

Hi folks.... So this is a vision.... I just hope I am old enough to never see what it stands for become reality...
- a world where objects are humanised to the point of responding through their glow to a hand’s caressing them....how pointless is this;
- a world where design inspires itself through straight lines & sharp edges to oppose itself to nature which is made of harmonious curves and doesn’t now the straight line;
- a world where adults (supposedly the public for cars...) are childish and brainless to the point of having to be teased and impress by lightshows as exemplified by your « vision car »

[loveonearth]

It's sad to see BMW copying American car companies ...

[rosequartz]

It's hideous and the inside looks like an 80s drug lord's living room.