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Re:BMW CEO to quit after carmaker loses early lead in electrics by dhruvrrp on Friday July 05, 2019 @05:28PM (#20366026)
They both are hybrids so don’t even fall under the same category as electric cars for most people.

The bmw website doesn’t even show options for 330e so that seems to be discontinued and for the 530e the electric range is 16 miles, so basically a luxury Prius.

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Re:BMW CEO to quit after carmaker loses early lead in electrics by rhizome on Friday July 05, 2019 @10:26PM (#20367359)
Not sure where the 330e went, but there's going to be a 2020 hybrid X1.
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Re:BMW CEO to quit after carmaker loses early lead in electrics by timthorn on Friday July 05, 2019 @05:51PM (#20366172)
I don't know where you're based, but I wonder if that's a US perspective? I've been driving a PHEV in the UK for 5 years, and perhaps 50% of my colleagues with EVs also have hybrids (including a couple with the 330e); I've never known anyone say they're not electric cars before.

The 330e is still available on the BMW UK website.

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