BMW i8 electric plug-in is 'supercar of the future'

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BMW AG’s rechargeable i8 sports car is entering a soon-to-be-crowded field of supercars with a hint of green. While they tap into Tesla Motors Inc.’s popularity, they’re for different buyers. “This is the supercar of the future: It has the driving performance of an M3, but gets more than 80 miles per gallon,” Ludwig Willisch, BMW’s North American chief executive officer, said Aug. 15 in an interview in Pebble Beach, Calif. BMW will show a production version of the plug-in hybrid BMW i8 coupe at the Frankfurt auto show next month that’s to go on sale in the U.S. in early 2014.