BMW has recorded rising sales of the latest version of its electric car, the i3, following the Berlin government's push to subsidise electric cars, weekly German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS) said.
Citing company sources, FAS said that orders for the new i3 with a longer range battery, for deliveries from mid-July onwards, had risen "many times over" levels following the introduction of the car's initial version in 2013.
Total orders for the new version had risen to 5,000 world-wide of which around 1,000 were placed in Germany, ahead of delivery. BMW said last month it was overhauling its research and development to focus on self-driving cars for the future.