BMW i5 electric wagon is a beauty, but it’s not US-bound

Safety experts: EVs are too heavy for US guardrails

2022 Rivian R1TEVs tend to weigh more than comparable internal-combustion models, which may require a rethink of highway guardrail designs, according to a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) study. For it, researchers conducted what they claim are the first-ever crash tests specifically looking at EVs and guardrails. The tests showed that guardrails...

BMW i5 electric wagon is a beauty, but it’s not US-bound

2025 BMW i5 TouringBMW is launching a wagon version of the all-electric i5—but it's not coming to the U.S. The BMW i5 Touring, as it's formally known, launches in Europe this May. Like the i5 sedan, it will be sold alongside internal-combustion BMW 5-Series models. But there are currently no plans to bring any of the 5-Series Touring models to the U.S. market...