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Beamer-Badged Tricycles

The BMW i1 Lets You Three-Wheel in Style

— July 28, 2011 — Autos
The BMW i1 is a concept tricycle designed by Amadou Ba Ndiaye that looks nothing like any car, bike or scooter currently made by the company. The BMW i1 is designed to be a safer alternative to a bike and funner alternative to a car, and is powered by three independent electric motors mounted in each wheel.

While the BMW i1 may not look like anything created by the German car company before, it does have the same look and feel as the Vision Efficient Dynamics, BMW's newest conceptual electric car that can be seen in the upcoming Mission Impossible 4. That car was deemed "crazy" and "ahead of its time" (at least by me), yet it is headed into production, albeit in the year 2013 and under a different name. While I am ready to crown the BMW i1 the new Vision Efficient Dynamics, I will say that anything is possible, including BMW making an all-electric single-seat tricycle.
Trend Themes
1. Safer Alternative Transportation - The BMW i1 offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for companies to explore and create safer alternatives to traditional bikes.
2. Electric Tricycles - The BMW i1 presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the electric vehicle industry to explore creating and marketing more three-wheeled electric vehicles.
3. Futuristic Transportation Design - The BMW i1 sets a new standard for futuristic, eco-friendly transportation design, introducing a disruptive innovation opportunity for other companies and industries to explore new designs that balance practicality and style.
Industry Implications
1. Automotive Industry - The BMW i1 tricycle is a disruptive innovation opportunity for the automotive industry to study and adopt new technologies and explore creative transportation solutions.
2. Electric Vehicle Industry - The BMW i1 is a disruptive innovation opportunity for the electric vehicle industry to explore creating and marketing more eco-friendly three-wheeled vehicles.
3. Bicycle Industry - The BMW i1 offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for the bicycle industry to explore creating and marketing safer tricycles that balance practicality and style.
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