BMW i3 police car caught on fire in Rome [Video]

As we discussed before, electric car fires are fairly rare and nothing points to them being more frequent than in gas-powered vehicles, but this instance is particularly unusual because it actually occurred in a BMW i3 owned and operated by the Italian state police in Rome.
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LAPD is going electric with 100 new all-electric BMW i3 vehicles

Last year, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a commitment to convert the city’s vehicle fleet to electric vehicles. He announced that several of the city’s department will lease or acquire hundreds of all-electric (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) vehicles with a significant number going to the police department (LAPD).
Today we learn that BMW won its bid on an LAPD contract to supply 100 all-electric BMW i3 vehicles.
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