Ed Wallace: BMW i8 Hybrid Electric FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Good Day Published September 8, 2017 9:58 AM CDT Share Copy Link Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Published September 8, 2017 9:58 AM CDT Car critic Ed Wallace reviews the 2017 BMW i8 Hybrid Electric. It can go 15 miles on just one battery and then it's a hybrid system with 357 combined horsepower. But that's not the selling point. The design is the selling point.