The Head of BMW i8 project left BMW because BMW did not persue the electric car. Timing was not right then. Carsten Breitfield then move to China and co-found Byton, China EV. He say China was ao serious on EV and thats why he move to China. Now BMW i have been restarted again but he was the few key person that start BMW i technology. Then now he is in Faraday Future.