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  The   BMW i3   is set to end production in just six months time, after a run of nine years and around 250,000 units sold. In an interview with Autocar, a  BMW  spokesperson confirmed the final example of the compact electric five-door is due to roll off BMW’s production line in Leipzig, Germany in July ahead of a reorganisation of the manufacturing facility in preparation for a start of production for the upcoming third-generation  Mini Countryman  during the second half of 2022.   Previewed in concept car form in 2011 prior to a UK launch in 2013, the i3 was the first BMW model to offer a pure-electric driveline, preceding the larger, Chinese-produced  BMW iX3  introduced in 2021. The quirky hatchback, with its rear-hinged rear doors and expensive carbonfibre construction, will be indirectly replaced in the line-up by the BMW iX1, an electric version of the third-generation BMW  BMW X1 . The five-seat crossover, se...