PENINSULA SHANGHAI HOTEL ADDS BMW I8 TO FLEET

The luxurious Peninsula Shanghai hotel has just added an expensive BMW i8 to its fleet, thus becoming the first five-star hotel in the world to do so. While a restored 1934 Rolls Royce Phantom remains to be the star of Peninsula Shanghai's collection of cars. The Peninsula Shanghai already features a selection of public charging stations for local residents to use and on the back of the hotel's continuing support for electric and hybrid cars, BMW provided the i8 to the hotel free of charge.

The German automaker also handed over a BMW i3 to the Kempinski Hotel Beijing last year. BMW is promoting the construction of public charging networks in China by collaborating with major Chinese state and local enterprises such as the State Grid, Shanghai Electric Power, Expo Shanghai Group, Vanke Group and Swire Group.