BMW has revealed that it would release a new series of electric vehicles in 2018, meaning it would get rid of its current BMW i3, and plug-in hybrid BMW i8. BMW’s Head of Electric Powertrain Stefan Juraschek revealed this recently, adding that the vehicles were “technology showcases” and could not expand into a family.

“These cars are very unique. These two cars were not [developed] as a family that we can expand in different [ways] or maybe five or 10 derivatives,” he said.

According to Juraschek, there might not be a next generation of the i3 and i8 – though it was being considered by the German automaker. This makes it look like it did not have a second generation of the BMW i3 in the works five years after the initial launch of the vehicle.