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BMW Megacity EV to Launch in 2013; MINI E and Concept ActiveE Fleet Trials in China

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The BMW Group will launch its Megacity Vehicle in 2013, said Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, on Thursday ahead of the Auto China 2010 show in Beijing. During the test phase some 50 MINI E cars are also being delivered to customers in China in 2010. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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BMW Brilliance Automotive presents prototype plug-in hybrid sedan based on 5 Series; targeted for China market in 2013

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BMW Group and its Chinese joint venture partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. Series production of the automobile is to start in China in 2013. The prototype plug-in is part of the BMW Group’s electromobility strategy for China. This also applies to field testing of the BMW ActiveE.

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BMW announces launch date of new electric car

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The announcement was made by Norbert Reithofer, the chairman of the board of management for BMW AG, ahead of the Auto China 2010 show in Beijing. The Megacity will be the first series production electric drive model on the market and is [.].

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

presence in the world’s two largest passenger car markets (China and the. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Yet in the United States and China, automakers’ caution, weak price. Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market?

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BMW ActiveE available for leasing in US in Fall 2011

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Beginning in 2011 in the US, Europe and China, a test fleet of more than 1,000 BMW ActiveE vehicles, produced at BMW’s Leipzig plant, will provide further insights into the everyday use of the vehicle. Unlike the MINI E, the BMW ActiveE features a distinctive “intermediate position” of the accelerator pedal, allowing the vehicle to “glide”.

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Goodbye GM, Hello Tianjin-Qingyuan Electric Vehicle Company?

Plugs and Cars

I write a monthly column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. And these days a billion dollars is barely a rounding error in the money going to prop up the American auto industry. Here's my April column. GM CEO Rick Waggoner was pushed out and the company got sixty days to get its act together.

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