Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 11, 2010

At that point the ActiveE, an electric Series 1 Beemer, is projected to be available, however only as yet another "electric vehicle test program," as they put it in their wordy press release. BMW has recognized that they simply teed up GM and Nissan to benefit from the MINI E experience.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Advance news on the green concept cars to be shown at next month's Detroit Auto Show continues to trickle out. It joins the BMW Concept ActiveE electric car, based on the 1-Series Coupe, that was revealed last. The latest: a further evolution of the all-electric Volvo C30 three-door hatchback concept.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The MINI E (pictured top) and the BMW ActiveE (pictured b[.]. Latest News Green cars Electric cars BMW' BMW has certainly been making its mark in the electric car sector over the last few months with announcements about the BMW i3 and BMW i8.

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Green Cars News

JULY 23, 2011

More than 150 charging stations for electric vehicles are now being installed by Coulomb through its $37million ChargePoint America Department of Energy programme – with BMW ActiveE drivers able to take advantage of the network. ActiveE motorists will [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 26, 2012

Ahead of the roll-out of the BMW ActiveE electric car, the German carmaker has teamed up with Tendril – a cloud-based energy management platform provider – to demonstrate a smart energy home. The smart energy home, in Mountain View, California, is meant to help refine the charging of the ActiveE – with Tendril’s energy management [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 1, 2012

BMW is teaming up with Green Mountain Energy Company to offer renewable energy certificates to drivers of the BMW ActiveE (pictured). Drivers can buy the certificates from Green Mountain to cover the electricity that is estimated to be used in the electric vehicles. A simple one-time payment of $48 ensures that the estimated amount of [.].

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

2009 BMW Concept ActiveE. The most recent is the new ActiveE Concept, which was revealed at January’s Detroit Auto Show. Tags: Production News BMW Carbon Fiber. BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. By John Voelcker, Senior Editor for GreenCarReports.com. Europe, and U.K.

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2013

A new Technical College, which aims to train the engineers of the future, is to promote its new educational facilities using one of the limited production run, BMW ActiveE electric cars. Supplied to the new UTC Swindon college by fleet management firm, Arval, the new electric car will used to to[.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2010

Industry overseer, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that a press ad for BMW’s concept ActiveE electric vehicle was misleading as it claimed the car produces ‘0% emissions’. [.]. Tags: BMW ActiveE advert ASA electric car emissions environmental claims.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 23, 2011

It will soon be possible to charge electric cars on either direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC) thanks to a new rapid charging system being developed by BMW and Siemens. The system was tested successfully in September with a Siemens charging station and a BMW ActiveE vehicle, and now the companies have submitted proposals [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 19, 2011

AeroVironment has received the nod to supply accessories and installation services to support the introduction of the BMW ActiveE. German carmaker BMW is taking a step forward in the advancement of its electric vehicles by selecting a provider for its electric vehicle charging equipment.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 17, 2010

Customers trailing the new electric MINI around the world don’t want to give them back- that’s what BMW’s chairman Norbert Reithofer told news agency Headline auto. Tags: BMW MINI BMW ActiveE electric car love Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator MINI E trial.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 17, 2009

The latest company to announce the debut of a new concept at the event is BMW, which will unveil its Concept ActiveE – the latest electric vehicle under [.]. Tags: BMW Electric cars Green cars Latest news BMW ActiveConcept 3 Detroit Motor Show North American International Auto Show.

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Green Cars News

JULY 13, 2010

Tags: BMW The Green Piece ActiveE Megacity.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 22, 2012

Yesterday we told you how BMW was launching a new electric car sharing programme, known as DriveNow, in San Francisco, California (see article) – and now we can reveal that the electric cars taking part in the programme will be powered by renewable energy. That’s because BMW has teamed up with Green Mountain Energy Company [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 26, 2012

From this week, the German car maker begins the hunt for 700 drivers in the Boston, Hartford, New York, Los Angeles, Sacremento, San Diego and [.]. BMW is ‘calling all electronauts’ as it opens the recruitment process for drivers interested in leasing its first electric car model as part of trials taking place in the US.

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