Green Cars News

JULY 4, 2010

Take a look at the design sketch for the BMW Megacity electric vehicle (below), which is due on the market in 2013. At the company’s Innovation Days briefing it revealed the design along with a new LifeDrive architecture on which the vehicle is based.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

Yesterday we told you how BMW had chosen its lithium-ion battery supplier for the upcoming Megacity series of vehicles (see article ) and now, the group has announced it will launch the Megacity Vehicle as a sub-brand of the company. This includes a reliable framework that will allow every car manufacturer to invest efficiently.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

2009 BMW Concept ActiveE. BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. At another German plant, in Landshut, the actual carbon-fiber components for the MegaCity are made from those fabrics. BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. New type of BMW.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2010

The BMW Group has declared that its new Megacity Vehicle will be launched in 2013. 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.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 7, 2010

As it focuses on producing its lightweight Megacity vehicle, BMW has formed a joint venture with SGL Automotive Carbon Fibres LLC to build a carbon fibre manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

The car will be based on the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept study that was displayed at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2009 with BMW presenting a fully road worthy showcase vehicle at the Leipzig trade fair centre. It combines a [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 13, 2010

The Green Piece Column There have been plenty of green cars that have prompted debate, whetted the appetite and sparked eager anticipation – but few have captured the imagination quite like BMW’s latest electric car. A design sketch of the BMW Megacity Vehicle was released last week (see article) suggesting it [.].

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