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BMW sportscar of the future

Jason — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:47:14 +0000

Next month the frankfurt autoshow takes place on BMWs home turf so they want to make the biggest news. The concept they’ll debut, call Vision EfficientDynamics, is a 356 horsepower diesel electric hybrid that can do 0-60 in 4.8 seconds and will get 75 miles to the gallon.

Here’s a video of it:

The thing screams Tron light cycle to me, I just want to know how much it’ll cost.

BMW will make EVs under separate brand

Jason — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:25:49 +0000

BMW is working a line of electric vehicles (EVs) to be included in its “Project i” series, a sub-brand of BMW. “Project i” vehicles may even have a separate, non-BMW faceplate. According to an Environmental Leader report, BMW parallels its separating of the energy efficient brands from more mainstream ones to its distinguishing of its premium fast cars (labeled “M” instead of “BMW”) and its face-plating of the Mini and Rolls Royce brands. In other words, the separation puts the EVs in something of a “specialty” class of vehicles.

BMW all electric coming in 2015

Jason — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:55:04 +0000

BMW is moving forward with testing 500 electric Mini E Coopers around the world. According to a report by AutoCar, the prototypes are paving the way for an all-electric Triumph or Wolseley. BMW bought the rights to the Triumph and Wolseley name when it bought Rover in 1994 in hopes to revive them as niche brands.

All the information collected from the Mini E Coopers will be used to develop BMW’s next generation of electric vehicles and its ongoing ‘Project i’ program. More

Volt gets a competitor from BMW

Jason — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:05:51 +0000

bmw mini e

Called the Mini E. It looks just like the BMW mini cooper, and other car companies should take note. A big chunk of the market won’t buy your ugly electric cars, so using the mini as the platform for the new electric vehicle is a smart choice (though a lot of people don’t like the look of the mini already so we’ll see how well sales go).

Initially it’ll only be offered to three states: California, New York, New Jersey. They’ll only make 500 available to begin with and more will flow as years go by. (Remember, if there are any issues they want to catch the issues while a limited number are on the road).

Like the Volt the Mini E is powered by an electric motor, unlike the Volt the Mini E is all electric. There is no range extending gas engine in there. It’ll have a range of 150 miles, after you have to spend a few hours to charge it.

The motor is a 204 hp electric motor, it’ll go 0-60 in 8.5 seconds. The weight is up to 3,230 pounds from the Mini Cooper’s 2,568 pounds. It uses a special power adapter intalled in the owners home and can recharge in just two hours and thirty minutes. If it were to go on sale to the general public it would qualify for the same tax credits that the Volt does.