BMW building electric Minis-but not many
As gasoline price points move from "cheaper than water" to "more expensive than Bollinger", more auto manufacturers are hopping on the electric bandwagon. Now BMW is putting together an electric Mini which it plans to bring to California sometime in the near future.
The move is apparently a response to a California law requiring automakers to build at least 7500 emissions-free vehicles by the year 2014. The car has already been designed, and is being in manufactured England and Germany.
The bad news is that BMW only plans to build about 500 of the cars, which will be leased to "select customers", so if you want to drive one you'll probably have to buddy up with George Clooney.
No word yet on whether the new Mini will have a tab underneath so it can run on a slot car track.
via [Wired]
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