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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7-10-2008 @ 10:41AM
John said...
It's sad BMW is only building 500 units. They could build more. Once again, it's turning "being green" into a fashion statement for the rich and Hollywood elite and in reality has no legitimate impact on reducing emissions. Same can be said for the Tesla, Fisker, and all those other high dollar "green" electric cars.
Seeing some Hollywood dolt drive one of those cars up to their mega, energy sucking, mansion is the ultimate in hypocrisy.
I'll be excited when real people can buy a real electric car for the price of a Civic. Until then, these cars are nothing more than tools for rich people to show off.
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