BMW’s new City EV is to be a four seater that is even shorter than the other i-Project BMW offering; the electric Mini Cooper. That’s hard to imagine from this picture; this car looks more sedan sized. Electricity will be stored in a water-cooled lithium-ion battery pack that is expected to provide a 100-mile range.
Compared with most companies aiming at 2010 electric vehicle deliveries (at least in their press releases!) 2012 is a comparatively sedate delivery schedule.
This is despite having produced a series of perfectly functional BMW electric cars going way back…that never made it to mass production. For the 1972 Olympic games held in Munich, for example - BMW provided a fleet of bright orange electric cars:
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