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PR: BMW GROUP PREPARES FOR TRIALS WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES Printed From: Bavarian-Board.co.uk - BMW Owners Discussion Forum Category: General Forums Forum Name: BMW Related News Forum Discription: News About The BMW Group URL: http://www.bavarian-board.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=41724 Printed Date: 10-May-2024 at 04:59 Topic: PR: BMW GROUP PREPARES FOR TRIALS WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES Posted By: kbannon Subject: PR: BMW GROUP PREPARES FOR TRIALS WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES Date Posted: 11-July-2008 at 01:00 BMW GROUP PREPARES FOR TECHNICAL FIELD TRIALS WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES 10/07/2008 As part of the Group's Number ONE strategy, the company will begin extensive tests on electric drives in MINI vehicles. Munich. Over the next months, the BMW Group will be carrying out various series of tests on electrically powered vehicles to determine the alternative drive of the future. Several hundred MINI brand vehicles are being prepared for this. The cars, built in the Oxford plant, will be modified accordingly in Munich and fitted out for trials. "This step will allow the BMW Group to gain an initial knowledge of how mobility can be achieved efficiently using purely electrically powered vehicles. Our task here is to combine the ultimate driving experience with an efficient electrified drive with practically no emissions", underlined Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG. The tests on alternative drives in a MINI body will be used over the next 12-18 months to refine the technology. Details about the drive concept and its marketing will be published towards the end of the year. ------------- Current: 2009 E60 520d "Sport" tractor Previous: 1989 E30 320i SE 1997 E39 523i 2003 E39 525i Sport Individual

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