BMW ActiveE
BMW ActiveE Motor Failures: The Price Of Leasing A Test Car?
It's become increasingly common for carmakers to solicit volunteers to lease new-technology cars for a year or two, to gather real-world data about how the cars are actually driven and used. But those cars remain development prototypes, not production-quality vehicles. And as BMW ActiveE drivers...
BMW Launches ActiveE DriveNow Electric Car Sharing In San Francisco
We quite like the BMW ActiveE. It's a good-looking, comfortable, quick electric car, and its existence will help develop BMW's first true electric production car, the 2014... August 23, 2012 by Antony Ingram 3
BMW ActiveE Safety Recall For Possible Power Steering Failure
BMW is recalling its ActiveE electric cars to replace a potentially faulty component whose failure could leave drivers without power steering. According to the text of the... July 6, 2012 by John Voelcker 8
Want To Know What An Electric-Car Only Race Sounds Like?
Visit any major race track on any day of the week and there’s bound to be a cacophony of noise as professional race teams or enthusiastic amateurs drive lap after lap... July 3, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 6
BMW ActiveE Electric Car Drivers Compete In East Vs West Battle
New York or San Francisco? Bagels or Sourdough? East or West? If you’re from the east or west coasts of the U.S., you’ll know that there’s a (mainly)... May 30, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
BMW ActiveE Drivers To Benefit From Cheaper Solar Power
"Yeah, but where does the electricity come from, huh?" comes the oft-sneering question when the subject of electric cars is brought up in polite conversation. Sneery it may... May 9, 2012 by Antony Ingram 6
BMW ActiveE: Extended Drive Report (Video)
BMW’s 1,000-strong fleet of ActiveE electric cars are stationed around the world, with the largest number of test cars concentrated in the U.S. Earlier this year, we... May 4, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 15
BMW: We've Been Making Electric Cars Since The 1972 Olympics
BMW might be more than a year away from bring its first production electric car -- the 2014 BMW i3 -- to production, but the German automaker wants you to know that it... March 22, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 2
Electric-Car Buyers: Free Home Charging Stations Offered By ChargePoint
If you're thinking about applying to lease a BMW ActiveE--or of buying one of several other electric cars now on the market--you may be eligible for a nice freebie. Coulomb... February 15, 2012 by Michael Thwaite 4
BMW Opens Registration For ActiveE Electric Car Leases
Want to boldly go where few have gone before? If so, you might just have what it takes to become an "Electronaut", BMW's term for the select few who'll be piloting the 2012... January 23, 2012 by Antony Ingram
BMW ActiveE First Drive: At The Wheel (Video)
Yesterday we reviewed the BMW ActiveE electric car after spending an afternoon in the first ActiveE delivered in the U.S. Now, we have a brief video clip to take you inside... January 19, 2012 by John Voelcker 8
BMW ActiveE Electric Car First Drive: What's It Really Like?
The first BMW ActiveE electric car in North America was just delivered last Friday. Now, with only 600 miles on that car, we've driven it. Our first impressions of BMW's... January 18, 2012 by John Voelcker 33
BMW Delivers First of 700 ActiveE Electric Cars In New Jersey
Regular readers may recognize the name of Tom Moloughney, who has written several stories on his experiences living with a Mini E electric car for two years. Now Moloughney... January 16, 2012 by John Voelcker
With 4,000 VIP BMWs, How Green Are London's Olympic Games?
Like a karaoke singer following a top rock band, London has its work cut out in hosting the 2012 Olympic games, following China's impressive 2008 games. The city won't have... January 3, 2012 by Antony Ingram 3
First Drive: BMW ActiveE Electric Car Prototype
A couple of weeks ago, BMW invited me to come to Munich and take part in the first drive of production versions of the BMW ActiveE, their second battery electric test... October 18, 2011 by Tom Moloughney 2
MINI E Meetup: End Of The Line For Electric Car 'Experiment'
Nauna’s Bella Casa Restaurant in Montclair, N.J., was the venue for the final MINI E Northeast Meetup before the cars must be returned. After a two-year run... October 10, 2011 by Michael Thwaite 3
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