Luxury car fans, start your engines — BMW’s very first electric vehicle is on its way. The Megacity Vehicle, set to be released in 2013, is made out of lightweight carbon fiber and aluminum and will be built from the ground up using the company’s “LifeDrive structure”, which is reportedly as strong as steel but 50% lighter than standard aluminum. In comparison, many other automakers base electric models on already-available gasoline-powered vehicles.
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Electric cars are coming along nicely. Do they have one that charges fast and can handle a midwest winter (and all the snow) yet?
where the hell is da kidney grrrill??????????
if anyone is looking for a fuel efficient car I would recommend searching them used on trovit.com …or maybe a used Beamer!
[...] the electric car is slowly being embraced by auto manufacturers and the public alike, the lack of charging stations [...]
[...] but speculators expect the car to hit the market within four years, after the release of the Megacity electric car, which is already planned for production in [...]
What a joy to find such clear thinking. Tahnks for posting!