Our favorite friends from Bavaria BMW plans to export nearly 500 electric versions of its Mini car to California.
These electric Minis are being built at the Mini factory in Oxford, England, without engines, gearboxes or fuel tanks, next the cars will be shipped to Munich, Germany, where they'll be fitted with electric powertrains. There are reports of that 490 of the Minis will be leased to selected customers in California and 10 will be used as show cars.
The electric Minis will come in a very specific color scheme consisting of an overall silver color and have yellow roofs.
BMW engineers working on the electric Minis are part of a new division called 'Project i' established by the automaker to develop low-emission city cars.
The electric Minis will help BMW to meet new California regulations that will require carmakers selling cars in the state to offer zero emission vehicles. Aside from the 500 initial electric cars being sent to California it is still not clear if our Bavarian friends will me manufacturing electric cars for the mass consumer market.
~Ronski
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