greencarcongress.com - 1/18/2009
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The BMW Group will loan a fleet of 10 MINI E ( earlier post ) electric zero-emissions cars to the City of New York. New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg made the announcement during his State-of-the-City speech.
These vehicles will be used in the city’s Street Condition Observation ...
greencarcongress.com - 1/12/2009
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BMW is introducing its most fuel-efficient and least-polluting
vehicle yet: the diesel-powered 116d. The 2.0-liter, four-cylinder diesel...
engine delivers 85 kW (115 hp) and 260 Nm (192 lb-ft) maximum torque, with fuel consumption on the EU cycle of ...
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BMW Launches New 116d: 54 mpg US
businessgreen.com - 1/14/2009
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Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Friday 9 January 2009
at 17:26:00 An advertising campaign in the US and...
a launch in the UK to promote fuel-efficient diesel cars BMW has this week kicked off a major sales push to bolster adoption of its latest ...
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BMW turns to green diesel in attempt to drive sales
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Los Angeles, New York City to Get 500 MINI Es
Green Options —
... New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that BMW is giving the city a fleet of MINI Es as part of a feasibility test. In fact, BMW will be testing 500 electric MINIs worldwide. Other cities included in the program are Los Angeles, London and Berlin. ...
Los Angeles, New York City to Get 500 MINI Es
Green Options —
... New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that BMW is giving the city a fleet of MINI Es as part of a feasibility test. In fact, BMW will be testing 500 electric MINIs worldwide. Other cities included in the program are Los Angeles, London and Berlin. ...
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Click above for high-res image gallery of the John Cooper Works MINI Clubman
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Plug In America criticizes CARB loophole that could help BMW with its MINI E
autobloggreen.com 7/1/2009 —
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BMW has gotten a lot of press (some bad ) for their MINI E project. Even though the all-electric car comes with a plug, the plug-in advocacy group Plug In America (PIA) has a problem with the way that the Bavarians might be able to get a ...
2012 / 2013 BMW City / Project i - Car News
caranddriver.com 7/21/2009 — Having the right products in the right niches might be the key to sales success for automakers when the economy emerges from its stay in the ICU. BMW’s plan is to develop a super-efficient car family code-named “Project i.” The first car will be ...
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autobloggreen.com 5/7/2009 —
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Back in the summer of 2007, BMW and the University of Bath put their combined heads together and designed a vehicle called the Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transportation, or Clever for short. Using just 3 wheels and an ...
BMW adaptive navigation system helps save fuel
autobloggreen.com 3/9/2009 — There are already numerous navigation systems available now that can download traffic data and compare it against route information programmed by the driver. But what if you know where you're going and don't program the nav? That's what BMW is working to address with a new experimental system. ...
Back in time: a gallery of BMW's electric car prototypes through the years
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Historic BMW Electric Vehicles - Click for high-res image gallery
Although the closest thing you can get to an electric car at BMW these days is one with Start & Stop technology, a hybrid ( in the near future ) or, if you're lucky, the Mini E , BMW has a long history of developing ...
BMW cranks up the efficiency of hydrogen internal combustion engines
autobloggreen.com 3/12/2009 — BMW has been active in the development of hydrogen as an automotive fuel for many years but they have taken a distinctly different path from virtually every other automaker. Instead of fuel cells, BMW has stuck to internal combustion engines and, rather than compressed gas, it has used ...
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