Fuel Economy

The fact that from 2012 on BMW counts as a large vehicle manufacturer has provoked the company to make a decision on producing a zero emission car. The company will be deciding on whether they will develop the car in cooperation with a partner or on their own.

“Our goal is a cooperation, but if that is not possible, we shall go it alone. We will be making a decision in 2007.”, the BMW Boss Norbert Reithofer quoted in the German magazin “auto, motor und sport.

The new car will be placed under the mini cooper and will be offered in an electric version for the US market. This fits in with BMW’s considerati­ons on introducing a 4th car brand after BMW, Mini and Rolls Royce. The company wants to incorporate a new trendy car brand for environment friendly vehicles.

It is a worthy plan, but I feel it would be better to force a continued development of alternate low emission propulsion for BMW’s present car brands, instead of setting up a new brand of environment friendly vehicles.

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