BMW Builds Electric Cars

BMW builds electric cars


Think they’ll ever make another Bourne movie? You never know, CIA agent Jason Bourne could be called out of retirement. Perhaps he’ll find out that his mentor didn’t really kill himself and is out for revenge. Anyway, if they do decide on a fourth blockbuster, I’m hoping that the film will include our hero zooming around some European city in an electric BMW vehicle (the Bourne movies always feature BMWs). The German automaker announced this week that it’s modifying its Leipzig factory to manufacture electric vehicles.

It’s a refreshing bit of green auto news, especially in light of the recent Toyota recall of 133,000 Prius vehicles.

In the coming years BMW will churn out electric vehicles like the ActiveE (see more photos below) and the Megacity, a subcompact city car that’s due off the line in 2013 and remains something of a mystery.

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