01/16/2009 at 06:21pm

City of New York To Use MINI E Electric Cars, Bloomberg Announces

In his State-of-the-City speech yesterday, New York Major Michael R. Bloomberg announced that BMW will be loaning the city 10 MINI E electric vehicles for its SCOUT program. SCOUT, or Street Condition Observation Unit, scours the city for dangers like potholes, roadway damage, and aesthetic issues like graffiti (they'd need a lot more than 10 vehicles to keep up with NYC graffiti, no?). These 10 MINIs are part of an armada of 500 MINI Es being used as a one-year pilot study; the program aims to examine the viability of the vehicles for the consumer market. Vehicle delivery will begin in April. Mini E is a part of BMW's Project i, an R&D... Read More

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