BMW ActiveE

The BMW ActiveE was a demonstration electric car based on the BMW 1 Series small family cars, the second vehicle after the Mini E to be developed under BMW Group's Project i, with an electric drive system that was the latest addition to the EfficientDynamics programme. The US Environmental Protection Agency rated its range at 151 kilometres (94 miles) and its combined fuel economy at 2.3 L/100 km gasoline equivalent. The four-seater, rear-wheel-drive ActiveE was unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January 2010, and production began at BMW's Leipzig plant in July 2011. Deliveries for field testing in the United States began in January 2012 after the Mini E trial ended; a total of 1,100 vehicles were planned worldwide, 700 for the United States and 35 for a trial in China, with Mini E participants given priority to lease it.