Originally published on EV Obsession. The carsharing service DriveNow has added 20 new BMW i3s to its London fleet, according to a recent email sent to EVObsession — bringing the number of i3s in the London fleet up to 50. The new BMW i3s will reportedly be deployed in North … [continued]
Here’s some more good (and crazy) clean transportation news for you weekend reading pleasure: The Buzz In Frankfurt Is All About Apple & Google The Frankfurt Motor Show saw lots of gorgeous new models (check out the Audi e-tron quattro and Porsche Mission E, for example), but the buzz all week was not … [continued]
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How we move about — to work, to play, for health needs, etc. — contributes to economic well-being as well as personal health (or lack thereof). People in record numbers are now choosing public transit services. Health as a way of life — instead of something we work on once in a while — is … [continued]
A new car sharing program just started this month in London. DriveNow plans to grow from a small-scale program by expanding naturally. Organically growing step-by step, DriveNow hopes to avoid the problems Daimler had in Britain. The partnership is a teaming up of the BMW Group and Sixt SE. They are presently in … [continued]
Some have insinuated or outright said that BMW is not very serious about its move into the electric vehicle market. I’m not on board with that idea. I think BMW is quite serious about a push into the future the automobile sector and the future of energy, and there are … [continued]
The CEO of city guide developer MyCityWay has announced a partnership with BMW to integrate its “location based situationally-aware” mobile application into BMW’s fleet of 70 DriveNow BMW ActiveE electric vehicles currently in place in San Francisco. Puneet Mehta, CEO of MyCityWay, was speaking at the Content and Apps for … [continued]
