Megacity Vehicle
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The MegaCity Vehicle (MCV) is BMW's soon-to-be-built all-electric urban wonder machine, if you buy the markting spiel. But it may be more than that. BMW's Chief Financial Officer Friedrich Eichiner recently told the German publication Focus Magazin that the MCV will offer an optional range-extending on-board generator. If you're thinking of the Volt right now, you're on the right track. In addition to its all-electric drivetrain, the MCV will be able to house a small combustion engine to recharge the batteries and extend the little car's range--presumably a desirable asset for sales here in...
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Report: BMW May Lease First Batch Of Megacity VehiclesWith the launch of its new Megacity Vehicle, BMW’s first production vehicle with an electric drivetrain and full carbon fiber construction, the luxury automaker will essentially be launching a whole new class of vehicle. It will be technologically advanced, fun-to-drive and premium, yet it...
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Report: BMW Megacity Vehicle To Get 'i' Badge, Concept Early 2011
Last January BMW introduced the ActiveE Concept at the Detroit Auto Show, part of its nascent but growing Project i task force for greener vehicles. This year, the talk is centered around the Megacity Vehicle, and today, two interesting bits of information have leaked onto the web. First, the...
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Rendered: BMW's Carbon Fiber Megacity Vehicle
BMW has already released an official teaser sketch of its upcoming Megacity Vehicle (MCV), and even a gallery of the carbon fiber unibody. But so far, it hasn't been easy to get a feel for what the little car might look like in the CFRP flesh. Problem solved--these renderings give a good look at...
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BMW Releases Full Carbon Fiber Gallery For New Megacity Vehicle (MCV)
In March of 2008 BMW first announced plans to establish a new research division called ‘Project i,’ whose task would be to develop a number of solutions for a vehicle designed for congested city motoring. The goal of Project i was never to exclusively develop one type of vehicle, but to come up...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
BMW Confirms 2013 Launch For All-Electric Megacity Vehicle
In March of 2008 BMW first announced plans to establish a new research division called ‘Project i,’ whose task would be to develop a number of solutions for a vehicle designed for congested city motoring. The goal of Project i was never to exclusively develop one type of vehicle, but to come up...
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BMW is partnering with carbon-fiber and composites expert SGL Group to build a new manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, Washington that will specialize in lightweight carbon-fiber products for the automotive industry--BMW's upcoming Megacity vehicle. For those who don’t know, the Megacity vehicle, which will be launched under a sub-brand during the first half of this decade, will employ a vast array of lightweight composite materials to enable its super-low emissions goals. Costing more than $100 million and creating some 80 local jobs, the new plant will ensure that a key piece of the...
