Milk Float redux

[outnumbered]

Alright, so it's not an M-Car, but we have this as a pool car at work, and I borrowed it overnight yesterday. It's a fully electric demonstration vehicle based on a 1-series coupe - was never in full production, but used to prove systems for future cars, kind of an extended field test.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_ActiveE

For use as a town car, it's actually bloody good. 0-60 in 8.5 seconds, and the electric drivetrain gives it instant throttle response and full torque from rest, so it feels fast enough. The steering's pretty heavy, and you can feel that it's a heavy car (1800+kg!), but it's actually quite fun to drive, and it handles OK. It's totally silent apart from a slight whine when accelerating hard, and tyre roar.

I guess we'll probably see one in Munich somewhere...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7311/8748113402_3f17a79f5c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krakar/8748113402/)
BMW 1-er ActiveE (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krakar/8748113402/) by tw_tvam (http://www.flickr.com/people/krakar/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8553/8748112906_63e240d871_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krakar/8748112906/)
One of the batteries (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krakar/8748112906/) by tw_tvam (http://www.flickr.com/people/krakar/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7292/8748112656_bfeaf74bdc_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krakar/8748112656/)
Energy display (http://www.flickr.com/photos/krakar/8748112656/) by tw_tvam (http://www.flickr.com/people/krakar/), on Flickr

[Roland]

:smt023

[Rutkowski]

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

[grkm3]

Nice. Someone down the block from me has one too. Neat little car.