BMW delivers first U.S. ActiveE electric vehicle

BMW has delivered its ActiveE electric vehicle to its first U.S. customers, as the German automaker enters the next phase of its domestic EV testing after the Mini E.

Tom and Meredith Moloughney, who were one of the original testers of the Mini E in 2009, represent the first of about 700 households that will take two-year leases on the ActiveE vehicles as part of BMW's testing efforts. The car will be available in Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, New York, Boston and Hartford, CT at a rate of $499 a month with a $2,250 downpayment.

The ActiveE is the successor to the Mini E and a precursor to the i3 that will be launched for the 2014 model year. BMW says the ActiveE has a single-charge range of as many as 100 miles and can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in less than nine seconds. We took the ActiveE for a test drive in October, and you can see the review here.

Source: green.autoblog.com