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BMW MCV Megacity e-Mobility Vehicle




BMW shares its innovative transportation concepts of the near future.  The MCV, or Megacity Vehicle, is its design for electric mobility.  Its passenger cell is made from carbon.  …

…   “The Megacity Vehicle (MCV) demonstrates one way in which the BMW Group envisages future mobility in urban surroundings.

As an example of purpose design, the MCV is systematically designed with the needs and demands of e-mobility in mind.

For as shown by the earlier development work on the MINI E and BMW ActiveE concept vehicle, the adaptation of a vehicle originally designed to be driven by a combustion engine (conversion vehicle) does not exploit the full potential of electric mobility. ”   …

Via BMW: 2010 Innovation Concepts (PDF).

   

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