It seems to be electric car day here at Vertography! Over at Wired’s blogs, Chuck Squatriglia reports that BMW is having 500 Mini cars made at the factory in England without any engine, transmission or fuel systems. The cars are being shipped to Germany where they are fitted out with electric transmissions and batteries, and then they’ll be off to California. Ten of the cars will be used by BMW as show cars, the other 490 will be leased to “select” customers.

Sounds like the primary reason for these cars being made is to help meet California’s zero-emissions vehicle mandate, but the official line is that it will help BMW understand more about electric vehicles. Shame it is just 500, but let’s hope they are just the first 500 of many.

Tags: bmw, electric vehicle, ev, mini

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