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BMW has announced that it will send 500 Mini Electric cars to the U. S. in 2009, with California getting the first test fleet sometime this year.

I got to go on a test drive in the BMW Hydrogen 7 series with one of the heads of BMW. This is the video of the ride and interview.

Plug-in hybrid, all-electric or fuel cell?

BMW Group is working on innovations to downsize driving emissions and fuel consumption. The thermoelectric generator has been developed to enhance thermal and energy management in order to further reduce the CO2 emissions generated by BMW powertrains.

New diesels will get better mileage and have cleaner emissions than your average car. Pictured: 2009 Jetta SportWagen 2L TDI Clean Diesel.Later this year (see the timeline below), we will finally begin to see an influx of new model diesels in the United States. While diesels make up 50% of the market share of vehicles in Europe, they’re still trying to shrug off the stigma of being dirty, noisy beasts here in the US. So what changed?

It is said that BMW has plans for making full electric vehicles, as new Californian laws force the cars manufacturers to have a significant electric vehicles offer for the market beginning with 2012.

MUNICH (Thomson Financial) — BMW will decide this year on an ecologically compatible car for the U.S. market — which is likely to be battery powered — CEO Norbert Reithofer said.

This BMW M commercial video called Unleased features a

Opera singer Anna Netrebko supports BMW's alternative fuel vehicle, the BMW Hydrogen 7, as the car combines both luxury and environmental protection. BMW Hydrogen 7, the first hydrogen-powered luxury car, comes equipped with an internal combustion dual power 260hp 12-cylinder engine, whichcan switch from running conventional petrol to liquid hydrogen (emitting nothing more than water vapor). The development ofhydrogen technology is part of the BMW Group's CleanEnergy strategy, which serves to fulfill current and future demand for

That's what Chrysler, Daimler, and BMW seem to think. They're all using GM's hybrid technology for their new trucks and SUVs...

The new BMW X6 Hybrid will be launched in production in 2008 and is based on the old X5.

Jay Leno, the King of Late Night Comedy and self-professed celebrity gearhead is now driving a BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury automobile.

This novel concept uses your car’s wasted heat to enhance power and fuel economy.

Will Ferrell, actor and comedian, has just been handed the keys to a BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury automobile for everyday use. This is a far cry from the gas-guzzling car he drove on "Talladega Nights."

NASA employees tested the BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury automobile for 8-weeks, which runs off the same fuel as the Space Shuttle, before the successful launch of the Endeavour on Wednesday.