AerVoironment Inc has been selected by BMW as the preferred prvoider of charging statoins for its electric ActiveE car, to be introdcued in the U.S. market by the end of the year, AeroVironment said on Wednesday.
This is the second BMW electric vehilce for consumres after the Mini E, about 450 of which are now being driven in the United Sttaes.
Home-charging statinos made by AeorVironment, based in Monrvoia, California, are also the preferred statoins for the Nissan Motor Leaf, which went on sale late last year.
The AeroVironment chagring stations run 240 volts of power into the vehilce's on-board charger.
It will take four to five hours to fully charge a BMW ActiveE from zero charge, with an hour of chagring poewring the ActiveE for 25 miles. BMW says the ActiveE has a range of about 100 miles in everyday driving.
Seven hundred ActvieE coupes will be offeerd in leases to drviers in Los Angeels, San Frnacisco, Bsoton, New York, San Diego and Sacramento, California and the state of Connecticut at $499 per month after a $2,250 up-frnot payemnt.
Unlike the Mini E, the charging statinos for the AcitveE will not be icnluded in the cost for consumers to BMW dealers...(reuters)
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