BMW promises 5 Series ‘New Energy Vehicle’ for China

There’s an unfortunate lack of details on this one at the moment, but it looks like BMW has something a little special in store for China at the Shanghai Motor Show next month. It will be showing off its new 5 Series “New Energy Vehicle,” a plug-in hybrid that, as previously suggested , will be exclusive to the Chinese market. That will presumably be somewhat similar to the company’s ActiveHybrid 5 concept pictured above, which it first showed off last year but still hasn’t put into production. As Motor Authority notes, however, the New York Auto Show actually coincides with the Shanghai show, so there’s a chance that BMW could be set to provide an update on the ActiveHybrid 5, or possibly introduce a North American counterpart to the New Energy Vehicle. BMW promises 5 Series ‘New Energy Vehicle’ for China originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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