BMW Clever Concept: Project i considering three-wheel electric-vehicle

Posted: May 08, 2009
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According to a report by iMotor, BMW’s Project i program could spawn two, three and four-wheeled vehicles that will be fun to drive as well as eco-friendly. BMW and Bath University have developed a three-wheeler concept called the Clever Concept. The Clever Concept runs on compressed natural gas and can go up to 60 mph.

A spokesman at BMW said that BMW as a number of options under consideration for its Project i program and “one the of proposals is something like the Clever Concept.”

“This would deliver the thrills of a motorcycle but, being a three wheeler, you wouldn’t have to wear a helmet to drive one,” he told iMotor.

The spokesman said that BMW continues to test the viability of its Mini E to make sure that it is “truly viable” and something that the customer would consider buying. He said that it could take at least 5 years until BMW has a production Project i car on the road.

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- By: The Daily Auto Editor

Source: iMotor (via AutoblogGreen)


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  • kieran

    If vehicles like this were made available for around $5k we could get rid of most cars on the road. I find it odd that car companies are making all of these these hybrids, plug-ins, and battery operated cars with seating capacity for 4 people while the majority of the people traveling the 40-50 miles per day are doing it ALONE. These are safe, weather resistant, capable of carrying you and your daily “luggage”, energy efficient, and if they were to be priced responsibly people could purchase one of these for themselves AND be able to keep their current gasoline powered vehicle for times when they needed to haul more crap or travel further distances. As an extra added bonus, they are smaller then your average car, meaning roads will be less congested in the morning and your parking lot at work won't need to be as large. However, these will probably be released with a price tag of $16k which nobody will be able to afford in addition to their regular vehicle. Nice try bmw.

  • Pat

    yeah but a lot of these vehciles on the road will cause traffic and brutal accidents

  • zermatt

    I agree.

    The price would need to be sub $10K in order to make this work. You can buy Scions for $15 to $17k, Kias for even less. I take the train into the city and at the commuter parking lot there are very few people that ride together and if these vehicles were available there would be even more vehicles.

    Traffic congestion would be improved and I could keep my internal combustion engined vehicles for fun.

  • kieran

    If vehicles like this were made available for around $5k we could get rid of most cars on the road. I find it odd that car companies are making all of these these hybrids, plug-ins, and battery operated cars with seating capacity for 4 people while the majority of the people traveling the 40-50 miles per day are doing it ALONE. These are safe, weather resistant, capable of carrying you and your daily “luggage”, energy efficient, and if they were to be priced responsibly people could purchase one of these for themselves AND be able to keep their current gasoline powered vehicle for times when they needed to haul more crap or travel further distances. As an extra added bonus, they are smaller then your average car, meaning roads will be less congested in the morning and your parking lot at work won't need to be as large. However, these will probably be released with a price tag of $16k which nobody will be able to afford in addition to their regular vehicle. Nice try bmw.

  • Pat

    yeah but a lot of these vehciles on the road will cause traffic and brutal accidents

  • zermatt

    I agree.

    The price would need to be sub $10K in order to make this work. You can buy Scions for $15 to $17k, Kias for even less. I take the train into the city and at the commuter parking lot there are very few people that ride together and if these vehicles were available there would be even more vehicles.

    Traffic congestion would be improved and I could keep my internal combustion engined vehicles for fun.