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BMW ActiveE, the Glossary

The BMW ActiveE was a demonstration electric car based on the BMW 1 Series small family cars.^[1]

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A-segment

The A-segment is the first category in the passenger car classification system defined by the European Commission.

All-electric range

All-electric range (AER) is the maximum driving range of an electric vehicle using only power from its on-board battery pack to traverse a given driving cycle.

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Automobile was an American automobile magazine founded in 1986 by a group of former Car and Driveremployees, led by David E. Davis with support from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, using the credo No Boring Cars. From 2014-202, Automobile had been absorbed by the Motor Trend Group.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly abbreviated to BMW, is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

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BMW 1 Series

The BMW 1 Series is a range of subcompact executive cars (C-segment) manufactured by BMW since 2004.

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BMW 1 Series (E87)

The first generation of the BMW 1 Series consists of the BMW E81 (3-door hatchback), BMW E82 (coupe), BMW E87 (5-door hatchback) and BMW E88 (convertible) compact cars.

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BMW i

The BMW i is a sub-brand of BMW founded in 2011 to design and manufacture plug-in electric vehicles.

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BMW i3

The BMW i3 is an electric car that was manufactured by German marque BMW from 2013 to 2022. BMW ActiveE and BMW i3 are production electric cars.

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BMW i8

The BMW i8 is a plug-in hybrid sports car developed by BMW. BMW ActiveE and BMW i8 are BMW concept vehicles.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Carsharing

Carsharing or car sharing (AU, NZ, CA, TH, & US) or car clubs (UK) is a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour.

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Chris Bangle

Christopher Edward Bangle (born October 14, 1956) is an American automobile designer.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.

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Coupe

A coupe or coupé is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors.

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DriveNow

DriveNow was a one-way carsharing service wholly owned by the automotive manufacturer BMW.

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Electric car

An electric car or electric vehicle (EV) is a passenger automobile that is propelled by an electric traction motor, using electrical energy as the primary source of propulsion.

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Electric vehicle

An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion.

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Fuel economy in automobiles

The fuel economy of an automobile relates to the distance traveled by a vehicle and the amount of fuel consumed.

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Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles

Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles have been established around the world to support policy-driven adoption of plug-in electric vehicles.

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Kilowatt-hour

A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a non-SI unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules (MJ) in SI units which is the energy delivered by one kilowatt of power for one hour.

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Leipzig

Leipzig (Upper Saxon: Leibz'sch) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony.

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List of battery electric vehicles

Battery electric vehicles are vehicles exclusively using chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, with no secondary source of propulsion (e.g., hydrogen fuel cell, internal combustion engine, etc.). The following list includes mass-produced vehicles, formerly produced vehicles, and planned vehicles. BMW ActiveE and list of battery electric vehicles are production electric cars.

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Lithium-ion battery

A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery that uses the reversible intercalation of Li+ ions into electronically conducting solids to store energy.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Mass production

Mass production, also known as flow production, series production, series manufacture, or continuous production, is the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines.

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Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent

Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (MPGe or MPGge) is a measure of the average distance traveled per unit of energy consumed.

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Mini E

The Mini E was a demonstration electric car developed by BMW i as a conversion of its Mini Cooper car.

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Munich

Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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North American International Auto Show

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), also known as the Detroit Auto Show, is an annual auto show held in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., at Huntington Place (formerly known as Cobo Center).

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Plug-in electric vehicle

A plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) is any road vehicle that can utilize an external source of electricity (such as a wall socket that connects to the power grid) to store electrical energy within its onboard rechargeable battery packs, to power an electric motor and help propelling the wheels.

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Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

In automotive design, an RR, or rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout places both the engine and drive wheels at the rear of the vehicle.

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Sacramento, California

() is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.

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San Diego

San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including the San Francisco Bay.

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SB LiMotive

SB LiMotive was a 50:50 joint company of Bosch and Samsung SDI founded in June 2008.

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Smartphone

A smartphone, often simply called a phone, is a mobile device that combines the functionality of a traditional mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Thermal management (electronics)

All electronic devices and circuitry generate excess heat and thus require thermal management to improve reliability and prevent premature failure.

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United States Department of Energy

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and energy conservation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_ActiveE

Also known as Active E, ActiveE, BMW Active E, BMW Concept ActiveE.

BMW ActiveE, the Glossary

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BMW concept vehicles

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