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BMW has teamed up with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to produce the Visio.M, a concept future electric vehicle.
The Visio.M is meant as a future individuality mobility electric vehicle. The project means to the price and safety of small electric vehicles that are safe and can be mass produced. The Visio.M is powered by a 15kW (20.12hp) electric motor, but it weights just 400kg without batteries. The vehicle is quite small, but modern and is meant to be safe.
The project will continue to develop cars with TUM with BMW as the lead. It has funding of €10.8 million from the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research. They will also develop future propulsion systems and energy storage for cleaner vehicles.
The project is lead by BMW AG but Daimler is also a member.
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Since its first steps on vehicle building, BMW has committed itself to advanced technology and constant improvement. The Germany-based pioneers were the experienced aviator Gustav Otto and the owner of Rapp Motorenwerke (an aircraft engine factory), Karl Rapp. These men combined efforts in order to start a real aircraft industry, placed in Munich, which would serve the German military during the First World War by providing them the airplanes. So, in 1913,... more