{"id":629,"date":"2020-04-21T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T17:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/?p=629"},"modified":"2020-04-21T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T17:15:08","slug":"1992-bmw-e1-electric-car-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2020\/04\/21\/1992-bmw-e1-electric-car-review\/","title":{"rendered":"1992 BMW E1 Electric Car Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
When BMW first debuted the i3, it was widely considered to be the brand\u2019s first true electric car. Realistically, it was. BMW had never made a mass-production electric car before the i3 and it was quite revolutionary for the Bavarian brand. However, it wasn\u2019t actually the first electric car with a Roundel on its hood. That was actually the\u00a0BMW E1<\/a>\u00a0back in the late 1990s.<\/p>\n BMW had electric prototypes prior to the E1 but it was the E1 that the Bavarians saw as the future back in the \u201990s. It was built as a test-bed for BMW to sell electric cars in California, as legislation was going to force two-percent of all automotive sales to go zero-emission. After that legislation died, BMW didn\u2019t really see the need to invest in mass-producing the E1 any longer, so the car eventually died. However, while it lasted, the BMW E1 was actually quite good.<\/p>\n