BMW is also tempted to taste the Chinese car market. German car manufacturer is holding a local partner Brilliance China Automotive Holding Ltd. for the targeted electric car project sliding the debut in 2013 and the concept will be exhibited at the Beijing Auto Show 2011.
As reported in the newspaper China Youth Daily, Tuesday (01/25/2011), the basis used for BMW Megacity electric ECHO named it from the Series 5 although both sides did not really explain what kind of technology implemented. .
Clearly, the ECHO is now being developed jointly between BMW and Tongji University. Later the electric car was made in the BMW facility in Shanyang, China, which uses Chinese technology resources.
In the factory producing electric cars that Shanyang, BMW and BCAH, which in 50:50 joint venture agreement, construct 3 Series and 5 Series. In 2012, BMW sold 169,000 units, including the MINI for the Chinese market.
