Report: BMW to develop 5 Series-based electric sedan for Chinese market

The China's Beijing Youth Daily reports that BMW, along with joint venture partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd., will develop a 5 Series-based electric sedan targeted specifically at the Chinese market. The report claims that a battery-powered 5 Series concept will make its debut in China sometime in 2011, likely at the Shanghai Motor Show in April.

BMW Brilliance Automotive Co., the joint venture between BMW and Brilliance, currently manufacturers both the 3 Series and 5 Series sedans in the Chinese city of Shenyang. In 2010, the BMW Group sold 169,000 vehicles in China, a surge of 87 percent over the sales it tallied in in 2009.


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[Source: Beijing Youth Daily via Automotive News - sub. req.]Report: BMW to develop 5 Series-based electric sedan for Chinese market originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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