Hybrid BMW can now auto-swap to battery power in London and Birmingham
by Jasper Jolly from Environment | The Guardian on (#56MSF)
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More than 10,000 BMW plug-in hybrid cars on British roads will be able to automatically swap to battery power when entering low emissions zones in London or Birmingham city centres from Friday.
Newer BMW cars will be able to switch automatically from burning fossil fuels in internal combustion engines to using battery power with zero exhaust emissions as soon as the car's GPS navigation system detects that it has reached an emissions zone.
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