CHAPTER 5
The Drive Goes Electric
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
—UPTON SINCLAIR
A cool summer breeze surrounds us in Emeryville, California. Squashed between Oakland in the south and Berkeley in the north, Emeryville is mainly known for the animation film studio Pixar that gave the world Toy Story and Finding Nemo as well as Cars. We are not here to be entertained by a talking cartoon car but to test-drive the i3, BMW’s only EV (electric vehicle) on the market. An acquaintance at the BMW Technology Office in Mountain View, whose role is to follow the latest Silicon ...
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