BMW Demos Electric Car Performance With 'Electronaut Effect' Site

Since January, 2012, BMW has been field-testing 700 electric ActiveE cars. Now the company wants you to see what sort of mileage and data those experimental cars are accumulating, and on Thursday rolls out an online digital tool it calls "Electronaut Effect" to do just that.

The site was created to popularize the company's electric car project, showing curious onlookers the range, money saved and environmental advantages of its ActiveE vehicles

According to a company press release, the new site is designed to "help drivers considering an electric vehicle purchase make informed decisions." The experimental electric cars have now traveled a combined 6.1 million miles, and BMW claims the drivers have saved $741,039 and more than 275,000 gallons of gas along the way: Read more...