BMW i3 electric cars enter government service (in small MA town) - ecomento.com
So when the local government in Dartmouth, Massachusetts – a town on the southeast coast of the Bay State – announced that it would purchase a handful of BMW i3 electric cars for official use, it may have raised the blood pressure of some... Yet the local officials who will be driving these electric cars claim the i3 was the most sensible choice, according to The Boston Globe. BMW was reportedly one of only two brands offering an electric-car lease (the other was Nissan), which officials viewed as a requirement. They claim it allowed Dartmouth to receive greater state and Federal aid, helping to lower the overall cost of the cars. Massachusetts is one of nine states to adopt California’s stricter emissions standards, but not that state’s zero-emission vehicle mandate. Consequently, not every electric-car model currently in production is sold there, although certain limited-availability models – including the Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive and Volkswagen e-Golf – are. The i3 starts at $43,395 (including destination) for the all-electric version, while two-year leases for individual private consumers start at $269 per month, with $3,000 down. Source: ecomento.com
