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BMW Makes Cars Greener by Tapping Own Wind Power, Old Batteries
- Carmaker creating, balancing own green power at Leipzig plant
- BMW has 4 wind turbines, 700 re-used i3 model batteries
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BMW AG is tapping its own wind turbines and recycled batteries to power machines that make cars like its i3 all-electric model, adding a new shade of green to the its production chain.
The carmaker is linking 700 “second-life” i3 electric-car batteries to store power from four wind turbines located at its so-called Storage Farm in Leipzig, which will help it build new i3s and 1- and 2-Series models, the Munich-based carmaker said Thursday.