Automotive
December 20, 2017
BMW headquarters turned into batteries. Image credit: BMW
By Brielle Jaekel
Despite consumers still being relatively uninterested, German automaker BMW is celebrating reaching a milestone number of electric vehicles sold in 2017.
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