Those who fanc electric vehicles, MINIs and live in the UK will be happy to hear that BMW has begun accepting applications to lease one of 20 of their MINI Es.

What’s even better is BMW will be offering the £550 monthly lease for just £330 courtesy of a £25 million grant from the Technology Strategy Board. According to the press release, those who lease the car will be supplied with a 240V/32 amp charging unit that will make for a total charging time of just 4.5 hours. Additionally, BMW will supply a 13 amp socket adapter for those who request it.

The application to lease the above vehicle is located here.

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It looks like BMW has moved onto less convential ways of marketing their 2009 Z4, this time on Apple’s App Store.

Featured in BMW’s Z4 iPhone app is the ability to customize and create a 2009 BMW Z4, and then drive it around using it’s tires to paint on a virtual canvas.

The app is available now in the App Store weighing in at 50MB, for free. However, KickingTires notes that the app is labeled Lite, which means a more robust app may be in the pipeline.

We’ll keep you posted.

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