Last week the NY Times reviewed the BME Active E [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/automobiles/taking-a-spin-in-an-electric-bmw-activee.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&sq=bmw&st=cse&scp=2] It was interesting to see that they were also having software issues: Given that the ActiveE is a test platform, it was perhaps not surprising that I encountered a few glitches. Several times, a warning screen told me the shifter couldn’t be moved to “P” — and to take the car to a service center. Another time, a more emphatic “drivetrain malfunction” screen warned, “Stop carefully and turn off vehicle.” I knew from online forums to ignore these as false alarms. There were also small hiccups in ultra-low-speed driving when various conditions that were hard to identify or replicate — maybe high torque on wet roads or braking-software miscommunications — produced momentary wheel shake. This happened three times during my week of driving; BMW said fixes were expected within days.
