http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/75095635/how-bmw-electric-cars-make-little-people-happy How BMW electric cars make little people happy December 21 2015
[images / BWMEDIA http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/8/p/k/v/q/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349.18pk5v.png/1450638908383.jpg NZ's first electric BMW X6: the 50th GoBabyGo car delivered since 2014 http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/8/p/k/r/y/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349.18pk5v.png/1450638908383.jpg GoBabyGo drivers and BMW NZ corporate communications manager Ed Finn ] NZ's first electric BMW X6: the 50th GoBabyGo car delivered since 2014. BMW's electric vehicles (EVs) are in the headlines at the moment, with the plug-in i3 announced as the winner of the New Zealand Car of the Year in December. But BMW EVs of a different kind have been making a much bigger impact this year: GoBabyGo, a charity organisation that provides and adapts ride-in electric cars for children with impaired mobility, delivered its 50th vehicle in December. The organisation was founded just 16 months ago. BMW is a major sponsor, hence the exclusive use of baby-EVs with the blue-and-white roundel. Other key sponsors include Allied Medical, a mobility specialist, and website company Zyber. GoBabyGo drivers and BMW NZ corporate communications manager Ed Finn. In true premium-brand fashion, no two GoBabyGo EVs are the same. Following a successful application by a disabled child, the vehicle is adapted for their particular needs. This could comprise anything from a bespoke seat to remote steering and/or throttle controls so that parents can assist children in controlling the car. There are multiple benefits to independent mobility for the children, says GoBabyGo chief executive Gilli Sinclair. "Many of our kids have never been told 'no' before. If you can't move yourself about it's hard to be naughty, yet testing boundaries is as important to kids' development as play." The cars can also have therapeutic effects, as children are encouraged to hold their heads up, or develop better hand-eye coordination and dexterity. The vehicles can assist with socialisation in public as well: other children may find it hard to relate to somebody in a wheelchair, but the GoBabyGo BMWs attract a more positive type of attention. GoBabyGo's goal for 2016 is the delivery of 80 vehicles. [© 2015 Fairfax New Zealand] ... http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/73707267/gobabygo-and-bmw-give-electric-toy-cars-to-children-with-disabilities GoBabyGo is 'such a neat idea' For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/GoBabyGo-toy-Electric-BMW-s-for-impaired-kid-mobility-tp4679316.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
