German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the BMW auto assembly plant next to a BMW high performance prototype on November 5, 2010 in Leipzig, Germany. Merkel and BMW Chairman Norbert Reithofer officially inaugurated BMW's committment to invest EUR 400 million to expand production at Leipzig in order to mass produce a BMW electric car. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
BMW To Produce Electric Cars In Leipzig
A worker makes a final visual inspection of a completed BMW car at the BMW auto assembly plant on November 5, 2010 in Leipzig, Germany. Earlier in the day German Chancellor Angela Merkel and BMW Chairman Norbert Reithofer officially inaugurated BMW's committment to invest EUR 400 million to expand production at Leipzig in order to mass produce a BMW electric car. BMW has made a strong recovery since the financial crisis of 2009 that temporarily crippled demand for cars worldwide. Germany's export-driven economy is back on track and unemployment has fallen drastically. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
BMW To Produce Electric Cars In Leipzig
A worker attaches a BMW hood ornament onto a completed BMW car at the BMW auto assembly plant in Leipzig, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
BMW To Produce Electric Cars In Leipzig
Workers assemble BMW cars at the BMW auto assembly plant on November 5, 2010 in Leipzig, Germany. Earlier in the day German Chancellor Angela Merkel and BMW Chairman Norbert Reithofer officially inaugurated BMW's committment to invest EUR 400 million to expand production at Leipzig in order to mass produce a BMW electric car. BMW has made a strong recovery since the financial crisis of 2009 that temporarily crippled demand for cars worldwide. Germany's export-driven economy is back on track and unemployment has fallen drastically. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
BMW To Produce Electric Cars In Leipzig
Car bosies on a conveyor belt pass over office workers at the BMW auto assembly plant on November 5, 2010 in Leipzig, Germany. Earlier in the day German Chancellor Angela Merkel and BMW Chairman Norbert Reithofer officially inaugurated BMW's committment to invest EUR 400 million to expand production at Leipzig in order to mass produce a BMW electric car. BMW has made a strong recovery since the financial crisis of 2009 that temporarily crippled demand for cars worldwide. Germany's export-driven economy is back on track and unemployment has fallen drastically. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
BMW To Produce Electric Cars In Leipzig
Workers assemble BMW cars at the BMW auto assembly plant on November 5, 2010 in Leipzig, Germany. Earlier in the day German Chancellor Angela Merkel and BMW Chairman Norbert Reithofer officially inaugurated BMW's committment to invest EUR 400 million to expand production at Leipzig in order to mass produce a BMW electric car. BMW has made a strong recovery since the financial crisis of 2009 that temporarily crippled demand for cars worldwide. Germany's export-driven economy is back on track and unemployment has fallen drastically. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
BMW To Produce Electric Cars In Leipzig
Workers assemble BMW cars at the BMW auto assembly plant on November 5, 2010 in Leipzig, Germany. Earlier in the day German Chancellor Angela Merkel and BMW Chairman Norbert Reithofer officially inaugurated BMW's committment to invest EUR 400 million to expand production at Leipzig in order to mass produce a BMW electric car. BMW has made a strong recovery since the financial crisis of 2009 that temporarily crippled demand for cars worldwide. Germany's export-driven economy is back on track and unemployment has fallen drastically. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
BMW To Produce Electric Cars In Leipzig
A worker makes a final visual inspection of a completed BMW car at the BMW auto assembly plant on November 5, 2010 in Leipzig, Germany. Earlier in the day German Chancellor Angela Merkel and BMW Chairman Norbert Reithofer officially inaugurated BMW's committment to invest EUR 400 million to expand production at Leipzig in order to mass produce a BMW electric car. BMW has made a strong recovery since the financial crisis of 2009 that temporarily crippled demand for cars worldwide. Germany's export-driven economy is back on track and unemployment has fallen drastically. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)