BMW will test the ActiveE, its second non-production electric car, in New York metropolitan area (including New and Connecticut Jersey), Los Angeles (including San Diego, Ca), Northern California (greater San Francisco and Sacramento) and the Boston area in mid-2011.

The four-passenger ActiveE will depend on the 1 Series Coupe and has a 32-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack. Introduced with the Detroit auto show in January, the ActiveE has a 100-mile range per charge. It takes 8.5 seconds to reach 60 miles per hour and has a maximum speed 90 mph.

BMW’s Mini E, its debut electric vehicle, was deployed worldwide and today including over 600 test cars within its second year. The ActiveE is scheduled for testing only in america.