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Seeking thrifty ways to cut pollution, Rotterdam links up with BMW hybrid owners

Drivers of BMW plug-in hybrid cars, such as Daan Hosli, use a smartphone app to remind them to switch to electric driving when they hit a geo-fenced area. Hosli is pictured next to his car near Rotterdam's Erasmus bridge. (REUTERS\/Eva Plevier)
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Toby Sterling and Edward Taylor
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January 26, 2019 10:18 AM

ROTTERDAM -- As Daan Hosli's hybrid BMW glides into downtown Rotterdam, it passes a virtual boundary into the city's "electric-only zone" and his mobile phone rings to remind him to switch off his combustion engine and drive on battery power.

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