Hopefully, Bäckmand will continue to rack up plenty of miles on his new electric 5 Series to see just how a modern EV can ...

As for the rest of the E39 ferry free project, Norway is also studying other advanced ideas, like submerged floating tunnels for parts of the E39 where the fjords are too deep for drilling.

As Car Throttle notes, however, the fact that it has a license plate starting with P means it may instead by a lesser E39 5-Series outfitted with the 394 hp 4.9-liter V8 engine of the M5.