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BMW Group plans joint venture for MINI electric vehicles in China; LoI with Great Wall Motor

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The BMW Group is in advanced discussions to ramp up the global success of its MINI brand through a new joint venture in China. A key element of the brand’s continued strategic development will be local production of future battery-electric MINI vehicles in the world’s largest market for electromobility. million vehicles per year.

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BMW Group hits 100K electrified vehicle mark for this year, lights up Group HQ like a battery

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The BMW Group has delivered more than 100,000 electrified vehicles to customers worldwide in 2017, as promised at the beginning of the year. The BMW Group selected this glowing symbol to represent the technological change taking place in mobility. —Harald Krüger, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG.

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VW’s Diess keynoting CES, introducing new electric concept car

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Diess will use the CES stage to launch an all-electric concept car while focusing his remarks on electric mobility driving the automotive market. Prior to joining Volkswagen, he was Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG. Herbert Diess joined BMW in 1996 as Director, Long-Term and Structural Planning.

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BMW to Introduce 320d EfficientDynamics Edition at IAA; 109 g CO2/km

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BMW will introduce the new 320d EfficientDynamics Edition at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA). all-aluminium crankcase, turbocharging with variable intake geometry and common-rail direct fuel injection with piezo-injectors. The 320d EfficientDynamics Edition. Click to enlarge. liters diesel/100 kilometers (57.4

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Diesel car registrations in Europe in 2017 down 7.9%; SUV sales up 19.5%; AFVs up 46% but share still low

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AFVs—including hybrid, electric and plug-in vehicles—accounted for 4.8% when compared to 2016 and the highest volume of registrations since 2007 when 16.02 A sharp contrast to 2007, when SUVs represented just 8.5% BMW Group was another strong performer, leading the premium manufacturers. on the previous year.

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WiTricity extends recent funding for a total of $52M

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Stage 1 Ventures led the first tranche of $34 million with participation from Air Waves Wireless Electricity and a strategic investment by Mitsubishi Corporation through its US subsidiary, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas). The technology can already be seen in action with McLaren’s Speedtail Hyper-GT and the BMW 530e iPerformance.

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BMW Technology Day 2009: Focus on Aerodynamics, Two New Engines and 8-Speed Transmission

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For its Technology Day 2009 in Germany, BMW focused on describing its work with aerodyanmics, engines and transmissions in the context of its EfficientDyanmics development strategy. BMW has been able to deliver significant improvements in its fleet CO 2 emissions over the past few years. Click to enlarge. EfficientDynamics.

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