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JUNE 25, 2012

and BMW will expand their partnership, one aspect of which will be Toyota providing hybrid systems and fuel cell technology to BMW. The Nikkei reported that Toyota President Akio Toyoda and BMW Chief Executive Officer Norbert Reithofer will make an announcement this week. and 2-liter diesel engines to Toyota.

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MAY 24, 2012

BMW AG and its joint venture partner, Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd., BMW will invest an additional €500 million (US$630 million) in local sites to prepare for further growth, raising total capacity to 300,000 units per year over the medium-term. —Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

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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APRIL 11, 2011

Not so long ago, the notion of luxury German brand BMW hiring an engineer from General Motors might have been a stretch. The company prefers to promote engineers from within its Munich engineering headquarters.

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MARCH 27, 2012

BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) have signed an agreement on collaborative research in the field of next-generation lithium-ion battery cells and have begun said research. liter diesel engines to TME starting in 2014. liter diesel engines to TME starting in 2014. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). liter and 2.0

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APRIL 1, 2012

BMW i8 Concept Spyder. Following on the presentation of the BMW i3 Concept and BMW i8 Concept coupé at the Frankfurt show in 2011 ( earlier post ), the BMW Group has introduced a third i Model: the BMW i8 Concept Spyder. Like the i8 coupé concept, the BMW i8 Concept Spyder with eDrive is a plug-in hybrid.

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

BMW will demonstrate new driver assistance and automated control functions including 360-degree collision avoidance and fully-automated parking in multi-story parking garages at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 in January. Like all BMW assistance systems, this research application can be overridden at any time by the driver.

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JULY 23, 2012

BMW is introducing the 2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 7L ( earlier post ) with an MSRP of $84,895. At its introduction in 2011, the first-generation ActiveHybrid 7 carried a base MSRP of $103,125 for the ActiveHybrid 7 and $107,025 for the long wheelbase ActiveHybrid 7L. The second-generation ActiveHybrid 7 powertrain uses BMW’s 3.0-liter

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

One year after the two partners signed a memorandum of understanding, the joint venture formed by the BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën to develop and manufacture hybrid and drive technology—BMW Peugeot Citroën Electrification ( earlier post )—is now up and running. More than 1.8 More than 1.8

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Consumer Reports’ own fuel economy tests of vehicles equipped with small turbocharged engines has found in many cases that the turbocharged cars tested by CR have slower acceleration and no better fuel economy than the models with larger conventional engines, the organization said. The smaller engine—a 1.6-liter

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JUNE 29, 2012

Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), met with Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, at BMW Group headquarters in Munich for the signing. At the BMW Group, we refer to this as “iconic change”. BMW and Toyota both want to make ever-better cars. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 14, 2010

BMW is bringing its twin-turbocharged inline-6 engine that produces V-8 power on six-cylinder fuel consumption to the 7 Series in North America. Both BMW 740i and BMW 740Li will go on sale in the United States as 2011 models in Spring 2010. liter inline-6 engine rated at 197 hp. The 733i featured a 3.2-liter

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

The BMW Group is showcasing developments from BMW ConnectedDrive at the ITS World Congress this week in Vienna under the slogan “BMW Urban Mobility”. This is empowering the BMW Group to support mobility sustainably and tailored to individual needs. Earlier post.) Adaptive navigation and strategic routing.

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JULY 31, 2011

BMW is known for its sports sedans, and the BMW 3-Series is probably the best-known BMW. There’s a wide array of gasoline straight-six engine and.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

BMW will stage the world premiere of the BMW ActiveE at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. Based on the current BMW 1 Series Coupé, the BMW ActiveE is the second electric test vehicle to be created by the BMW Group. The company had unveiled the Concept ActiveE at the North American International Auto Show in 2010.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (SGL ACF)—a joint venture of SGL Group and the BMW Group ( earlier post )—officially opened its new carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. In order to prepare the large-scale production start of BMW i vehicles in 2013, carbon fiber manufacturing needs to begin now, BMW says.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) signed binding agreements aimed at long-term collaboration between the two companies for the joint development of a hydrogen fuel cell system; joint development of architecture and components for a sports vehicle; and joint research and development of lightweight technologies. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Engineers at BMW Group Research and Technology are developing advanced automated driver assistance systems for the highway. Researchers have equipped a BMW 5 sedan with intelligent software as well as vision assistance and environment detection systems. Precursors and basis: BMW TrackTrainer and the Emergency Stop Assistant.

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APRIL 4, 2011

BMW’s new Concept M5, which makes its public debut at Auto Shanghai 2011, features a newly developed V8 with M twin-turbo technology. The M5 Concept engine is coupled with a seven-speed M double-clutch transmission with Drivelogic and M-specific suspension and steering.

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AUGUST 7, 2010

Roush Yates , one of racing’s premier designers and constructors of high-performance engines, will become an engine supplier in American Le Mans’ LMP2 starting in 2011. The addition of Roush Yates and its Ford engine now gives LMP entrants two excellent choices with more still to come.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

Earlier this week our sister site Motor Authority reported that the European arms of BMW and Toyota had plans to work together on exchanging diesel and hybrid car technology in a mutually beneficial agreement.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The grant is an add-on to the $8 million award from the DOE in August 2011 for converting thermoelectric heat to power for passenger cars ( earlier post ) and extends the technology to heavy military vehicles. The TEG developed in that project provided a proof-of-concept for stack-arranged TE engines in a cylindrical form factor.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The company also expects the global turbocharged commercial vehicle engine segment to grow rapidly from 3.5 million engines in 2009 to six million engines in 2015. The growth in all regions is primarily driven by increased adoption of smaller, turbocharged gasoline engines. liter Power Stroke engines.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

The BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën entered a new phase of their collaboration by signing an agreement to set up a 50:50 equity joint venture named BMW Peugeot Citroën Electrification. This initiative of BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën aims to develop standard hybrid components for the electrification of their vehicle ranges.

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MAY 10, 2012

Research project PROTON-PLATA (SDR) platform embedded in the trunk of the BMW X5 Research Prototype. The Technische Universität München (TUM), for years an established partner of the BMW Group, will also be included in the cooperation between BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH and EURECOM. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 16, 2014

gasoline unit that is the first member of a new family of 14 highly efficient engines to be launched by 2015. With a thermal efficiency of 37%, the engine delivers a combined-cycle fuel consumption of 4.1 Mass-produced gasoline engines on average have a thermal efficiency of between 30 and 35%, Toyota said.). A 4-cylinder, 1.33-liter

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JANUARY 22, 2016

Worldwide, nearly 2,500 Bosch engineers are working to develop driver assistance systems and automated driving further. The new team in Japan is benefiting from the findings of their colleagues in Germany and the US, who have been working on automated driving since 2011.

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JULY 15, 2014

100 kW gasoline engine for the MINI Hatch ( earlier post ) has been ongoing since spring 2014. It’s not just the aluminum that makes the turbocharger special; it was also developed from being a typical add-on component to an integral part of the engine. engine in 2011. Integration of the unit in the three-cylinder, 1.5L

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Scientists from the Technische Universität München (TUM) are collaborating with engineers from BMW to develop the means to replace copper with aluminum as a conductor in on-board power systems. The results are to be incorporated in the TUM electro vehicle MUTE, which will be presented at the IAA 2011. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 14, 2010

But blending changes in power flow among a combustion engine, one or more electric motors, regenerative brakes, and a high voltage battery pack in a way that's imperceptible-or at least. Toyota now has 15 years of experience writing hybrid-electric control software, and it has no intention of sharing its hard-won expertise.

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MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine. BMW X5 xDrive 40e.

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Secretive hiring took place at the time, and it was rumored high-level automotive engineers joined the company. Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Citroën will offer the e-HDi micro-hybrid system as an option on the new DS4, to be revealed at the 2010 Paris Motor Show; the DS4 is expected to go on sale later in 2011. DS4 will be launched with a choice of five Euro 5 engines. The three gasoline powerplants—VTi 120, THP 155 and the new THP 200—were co-developed with BMW.

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APRIL 4, 2011

The new BMW Concept M5, which will make its public debut at Auto Shanghai 2011, manages to reduce fuel consumption by at least 25 per cent. Its engine is coupled with a seven-speed M double clutch transmission [.]. The vehicle features a new V8 with M twin turbo technology and boasts a significantly increased output level.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Buehler and Inergy are currently conducting final tests and adjustments to the co-developed SCR system, and production is planned for 2011. A partial past and present client list includes Audi, BMW, Continental, GM, Hella, Johnson Controls, Lear, Mercedes-Benz, Siemens and Volkswagen. Specific vehicle models have not been determined.

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JULY 10, 2018

The decision for Germany fell, among other things, to: Proximity to the customer, to understand local market requirements and to respond more quickly to customer needs; Offering BMW, Daimler and VW locally produced solutions; and. CATL) was founded in 2011 and listed on the stock exchange in 2018. —Robin Zeng, CATL CEO.

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JULY 10, 2018

The decision for Germany fell, among other things, to: Proximity to the customer, to understand local market requirements and to respond more quickly to customer needs; Offering BMW, Daimler and VW locally produced solutions; and. CATL) was founded in 2011 and listed on the stock exchange in 2018. —Robin Zeng, CATL CEO.

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