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Stellantis buys Share Now car-sharing venture from BMW and Mercedes

Green Car Reports

Stellantis will buy the Share Now car-sharing joint venture from BMW and Mercedes-Benz, incorporating it into Stellantis' own Free2Move service. Share Now was formed by BMW and Mercedes in 2019 from car-sharing services the two German.

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IDTechEx: buying an autonomous electric car will feel more like buying a laptop than a car

Green Car Congress

Source: IDTechEx What are the main concerns when buying a laptop? In the future, automakers like Mercedes and BMW will be selling vehicles with marketing like Nvidia inside or Mobileye inside, just like a laptop might be bought that says intel inside today. Semiconductor devices found on autonomous electric vehicles.

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Premium German carmaker BMW buys Chinese electric van to ferry its parts around Sydney

The Driven EV News

Sydney-based dealerships of premium car maker BMW and its Mini brand have taken delivery of a fully electric delivery van from Chinese carmaker LDV. The post Premium German carmaker BMW buys Chinese electric van to ferry its parts around Sydney appeared first on The Driven.

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Say it ain’t so: BMW, Volkswagen, and Renault take aim at Europe’s ICE ban phase-out

Electrek

The heads of BMW, Volkswagen, and Renault have spoken out against European Union’s emission targets in recent days, arguing that the phase-out rules put too much pressure on the industry and that consumers aren’t buying EVs fast enough.

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Report: The Next-Gen BMW M3 Will Land with Electric and ICE Powertrains

The Truth About Cars

BMW has aggressive electrification plans, but the automaker isn’t taking its eye off the internal combustion ball. A new report from BMW Blog states that BMW is planning a next-generation M3 between 2027 and 2028 that will land with gas and electric configurations. Image: BMW] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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The BMW iX1 Now On Sale in South Africa!

CleanTechnica EVs

The all-electric BMW iX1 is now on sale in South Africa. It joins the growing list of battery electric vehicles now available from BMW for consumers in South Africa to buy, adding onto the MINI Cooper SE (which is the most affordable BEV in South Africa at the moment), the […] It starts from R1,140,000 ($62,928).

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Sweden's Northvolt will make $2.3B of electric-car batteries for BMW

Green Car Reports

As it ramps up electric-car production, BMW has inked a battery-supply deal with Sweden's Northvolt. BMW plans to buy 2 billion euros ($2.3 Batteries will be manufactured at a factory currently under construction Skelleftea, Sweden, which will use 100% renewable energy, according to a BMW.

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