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FEBRUARY 17, 2024

continued] The post First Pilot Fleet of BMW iX5 Hydrogen Fuel Cell EVs Launched In South Africa appeared first on CleanTechnica. South Africa is the world’s largest producer of platinum group metals. Anglo American Platinum is the world’s leading primary producer.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Share In UK – BMW Leading BEV Brand appeared first on CleanTechnica. January saw plugin EVs at 23.0% share of the UK auto market, up YoY from 20.0%. Full electric volume increased. continued] The post EVs At 23.0%

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

” BMW took a while to put another full-electric vehicle model on the market after its groundbreaking BMW i3, but it’s rolling stronger and stronger now in the EV space. BMW now has the iX3, the iX, the i4, and the iX1 and i7 just arriving. Then, underneath BMW […].

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JUNE 6, 2023

Jo Borrás and I have revived our EV Bracket Battle Tournament, and the matchup we were on today was the BMW i7 versus the Mercedes EQS. These are two big luxury sedans from historic German automakers, but they are actually quite different. Jo and I discuss the differences in exterior styling, interior design, touchscreens and […]

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Results of testing on a Euro 6 BMW 320d diesel by the German environmental organization Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), ZDF’s WISO and a software expert point to the use of inadmissible defeat devices, according to DUH. The vehicle must have fully functional exhaust gas cleaning in all normal operating situations.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

The BMW iX got the introduction as the iX to tell the world BMW’s serious in making real BEVs for its best selling SUV models. Now there is an iX1 and an iX3 that are not really freshly designed fully electric models. The iX is a blank sheet design, but by its outside size, it […]

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MARCH 31, 2023

The BMW i3 wasn’t quite up to standard for motoring enthusiast and mechanical engineer David. So, he waited to close to the end of production and purchased the BMW i3S. What was the difference, I asked. The “S” has more power, larger wheels, and flared wheel arches.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Just about every automaker on the planet is increasing its electric vehicle production to some degree in 2023, and BMW Group is no exception. In fact, BMW seems to be on a serious push to try to take more of the EV market. Naturally, it must know that its survival, and certainly its success, in […]

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JANUARY 4, 2023

BMW USA has released its 4th quarter and full-year 2022 sales figures. One of the highlights from BMW was that 4th quarter full-electric vehicle sales were greater than sales in the first 3 quarters combined. of BMW USA’s sales in 2022 were electric vehicle sales. Overall, 4.7%

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JULY 4, 2021

BMW’s next fully electric vehicle is now rolling off of production lines in Dingolfing, Germany, which is BMW Group’s largest production facility in Europe. BMW iX production is getting rolling thanks to more than €400 million of investment at the factory.

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OCTOBER 7, 2023

Dannar is taking its new mobile energy storage unit on the road with BMW i3 EV battery packs and a plan to decarbonize off-road working vehicles.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

ONE battery company has tested a dual-chemistry battery that powered a BMW iX for 978 kilometers on a single charge. The post BMW iX With ONE Battery Pack Drives 978 Km On Single Charge appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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MARCH 1, 2019

BMW i Ventures and Volvo Cars Tech Fund each have invested in Z?m m , a fast-growing on-demand ride sharing service for student transportation for school districts and working families. The company, which celebrates its fourth birthday this month, aims to become the world’s safest and largest child transportation provider.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

BMW was October’s leading BEV brand. October saw plugin EVs take 24.9% of the UK auto market, up from 21.5% year on year. Plugin hybrids had their strongest share in two years. Overall auto volume was 153,529 units, up 14.3% YoY, and in line with pre-2020 seasonal averages.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

continued] The post BMW i5 Is Car Of The Year In Denmark 2024 appeared first on CleanTechnica. Hardly worth mentioning that this is the 5th year in a row an electric car takes the title of Car.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

In a recent press release, BMW revealed that, like much of the rest of the industry, it’s going to adopt the NACS plug in North America. With most of the rest of the German automakers doing the same thing, this leaves Volkswagen Group (owners of not only VW, but also Porsche, Audi, and others) as […]

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MAY 22, 2023

BMW is stepping up from vehicle-to-grid EV charging to kick vehicle-to-everything (V2X) into gear, with an assist from the California utility PG&E

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APRIL 1, 2023

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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DECEMBER 20, 2023

The overall German auto market was down by 6% in November, to 245,701 units, [continued] The post The Battle For Germany’s EV Market, Part XI — BMW Shines! VW & Tesla Down, Mercedes Up. appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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JULY 2, 2022

The BMW i3 is a truly unique electric car — or unique car of any kind, for that matter. I bought a used BMW i3 […]. The i3 is likely to be on the streets of Europe and the US for many years to come. But production of new i3 cars has come to an end.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Years ago, BMW announced that it was going big on building future electric MINI vehicles in China. But, as media outlets have been pointing out, U.S. sales would run into a huge tariff. Fortunately, MINI now has plans to build at least some of the vehicles in the UK, which will beat the tariff, provide […]

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MARCH 8, 2022

For much of the auto industry’s recent history, luxury auto sales have been dominated by Lexus and BMW. Tesla is on track to outpace luxury automaker sales from Lexus and BMW, amidst a major shift […]. However, Tesla’s push toward the emergence of the electric vehicle is expected to change that in the years to come.

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APRIL 19, 2017

BMW of North America has partnered with the National Park Foundation, National Park Service and the Department of Energy to install up to 100 electric vehicle charging stations in national parks and nearby communities across the country. DOE Clean Cities will work with the national parks and BMW to continue providing technical expertise.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

BMW will feature the Neue Klasse concept at this year's IAA show in Munich. Is it a hint of what an electric 3 Series sedan might look like?

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JUNE 6, 2021

BMW recently revealed the i4, a sedan that focuses on driving dynamics while still being a decent EV. Together with the release of the iX crossover, this represents a major leap toward BMW’s goal of selling 50% EVs by 2030. CleanTechnica readers probably have the same big question I did: what took BMW so long […].

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MAY 30, 2021

BMW recently started production of its fifth-generation drive units at the Competence Centre for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing. This is the beginning of a much larger push to produce drive units and battery packs at more and more BMW production facilities, with a goal of 50% electric drive production by 2030.

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JUNE 21, 2016

BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The system utilizes BMW i3 high-voltage batteries and can be expanded to incorporate second-life batteries as they become available in the market.

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JULY 7, 2021

There was a time when my dream car was a BMW. Here is how my love for BMW started. In high school, along with Physics, French was my other favorite subject. I had been very keen on learning the French language during my primary school days because my father, my sister, and my older brothers, […].

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APRIL 25, 2023

A Car2Car project that explores the circular economy in car manufacturing is being led by BMW Group and is being funded by the German government.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Shaun Maidment’s 2016 BMW i3 has just reached 300,000 kilometers on its odometer! Shaun bought his BMW i3 in August of 2016. Shaun’s car has the highest mileage of any i3 in Africa. This 60 Ah i3 has been driven for over 300,000 kilometers in those 5 and a half years on its original battery! […].

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Drive Electric

MAY 1, 2023

Press release 2nd May 2023 Drive Electric welcomes the continuation of the Clean Car Discount, as this policy is delivering emissions reductions and saving money on fossil fuels. Mark Gilbert, Chair of Drive Electric says, “The Clean Car Discount has turned New Zealand from a laggard to a leader when it comes to EV adoption.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

BMW got the memo (perhaps) and just confirmed a battery supply agreement with […]. Succeeding in the electric vehicle market in which there’s far more consumer demand for electric cars than there is supply often comes down to having enough batteries. The more batteries, the more sales, the better one looks.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

I’m sure there are a few Classic MINI purists out there who don’t appreciate BMW’s recent announcement that the whole brand is going EV. But, that car has long been a pioneer of efficiency, and even pioneered a technology in the 1950s that most EVs use today. The brand also put some of the first […]

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MAY 3, 2021

Ford and BMW bank on solid-state batteries to power a new generation of longer-range, faster-charging, lower-costing electric vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

BMW continues down the road the path of fuel cell powered passenger cars as part of its corporate strategy for the future.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Three of the most popular plug-in hybrids in 2020 all emitted more CO 2 than advertised when tested in the real world, according to tests commissioned by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E). —Julia Poliscanova, senior director for clean vehicles at T&E. Transport & Environment (2020). ?

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APRIL 20, 2022

BMW Group reboots its iconic 7 Series with the i7 xDrive60 electric car, aiming at demanding, discriminating drivers who care about the planet, too.

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