Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The BMW Group Leipzig plant is commissioning 70 more hydrogen-powered tugger trains (indoor tugs). The consortium is supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and its program company, NOW GmbH. These are used in production to supply the assembly lines with supplier parts.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2020

The BMW Group plans to invest more than €30 billion up to 2025 in research and development to underscore its position as an innovation leader, said Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, at the company’s Annual Accounts Press Conference in Munich. In this respect, we are quite clearly in the fast lane.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 11, 2024

Companies often tout their green initiatives as a way to drum up new business, but the expensive reality of investing in EVs and other technologies isn’t always clear up front. Hertz found that out the hard way, as it aggressively invested in new EVs for its rental fleet a couple of years ago, only to begin selling them off in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2018

BMW is providing the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis with ten battery-electric, BMW i3 models for 18 months. Eight of the pre-owned vehicles will be available soon for UC Davis faculty and staff to rent through the campus’s UC Drive program, which is managed by the Fleet Services department.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Autonomous vehicle technology company Nauto has entered into strategic agreements with three major auto companies, including BMW i Ventures and Toyota Research Institute, as well as with Allianz Ventures, part of the leading global financial service provider and insurance company Allianz Group.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Mobility and BMW Group intend to sell their car-sharing joint venture SHARE NOW to Stellantis. The three companies recently signed an agreement to this effect and agreed not to disclose the details of the transaction. —Rainer Feurer, Head of Corporate Investments at the BMW Group.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction. Chairman of the Board of Management Oliver Zipse announced initial details of this strategic direction in Munich on Monday and presented the targets the company has set itself for the phase up to 2030.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Motiv Power Systems announced the deployment of four all-electric step vans with Alsco, a global uniform service company. Suited for Alsco’s routes, Motiv’s EPIC F-59 chassis incorporate its fifth-generation electric powertrain technology, AdaptEV software and BMW battery packs. EPIC F-59 Ford eQVM-approved chassis.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

The BMW Group has signed a long-term supply contract worth €2 billion for battery cells with the Swedish company Northvolt. —Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG. —Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2017

Generation Investment Management LLP, a long-term, sustainability focused investment firm led the round, which was joined by BMW i Ventures, the corporate venture capital team founded by BMW Group in 2011. The company recently launched of the industry’s first autonomous bus development program with the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

Recently the BMW Group signed a cobalt supply contract with Moroccan mining company Managem Group ; the contract has a volume of around €100 million, said Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. We are systematically driving electrification of our vehicle fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2017

Autonomous vehicle technology company Nauto ( earlier post ) closed a $159-million Series B financing round, led by a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. The resulting insights help improve fleet safety and operations, as well as save lives and reduce liability and expenses. and Greylock Partners.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2012

BMW of North America will partner with Green Mountain Energy Company to offer drivers of the BMW ActiveE the choice to support renewable energy for their cars. In addition to this opportunity to purchase RECs from Green Mountain, ActiveE drivers can take advantage of a separate BMW clean energy offer.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The BMW Group is deepening its existing business relationships with battery cell manufacturers CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. billion for the BMW Group and €2.8 billion for the Chinese production site of the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. billion for the BMW Group and €2.8 Limited) and Samsung SDI.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2022

Autonomy, the nation’s largest electric vehicle subscription company, placed an order for 23,000 electric vehicles with 17 global automakers to expand and diversify its subscription fleet beyond Tesla. The fleet order is valued at $1.2 The 23,000-unit order represents 1.2% —Scott Painter, founder and CEO of Autonomy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2012

BMW and Green Mountain Energy Company are partnering to reduce the environmental impact of the entire BMW ActiveE fleet in the DriveNow program. All customers who drive a BMW ActiveE in the car sharing program can know that their vehicles are supporting a greener electric grid. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2016

BMW of North America won its bid to supply the Los Angeles Police Department with 100 battery-electric BMW i3 vehicles for use in the department’s transportation fleet. The BMW i3 police cars began hitting the streets of Los Angeles this spring badged with an LAPD insignia. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2019

BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) has become the first automobile manufacturer to enable full 5G wireless coverage at all its plants. BBA was the first 5G pilot company in Shenyang to begin developing a 5G network for its three plants back in October 2018. Full 5G coverage, transfer rate of 1 Gbps.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The all-new 2023 BMW XM was sort-of revealed to the media in Los Angeles on November 16. What we did get in Los Angeles was a guided walk-around by BMW executives, and plenty of time to ask questions about this important vehicle for BMW. BMW “M” performance with a plug. The twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter

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Green Car Congress

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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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

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. The company estimated 50% BEV sales by 2030 worldwide, and possibly higher in Europe, he said.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

BMW has sold almost 10,300 i3 EVs worldwide during the first nine months of this year, and 341 i8 plug-in hybrids from June through September, according to Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG in his statement on the company’s quarterly results. of BMW automotive brand sales worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

BMW i Ventures made a strategic investment in RideCell , a provider of software to power mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), including car-sharing, ride sharing, fixed-route, and dynamic transit services. The convergence of transportation trends in cities is of key importance to BMW. —Ulrich Quay, Head of BMW i Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2015

The BMW Group is working on a parking prediction system designed to shorten the search for vacant on-street parking, particularly in cities. The system is being displayed in a BMW i3. The BMW Group has been researching solutions to take the stress out of parking and to reduce the time spent locating a vacant space since 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2018

The BMW Group thus has become the first international auto maker to obtain the Autonomous Driving road test license in China, marking a big step on its path to Autonomous Driving. This achievement underlines BMW Group’s leading role in the development of autonomous driving in the Chinese automotive industry. kilometers (3.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

DriveNow, the carsharing joint venture between the BMW Group and Sixt SE ( earlier post ), has launched its flexible carsharing service in London. Initially, 210 BMW 1 Series and MINI Countryman models will be available for spontaneous hire. DriveNow is a carsharing joint venture by BMW Group and Sixt SE.

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Green Car Congress

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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Driivz

JULY 21, 2022

In order to understand fleet electrification, let’s first take a look at electrification in general: Electrification is the process of replacing technologies that use fossil fuels (such as oil, coal and natural gas) with those that use electricity as an energy source. Fleet Electrification – Driving the Revolution.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2012

To that end, it was announced last year that BMW would be supplying 4,000 of its low-emissions cars to the event, including 200 electric cars. The company has revealed that the first cars in its huge fleet have now been delivered to London. BMW is having.

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Green Fleet Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

ChargeScape aims to unlock EV technology through conveniently managed energy services never before possible with gasoline-powered vehicles – benefiting EV customers, electric utilities and automakers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2010

Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG at the BMW Group Future Mobility Night 2010 in Beijing. The BMW Group will launch its Megacity Vehicle in 2013, said Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, on Thursday ahead of the Auto China 2010 show in Beijing. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2016

BMW Group, Intel, and Mobileye are collaborating to bring solutions for highly and fully automated driving into series production by 2021. This establishes the opportunity for self-driving fleets by 2021 and lays the foundation for entirely new business models in a connected, mobile world.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2017

BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to be the first automaker to join them in developing a world-leading, state-of-the-art autonomous driving platform for global deployment. —Harald Krüger, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2014

What do you do with a fleet of surplus electric cars? As their two-year leases to BMW''s fleet of "Electronaut" test drivers expire, BMW ActiveE electric cars are now returning to the company. The ActiveE is a BMW.'

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2016

Following a successful pilot program, BMW Group has launched ReachNow, a free-floating premium car sharing service, in Seattle. The initial fleet of 370 vehicles, including the BMW i3, the BMW 3 Series and the MINI Cooper, will be located on the streets of Seattle for immediate use. Renting your own vehicle via ReachNow.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2013

BMW Manufacturing has expanded its hydrogen fuel-cell material handling equipment across its 4.0 In 2010, BMW completed the installation of a hydrogen storage and distribution area near the plant’s Energy Center to power about 100 pieces of fuel cell material handling equipment. BMW estimates that the expanded system will avoid 4.1

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2021

Motiv Power Systems, a company delivering medium-duty electric truck and bus chassis and related charging infrastructure, secured $20 million in financing from Crescent Cove Advisors, LP. Motiv has delivered 120 that have traveled more than one million miles across North America.

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