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JUNE 21, 2022

These positives have led to significant investment by car manufacturers, including Hyundai, Toyota and BMW. Manufacturers will need to make hydrogen vehicles more affordable to become viable for fleets, but increased range and suitability for heavy goods transport will ultimately drive growth and economies of scale.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Plug-in hybrids may emit more carbon dioxide (CO2) than their manufacturers claimed, even when fully charged, European environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E) claims. T&E recently tested current-generation plug-in hybrid versions of the BMW 3 Series, Peugeot 308, and Renault Megane.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Velizy Villacoublay, France and Munich: Dassault Systemesand BMW Group have embarked on a long-term strategic partnership to develop BMW Group’s future engineering platform featuring Dassault Systemes ’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform at its core.

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JUNE 14, 2018

BMW has selected TTTech Auto, a high-tech company specializing in leading safety software and hardware platforms for automated driving, as its development partner for level 3 and 4 automated driving functions. We are excited to be working together here at our new BMW Group Autonomous Driving Campus.

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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). For example, two of the three cars tested, the BMW X5 and Volvo XC60, cannot fast charge.

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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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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”. The objective is to ensure mobility over a range of different modes of transport. This premium car sharing with BMW and MINI automobiles is independent of car-hire stations.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

IBM and BMW Group researchers are collaborating to explore the role of Watson cognitive computing in personalizing the driving experience and creating more intuitive driver support systems for cars of the future. A team of BMW Group engineers will work alongside IBM’s own team of technologists, developers and consultants.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2015

BMW Motorrad, Honda Motor Co. are now collaborating to enhance Cooperative-Intelligent Transportation Systems (C-ITS) applications in powered two-wheelers (PTWs) and are working together to establish a Connected Motorcycle Consortium. and Yamaha Motor Co. ITS systems designed for cars cannot simply be transferred to motorcycles.

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JULY 17, 2015

BMW Group has officially launched operations at its Center of Urban Mobility Competence, which it established earlier this year. At the same time, BMW also announced that 100 all-electric BMW i3 cars are now available for DriveNow car sharing customers in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. BMW i3 at DriveNow Berlin.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Continental and the BMW Group are pooling their development capacities to define the long-term prerequisites for series introduction of highly automated driving on European freeways. The joint research project with BMW Group addresses the enormous need for the kind of R&D required to realize the vision of automated driving.

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Green Car Congress

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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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

It would also grant much needed certainty to the automotive industry and to grid operators, re-charging infrastructure operators and transport companies as well. —Oliver Zipse, ACEA president and CEO of BMW. Otherwise, even the current reduction targets in fighting climate change are at risk.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

In addition to Delphi ( earlier post ), Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has also selected nuTonomy to begin trials of an autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service. Besides mobility-on-demand services, LTA is also exploring SDVs for other public transport applications, such as self-driving buses.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2017

HERE Technologies has launched the new generation of its HERE Real-Time Traffic service—the first global service on the market that integrates live vehicle sensor data from Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz vehicles with traffic probe information, resulting in significantly higher accuracy and more precise information about traffic conditions.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

EV sales in India: Hero Electric, Tata Motors, BMW. According to the Centre for Energy Finance at Council on Energy, Environment and Water at Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF) until September, electric two-wheeler sales stood at 58,264 units and three-wheelers at 59,808 units. India has already sold 1.18

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Siemens Intelligent Traffic Solutions is developing intelligent transportation technology for the fast and orderly evacuation of citizens. Siemens is currently developing such a system for testing by the US Department of Transportation. The associated software is supplied by Siemens’ global research unit, Corporate Technology.

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MARCH 18, 2010

During the AASHTO conference (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) in Palm Desert, California last fall, BMW and Siemens presented a system that transmits data between traffic lights and the vehicle to optimize the automatic engine start-stop function and the recovery of braking energy when approaching a traffic light.

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APRIL 15, 2016

On 14 April, the transport ministers of all 28 EU member states signed the Amsterdam Declaration , laying down agreements on the steps necessary for the development of connected, autonomous driving technology in the EU. Dutch transport minister Melanie Schultz. Amsterdam Declaration. to ensure data protection and privacy.

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JUNE 10, 2013

As part of the US Safety Pilot Model Deployment of connected vehicle technologies ( earlier post ), the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) will launch a motorcycle study to determine how cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles interact using V2V (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) communications technology. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

According to a recent report from Transport & Environment (T&E), automakers in the European market have secured only about 16% of the key battery metals they will need between now and 2030. In this department, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen scored top marks, while Tesla earned a low score.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

IONITY, a joint venture of BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company, as well as the Volkswagen Group with Audi and Porsche, has to date opened 202 charging sites across 18 European markets. Such a high-power level can enable a charging speed of 200 kilometers in as little as 8 minutes.

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JULY 22, 2011

BMW of North America and Coulomb Technologies announced that drivers of the BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will be able to take advantage of the expansion of the ChargePoint Network into the Boston Metro area. The BMW ActiveE is the BMW Group’s next step towards a mass-produced electric vehicle.

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JUNE 16, 2021

Volvo Cars and Volkswagen are the only major carmakers ready to switch to electric in line with Europe’s net zero climate target, according to new analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

A multinational team including researchers from the BMW Group have optimized an ionic liquid electrolyte for Li-air batteries, which resulted in a stable electrode-electrolyte interface and a highly reversible charge-discharge cycling behavior in a test Li-air coin cell. Reiter from BMW Group. —Elia et al. Mueller, D. Resources.

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JULY 3, 2021

Our friends over at Transport & Environment (T&E) are concerned that the UK is taking its electric vehicle production sector for granted and not doing enough to retain its EV production leadership. According to the organization, 50% of the EVs produced in Europe were produced in the UK in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2021

In April, the BMW Group, WWF and other companies—including the Volvo Group—undertook, as a precautionary measure, not to use deep-ocean minerals or finance deep-sea mining until comprehensive scientific research into the impact of deep-sea mining can be conducted and the consequences for the environment are clearly assessed.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

A 2022 study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) found, real-world electric miles for plug-in hybrids may be up to 65% lower than what regulators assume, with fuel consumption up to 67% higher. Another study from Transport & Environment in 2020 also found that plug-in hybrids are polluting more than claimed.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

AUDI AG and the BMW Group, along with Hydro and Rexam, have joined the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) to help develop a global standard for sustainable aluminum. Some 160 million tonnes of bauxite are mined each year, mainly by open-cast mining, which has a variable and highly site-specific effect on the local environment.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Two French environmental NGOs—France Nature Environment (FNE) and Réseau Action Climat ( RAC )—along with European umbrella NGO Transport & Environment (T&E), have released initial test results from the Royal Commission’s inquiry into diesel engine NO x emissions in France.

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MAY 24, 2014

Consortium members in the four-year project include: Opel; Audi; BMW Group; BMW Forschung und Technik; Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen; Continental; Daimler; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft u. The focus is on the human element in all aspects of mobility and traffic.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

A new study by MIT researchers, published this month in Atmospheric Environment , finds that in Europe, 10 major auto manufacturers produced diesel cars, sold between 2000 and 2015, that generate up to 16 times more NO x emissions on the road than in regulatory tests—a level that exceeds European limits but does not violate any EU laws.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

The approach centered on accurate detection of traffic environments using cooperative sensing and perception, comprehensive situation assessment to precisely evaluate collision risks, and subsequent activation of appropriate advance protection measures. — Dr. Ralph Rasshofer , BMW Group representative on the Ko-FAS steering committee.

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JUNE 13, 2013

Still, ABI notes, V2X is a critical component—in combination with short-range radar-based ADAS and cellular communication—to build proactive safety systems and ultimately realize the ambition of autonomous vehicles and a zero accident environment. The study is part of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Service.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

T&E commissioned the Technical University of Graz to independently test three new popular, average-sized plug-in hybrids — the BMW 3 Series, the Peugeot 308, and the Renault Megane — on the road.

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Driivz

JULY 21, 2022

If zero-carbon, renewable resources are used to generate electricity, electrification can significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation, building and industrial sectors, which make up 65% of all US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions from transportation account for about 29% of total US GHG emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The first series-produced BMW i4 EV ( earlier post ) rolled off the production lines at BMW Group Plant Munich. For the plant and team, the launch of the BMW i4 is a milestone on the road to electric mobility. BMW AG Board Member for Production. Increasing digitalization plays an important part in BMW Group production.

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