Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The BMW Group will begin sourcing aluminum produced using solar electricity with immediate effect. Generating the electricity needed to produce primary aluminum, i.e. aluminum obtained directly from the mineral compound alumina, is alone responsible for about 60% of the global aluminum industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2023

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and BMW of North America (BMW) are collaborating to test how vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology can serve as a solution to offset growing demand on the power grid, improve reliability for electric customers, and maximize the usage of renewable energy. In California 1.4

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Electrek

JANUARY 15, 2024

BMW has crossed the “tipping point” as the automaker shifts from gas-powered vehicles to EVs. According to BMW’s CFO, from here on out, most of its growth will come from electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

BMW Group and H2 Green Steel have signed a final contract on the delivery of CO 2 -reduced steel. The agreement addresses BMW Group’s upstream scope 3 emissions and includes recycling and end-of-life management measures. Earlier post.). The plant will be fully integrated, with hot charging at each step along the production flow.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 10, 2024

German automaker BMW is making a major move toward EV production by ditching gas-powered vehicle manufacturing from its plant in Munich, Germany. BMW said it expects to spend €650 million to update the factory site with four buildings, including a vehicle assembly line that will explicitly produce EVs. I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

The BMW Group and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced an expanded partnership that further leverages renewable energy to sustainably power electric vehicles (EVs). The goal of the phase-three pilot is to continue to make smart charging more beneficial to the grid and more rewarding for BMW EV drivers.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Each year, automakers and other companies spend a significant amount of money on purchasing commercial space during the Super Bowl, and this year, electric vehicles (EVs) are taking center stage during the Big Game. The others have shared ads for the BMW i5, the Kia EV9 and the Volkswagen ID.Buzz.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

BMW’s press shop in Dingolfing—the largest of the BMW Group worldwide—is the first in which all aluminum sheet waste is separated and recycled to make it reusable for industry. The BMW Group has invested around €6.5 Aluminum recycling at the BMW Group plant in Dingolfing. automotive plant.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 17, 2024

As BMW joins several other automakers in following Tesla into electric vehicles (EVs), one executive from the luxury automobile manufacturer has said he expects sales growth to come primarily from electrified models at this point—noting that combustion engines have largely plateaued.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. By the end of 2022, each of our German plants will be producing at least one fully electric vehicle. member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2023

The BMW Group is heading up a new project that explores the circular economy in automotive manufacturing. The BMW Group is targeting increasing the proportion of secondary materials in its brands’ new models from around 30% at present to 50%. The BMW Group is supplying 500 end-of-life vehicles for the purposes of the project.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2023

BMW and utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) have started testing technology that allows EVs to supplement the grid. Testing is taking place at a PG&E lab in San Roman, California, as part of a partnership between the two companies that dates back to 2015, according to a BMW press release.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Owning a plug-in electric vehicle today will save consumers thousands of dollars compared to owning a gas-powered vehicle, according to a new analysis by Consumer Reports comparing electrics to CR’s top-rated vehicles, as well as the best-selling, most efficient, and best-performing gasoline-powered vehicles on the market.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The BMW i7, BMW’s newest EV offering, dominates its gas counterpart alongside other BMW Group luxury EVs. BMW is defined by its luxury offerings. Its headlining brand, BMW, has dominated the global premium car market for years , and with its newest EV offerings, it looks like it is doing the same.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 17, 2023

As electric vehicles become more prevalent, with approximately 40% of all EVs in the United States driving on California roads, BMW of North America (BMW) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) are collaborating to test how vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology can serve as a solution to offset growing demand on the power grid, improve reliability (..)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The BMW X5 and the BMW X6 now also offer 48V mild-hybrid technology to optimize the spontaneous power delivery and effectiveness of the drive system. From May 2020, the new BMW X5 xDrive40d (combined fuel consumption: 6.4 – 5.9 Electric boost enhances dynamics when starting and accelerating.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

BMW’s electric lineup can be found under the “i” branding in its overall catalog, but it will need to make changes to prevent a complete mess with its SUV naming convention. To avoid that problem, the automaker is reportedly looking at a more straightforward naming system for electric models.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25) in Madrid and as part of the Group’s commitment to further reduce carbon emissions along the entire value chain, the BMW Group has joined the “ Getting to Zero Coalition ”. —Jürgen Maidl, Senior Vice President Production Network and Supply Chain Management at the BMW Group.

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Teslarati

APRIL 12, 2023

BMW has released its Q1 2023 sales report, showing that its EV sales are quickly overtaking its gas offerings. As one of Tesla’s chief competitors, BMW knows very well the risk of not electrifying its lineup, and luckily it is doing so at a record pace. This sales spike, a 112.3%

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

BMW introduced a new incentive for its EV buyers: $1,000 off if you switch from a Tesla or other EVs. The new conquest program doesn’t apply to gas car as the German automaker goes for low picking fruits. But here, BMW is trying to sell EVs by going after existing EV owners. There are many more gas car owners than EV owners.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2020

The BMW Group has selected SGL Carbon to produce a cover component for battery enclosures. This substantial multi-year order will include the production of an innovative glass-fiber-based cover plate for the battery housing for usage in a future plug-in hybrid model of BMW Group.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The BMW Group is increasingly relying on innovations from the fields of digitalization and Industry 4.0 Innovations coming out of many pilot projects are being implemented worldwide in logistics at BMW Group plants. —Jürgen Maidl, head of Logistics for the BMW Group production network. in production logistics.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

BMW i Ventures has invested in Prometheus Fuels ( earlier post ), a company removing CO 2 from the air and turning it into zero-net carbon gasoline that it will sell at gas stations, at a price that competes with fossil fuels, starting as early as this year. —Greg Smithies, Partner, BMW i Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The first automaker to collaborate with dairy farms on renewable energy projects, BMW of North America and California Bioenergy (CalBio) announced an expanded partnership to include Bar 20 Dairy, a farm based in Kerman, CA. The system is efficient, producing twice as much electricity as conventional generators using the same amount of biogas.

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CleanTechnica EVs

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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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

BMW has crossed the “tipping point” as the automaker shifts from gas-powered vehicles to EVs. According to BMW’s CFO, from here on out, most of its growth will come from electric vehicles. After nearly doubling (+74%) EV sales last year with over 375,000 electric models sold , BMW doesn’t see the growth slowing.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 14, 2024

Well, don’t look now, but BMW is using the same basic bodies for its electric, hybrid, gas and diesel models, and is assembling all of them on the same assembly line at its Munich plant—and this swim-against-the-tide strategy is arguably paying off. And, unlike GM or Ford, BMW reports that its EVs are profitable.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

BMW is launching its first all-electric luxury wagon, the i5 Touring, with up to 348 miles (560 km) WLTP range. The luxury BMW wagon is more advanced than ever. It’s now more sporty, has new features, and is available in an all-electric form for the first time. This includes an enhanced Drive display, BMW OS 8.5,

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Kia’s high-performance EV or the gas-powered BMW M2? See the Kia EV6 GT face off against the BMW M2 in a quarter mile and handling test in Edmunds’ latest video. With instant torque, driving an electric car can feel like a sports car. Edmunds put a 2023 Kia EV6 GT up against a 2023 BMW M2. What about handling?

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Electrek

APRIL 1, 2024

The all-electric BMW i4 is currently the most affordable car to lease in the German automaker’s lineup – gas cars included.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Together with other highly-flexible controllable systems in the BMW Group production network, they will contribute to the stability of the public grid outside of the plant. Source: neon.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 28, 2022

BMW will reportedly halt production of the i3 all-electric vehicle, a car the German automaker has produced for nine years and has been the cornerstone of its transition to electrification. The production stoppage will take place at the end of June, a BMW spokeswoman said today. BMW’s i3 all-electric vehicle (Credit: BMW).

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Green Car Reports

MAY 5, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: We drive the 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive, the first 2014 BMW i3 electric car has been delivered, and why European gas-mileage ratings are so high (and inaccurate). The first 2014 BMW i3 was delivered to a buyer in Boston on Friday, kicking off U.S. sales for the.'

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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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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

The BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), have launched an 18-month pilot of the BMW i ChargeForward Program in the San Francisco Bay Area. The study has two parts: (1) a managed charge pilot program involving BMW i3 owners; and (2) a battery second-life energy storage system.

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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. The ActiveE drivers can purchase renewable energy certificates (RECs) from Green Mountain to cover the estimated electricity that will be used to charge their electric vehicles.

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