Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

Due to the high demand for carbon fiber in automotive production, SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers , a joint venture between the BMW Group and the SGL Group, will triple the capacity of the carbon fiber plant in Moses Lake, Washington. SGL and BMW made the announcement at the groundbreaking ceremony for the planned site expansion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2014

The BMW Group will invest $1 billion to build a new plant in Mexico in close proximity to the city of San Luis Potosí in the state of the same name. We have been building BMW cars at our US plant in Spartanburg for the past 20 years. The Americas are among the most important growth markets for the BMW Group.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2013

BMW announced that the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (without Destination & Handling) for the i3 electric vehicle in the US will be $41,350, before any federal or state incentives. The BMW i3 will offer interior space comparable to the BMW 3 Series on a shorter overall body.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, BMW of North America announced, in cooperation with NRG EVgo, the expansion of the ChargeNow DC Fast program. ChargeNow DC Fast also includes two years of no-cost charging for qualifying BMW i3 drivers in those areas. —Rob Healey, Head of EV Infrastructure for BMW of North America.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 14, 2015

Washington looks set to become the second state to cut electric-car incentives for wealthy buyers. But instead of restricting incentives based on income, Washington will.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Electric vehicle (EV) drivers can now travel the most heavily-trafficked corridors on the East and West Coasts of the United States with the installation of 95 new DC Fast charging stations as part of the Express Charging Corridors Initiative—a collaboration of BMW of North America, Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 14, 2014

BMW said last Friday that it will triple production of carbon fiber at its facility in Moses Lake, Washington, to use in its carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) body shells. Carbon fiber is still a fairly exotic material in the automotive industry, but it is likely to become more common--and perhaps faster than expected.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

The SAE Combo connector is used in both BMW and Volkswagen electric vehicles as well as the Chevrolet Spark EV, with more applications anticipated. When charging at a 50 kW station, both the BMW i3 and the Volkswagen e-Golf can charge up to 80% in 20 minutes. DC charging the BMW i3 (left) and Volkswagen e-Golf (right).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2011

BMW powertrain strategy. For the first time in more than a decade, BMW will once again offer a four-cylinder engine in the United States, said Jim O’Donnell, president BMW North America, in remarks at the Washington DC Auto Show. BMW: relationship between cell and system characteristics for Li-ion for hybrids.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 8, 2024

percent, leading automakers like Volkswagen, Subaru, BMW, and a number of others. While states like California and Washington boasted EV share rates of 21.1 RELATED: Tesla outpaces Volkswagen, Subaru, BMW in 2023 U.S. percent increase year over year. The BEV maker also saw a total market share of 4.2 percent and 15.4

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

2009 BMW Concept ActiveE. BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. BMW has not commented on the carbon footprint of transporting the materials across three continents and through five plants. BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. New type of BMW. April 7th, 2010.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2010

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC, the joint venture between SGL Group and BMW Group ( earlier post ), will build a carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. The CFRP parts and components will then be made from these fabrics at the BMW Group Plant Landshut, Germany. SGL Group holds 51% of the shares and the BMW Group 49%.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The 2015 Ford Expedition gets a downsized EcoBoost V-6, dealers training to sell the 2014 BMW i3 electric car is called into question, and fees will start April 1 on Washington state''s electric highway. All this and more on Green Car Reports. What do Tesla Motors, Cadillac, and Hyundai have in common?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2017

announced the availability of its On-Street Parking service in the new BMW 5 Series Sedan. The INRIX On-Street Parking service is live with BMW Group in 16 cities in Germany and the US, with more cities set to launch in 2017. INRIX, Inc. —Joe Berry, vice president and general manager of automotive at INRIX.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

In December of 2017, Solid Power announced its partnership with the BMW Group to jointly develop Solid Power’s solid-state batteries for electric vehicle applications and to tailor Solid Power’s technology toward automotive requirements for high-performance electric vehicles. Sanoh Industrial Co., Solvay Ventures, and A123 Systems.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 29, 2022

Most of the brands they compete with are brands with heritage and prestige that people already connect with; BMW, Mercedes, and even Cadillac have the allure of old money. At roughly equivalent pricing, a consumer could get a well-optioned BMW i4, a Lucid Air, an Audi E-Tron, a Porsche Taycan , or a well-optioned Tesla Model 3 Performance.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 29, 2023

With EV charging standardization still up in the air, Tesla CEO Elon Musk goes to Washington.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 25, 2017

Nissan is making it easier for electric-car owners to travel between the Boston area and Washington, D.C. The automaker has partnered with EVgo to add a network of nine charging sites along Interstate 95, with a total of 50 stations, each equipped with two fast-charge plugs.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2023

WASHINGTON, Would possibly 12 (Reuters) -The Nationwide Freeway Visitors Protection Management demanded the recall of 67 million breeze bag inflators as it believes there’s a protection infection, however auto provider ARC Car Inc. ARC breeze bag inflators are in Normal Motors, Stellantis, BMW, Hyundai Motor, and Kia Motors automobiles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

Washington DC/Baltimore, Southern Michigan (including Grand Rapids, Lansing, Ann Arbor and Detroit). The program is a strategic partnership between Coulomb and six leading automobile brands: Ford, Chevrolet, smart USA, BMW, Nissan and Fisker Automotive. San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Redmond/Bellevue, Wash.,

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2010

We don't know what it looks like yet, but another detail emerged yesterday on BMW's upcoming tiny MegaCity urban electric vehicle: It will be built out of carbon fiber that is partly made in the U.S.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

As it bids to strengthen its focus on lightweight construction, BMW AG has secured a 15.6 SGL Automotive Carbon Fibres has a carbon fibre manufacturing plant in Moses Lake in Washington. per cent stake in SGL Carbon SE. The companies were already working together on a joint venture known as SGL Automotive Carbon Fibres.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

German carmaker BMW has already shown its commitment to carbon fibre as an ultra lightweight material by forming a joint venture with SGL Automotive Carbon Fibres – and now the joint venture has opened a carbon fibre manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, Washington.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

cities, including Washington D.C., INRIX is the preferred provider of parking information and services to leading automakers, including Audi, BMW, Lexus and Porsche, as well as transportation agencies and drivers around the world. Parkmobile’s solutions are available in 35 of the top 100 U.S.

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Plug in America

MARCH 13, 2023

Jose from Washington penned a poem about his previous BMW i3. Get one yourself, Ignore the hater, Don’t wait anymore, You’ll thank me later! There are no emissions, it’s a better driving experience, and there’s less maintenance…a no-brainer,” Eric also wrote.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

eVgo has agreements with Nissan across the US and BMW in California to provide new EV drivers with paid subscriptions when they buy their EVs. eVgo chargers can be found in major metropolitan areas covering portions of Washington D.C. Tesla owners that buy a $500 adapter can use NRG eVgo CHAdeMO stations.). Virginia, and Maryland.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 1, 2023

Our testers had similar (best in class) feelings about the new 2023 Toyota Prius and the 2022 BMW i4 M50. The scenario was playing out as expected as EV sales became normalized in many places around the globe, including the state’s of California, Washington, Florida and Texas in the U.S. . Looking to 2023.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 5, 2023

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan invoice that may stop automakers from getting rid of AM broadcast radio in untouched cars isn’t important, an trade business crew representing automakers is predicted to inform a Area panel Tuesday.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 26, 2010

In the case of the Mini E, BMW offered data to back up the claim. At the Washington Auto Show today, BMW released early results from a study of 57 customers who leased its Mini E electric vehicle, conducted with the.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. The BMW i3 uses the BMW eDrive rear-wheel drive powertrain previously found on the BMW ActiveE (but the i3 is significantly lighter). Earlier post.)

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. It is now owned by Stellantis.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 9, 2010

Smart will be launching a test fleet of 250 electric cars in selected areas, including: Portland, San Jose, Indianapolis, Orlando, and the Washington, D.C. and the Washington, D.C.-Boston The test fleet is similar to one conducted by rival BMW AG in the past year with Mini Coopers that were outfitted with electric motors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2016

Automakers making the commitment are Audi; BMW; FCA US LLC; Ford; General Motors; Honda; Hyundai; Jaguar Land Rover; Kia; Maserati; Mazda; Mercedes-Benz; Mitsubishi Motors; Nissan; Porsche; Subaru; Tesla Motors; Toyota; Volkswagen; and Volvo Car USA. The meetings, to be held in Washington, D.C.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

This report was written and compiled by Sandra Curtin and Jennifer Gangi of Fuel Cells 2000, an activity of Breakthrough Technologies Institute in Washington, DC. in Washington, D.C. In Spartanburg, SC, BMW’s production facility now hosts the world’s largest fuel cell material handling fleet to date.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

At the same time, Sommer said in his presentation at the 2015 Electric Drive Congress in Washington DC, continued legislative support is needed to reach the next level of electric vehicle adoption. Earlier post.)

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C., And a new competition has opened up among the Germans, with BMW announcing an electric Mini and Daimler promising an electric Smart and Mercedes sedan. Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Put the bumper sticker and your car and let everyone know.).

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

BMW i3 42 153 27.5 For instance, residents in sunny areas like California or Arizona may find their solar panels generate more electricity than those living in cloudier or less sunny states like Washington or Oregon. Kia Soul EV 64 243 26.3 Chevrolet Bolt EV 60 238 25.3 Nissan LEAF 40 150 26.7 Volkswagen e-Golf 36 125 28.9

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