Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2014

Making its North American debut at the New York International Auto Show 2014 will be the updated 2015 BMW X3 Sports Activity Vehicle, which will include the X3 xDrive28d, the first BMW Advanced Diesel X3 model for the US. The new X3 xDrive28d will feature BMW’s 2.0-liter BMW Concept X5 eDrive.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 18, 2014

Ever since we got wind of BMW''s ''Megacity'' electric vehicle, it''s been one of the most anticipated electric cars around. buyers--though that hasn''t diminished the impact of the i3''s concept-car styling, innovative interior and strong performance. 2014 BMW i3: First Drive Of BMW''s Radical New.'

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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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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2016

Way back in 2012, BMW unveiled a convertible i8 Spyder as a followup to the original i8 plug-in hybrid coupe concept. But while the coupe went into production as a 2014 model, the i8 Spyder never went beyond the concept stage. But BMW isn't quite done with the idea of a convertible i8, apparently.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 6, 2011

BMW might be working hard to encourage drivers to become electronauts in its Active E electric car trials due to start in the next few months, but the German automaker has already started to drip-feed details of its 2014 i3 electric car to the press.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

BMW AG has secured a 15.16 The BMW Group and the SGL Group already operate a joint venture, SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (B Earlier post.). BMW AG will not seek a seat on the Supervisory Board of SGL Carbon SE based on the new investment. Both vehicles will be assembled at the BMW plant in Leipzig.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

BMW X5 plug-in hybrid prototype at Efficient Dynamics Innovation Days 2014. At BMW’s Efficient Dynamics Innovation Days 2014 in Germany, the company provided the first opportunities for test-driving the BMW X5 eDrive plug-in hybrid (PHEV) prototype ( earlier post ). BMW eDrive. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2015

In addition to developing its own innovative premium vehicles and technologies with a focus on sustainability, BMW i also serves within the BMW Group as an incubator for innovation reaching beyond the brand’s vehicles. As there was no longer any immediate use for the patent at BMW i, the company released it for external use.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 2, 2011

Last week, BMW showed off its new BMW i3 Concept, which points the way toward the 2014 BMW i3 battery-electric car that it will. Start and stop, brake suddenly, stay carefully in your lane, drive defensively, then park in tight spaces. What if the car could do all that for you?

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 7, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The 2014 BMW 2 Series Active Tourer and Quant e-Sportlimousine concept debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, and Fisker Automotive launches a new website. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We''ve got live photos and video of the tiniest Jeep ever--the 2015 Jeep Renegade.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 25, 2013

BMW''s long-awaited i3 electric car and range-extended electric car aren''t officially unveiled until next Monday--but leaked images finally reveal the production car''s form.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2015

In Germany, BMW and Total have officially begun the field testing of AdBlue pumps installed at three fueling stations in Munich and Berlin. The AdBlue filler neck is found underneath the fuel filler flap or in the engine compartment, depending on the BMW diesel model. Filler neck for AdBlue (left) and diesel fuel (right).

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 3, 2011

Now, it turns out, the 2014 BMW i3--the all-electric urban four-door subcompact that BMW showed last week in concept form--will offer the option.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 3, 2013

All eyes have been on BMW over the past few weeks as it launched the 2014 i3 electric car, two years after the concept first debuted at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. So where does BMW go from here? Well, yes--with the BMW i8 sports car and mooted i5 on the way--but fuel cells are still on the German.'

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: The Nissan BladeGlider electric sports car concept is revealed, U.S. demand for the BMW i3 electric city car is expected to be strong, and what we know--and what we need to find out--about three recent Tesla Model S fires. Read our first drive review of the 2014 Mazda 3.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2015

Cryo-compressed hydrogen storage, being developed by the BMW Group based on its long experience with cryogenic storage, involves storing gaseous hydrogen at low temperature on board the vehicle at a pressure of up to 350 bar. From a 2010 paper by BMW and Lawrence Livermore researchers describing CCH 2 technology. Aceves et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) signed binding agreements aimed at long-term collaboration between the two companies for the joint development of a hydrogen fuel cell system; joint development of architecture and components for a sports vehicle; and joint research and development of lightweight technologies. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

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 Reports

OCTOBER 17, 2016

A convertible version of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid coupe was teased as far back as the 2012 New York Auto Show, when the i8 Spyder concept first debuted. But while the i8 coupe went into production as a 2014 model, BMW has been unusually slow to approve a convertible version for production.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2015

As part of its continuous optimization of production processes at its plants, the BMW Group is leveraging the opportunities arising from digitalization (i.e., — Oliver Zipse, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for production. Automated data analyses improve process safety at the BMW Group’s plants.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BMW announced the BMW i ChargeForward Program—a pilot study to be undertaken by the BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). Grid efficiency through managed charging, combined with a used EV battery “second-life” system.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2012

BMW has introduced a new range of M Performance Automobiles featuring a new 6-cylinder in-line diesel developed exclusively for those applications. The new engine is applied in the BMW M550d xDrive Sedan, BMW M550d xDrive Touring, BMW X5 M50d and BMW X6 M50d. seconds and has a top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph).

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All Cars Electric

JULY 29, 2011

The concept version of the 2014 BMW i3 unveiled today in Frankfurt shows just how radical a change BMW has made from its legacy of gasoline-powered, front-engine, rear-drive sporty vehicles. For one, it’s entirely powered by electricity.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2013

New BMW 2 Series Coupe. BMW has introduced an entirely new model series in the form of the BMW 2 Series Coupe. One four-cylinder gasoline engine and one four-cylinder diesel unit are available from launch, putting 135 kW/184 hp at the disposal of the BMW 220i Coupe and BMW 220d Coupe. BMW 2 Series Coupe.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Global electric vehicle production forecast for 2014. rise in global manufacturing of all motor vehicles expected in 2014. In December 2013, IHS projected total global automotive sales in 2014 of 85 million, roughly resulting in an expected approximate 0.5% These factors will boost EV demand and manufacturing in Europe in 2014.

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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. Tsiouvaras and J. Resources. Hassoun, W.-J.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

More Paris news today as it is revealed that BMW is to take the covers off a new plug-in hybrid concept at the city’s forthcoming motor show. Using the same technology as featured in the i8 sports car, which is planned for launch in 2014, the new Concept Active Tourer is a small MPV-type vehicle [.].

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: We preview the green production cars and concepts of the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, the 2015 BMW i8 plug-in hybrid will arrive in dealers this year, and chemists create a gasoline substitute made from plant waste. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 26, 2013

The classic Mini wasn''t the original gas-saving minicar, but it was certainly one of the most iconic, and modern owners BMW have turned the brand into a successful venture these days with a wide and not always endearing portfolio.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Audi has just unveiled its all-electric A2 Concept vehicle at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Placed somewhere between its two-seat electric Urban Concept which we saw yesterday and its A3 hatchback, the four-seat concept is a direct competitor to BMW’s much-anticipated 2014 i3 electric car.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 5, 2012

Before the 2014 BMW i3 is officially launched as a production model, the innovative all-electric minicar is going on a whirlwind world tour--chaperoned by its more powerful, sexy, and sleek i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe sibling.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2014

Top spot went to Volkswagen Group, followed by Daimler, BMW, GM and Toyota. Daimler followed in second place, then BMW Group, GM and Toyota. CAM also selected Mercedes-Benz as the most innovative brand; BMW came in second, followed by Volkswagen, Audi and Ford. AutomotiveINNOVATIONS Awards 2014. Source: CAM. Source: CAM.

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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

AUGUST 26, 2015

The concept, as reported in a new paper in the International Journal of Engine Research , demonstrates a potential for efficiency increase of 3.3% – 3.8% in the region of the minimum specific fuel consumption on a stoichiometric combustion concept with Miller cycle and cooled external exhaust gas recirculation. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

However, the concept and application of electric vehicle/grid integration has been studied extensively by numerous research groups and automakers for more than 10 years. BMW announced its Smart Charging App for mobile devices in June 2014 following the launch of the BMW i3 electric vehicle. Automakers and V2G.

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Baua Electric

MAY 16, 2023

The house owners of BMW Laval and Miniature Laval similar Montreal had been quietly introducing sustainable practices for years. BMW Laval has been named BMW Team Canada’s first-ever winner within the sustainability section. BMW is highly engaged in the green economy,” D’Argenio stated. since 2014.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 4, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Nissan''s plug-in hybrid plans, a bill to permit Tesla Motors'' direct sales model in New Jersey, and the Ford Fusion Lightweight concept points toward more-efficient cars. An update on plug-in electric car sales for May, including the first sales numbers for the 2014 BMW i3.'

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