Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The BMW Group and Great Wall Motor have launched a new joint venture—Spotlight Automotive Limited—and are building a joint plant in China, where the BMW Group will produce future fully-electric models of its MINI brand. The BMW Group is already a leading supplier of electrified vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2019

At the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, BMW announced the market launch of a plug-in hybrid variant of the globally popular BMW X3. BMW Group electrified vehicles. The BMW X3 xDrive30e combines the properties of a premium mid-range sports activity vehicle with BMW eDrive technology. BMW X3 xDrive30e.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2019

BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina has doubled its capacity for production of high-voltage batteries. These are intended for the plug-in hybrid models of the new BMW X5 and the future BMW X3, also produced in Spartanburg. This means we could double the number of batteries produced if needed to meet market demand.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2019

At Auto Shanghai 2019 in April, BMW Brilliance Automotive will present the new edition of the BMW X1 xDrive25Le. The efficiency of the new BMW X1 xDrive25Le has also been further increased, with combined fuel consumption now some 72% lower than before. The plug-in hybrid system of the new BMW X1 xDrive25Le comprises a 1.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2018

Combined sales of BMW i, BMW iPerformance and MINI Electric vehicles were up 52% in April (9,831), bringing the total number of electrified BMW Group cars sold to over 250,000, said Pieter Nota, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Sales and Brand BMW. on the same period last year.

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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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

On 23 June 1992, the BMW Group announced its decision to build its US plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. During the ceremony to mark the anniversary, the all-new BMW X3 rolled off the production line in Spartanburg. million BMW X3 vehicles have been delivered to customers worldwide since it was first launched at the end of 2003.

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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. —Andreas Wendt.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Today, we've got an unexpected and very specific safety issue in BMW i3 electric cars, a battery boost for a forgotten vehicle, a look at electric airplanes, and a 2018 Chevy Bolt EV preview. Sales of all new BMW i3 electric cars have been halted, and all of them will be recalled to fix a very specific.

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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

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The BMW Group is deepening its existing business relationships with battery cell manufacturers CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. The original CATL order volume of four billion euros announced in mid-2018 will now be increased to €7.3 billion for the BMW Group and €2.8 billion for the BMW Group and €2.8

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

The BMW Group and its partner Brilliance Automotive Group Holdings signed a long-term framework agreement to further expand their joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA). The all-electric BMW iX3, produced by BBA from 2020, will find customers around the world. The BMW X3 is the sixth BMW model localized in China.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2018

The BMW Group and the Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motor signed an agreement to produce MINI electric vehicles through a new 50:50 joint venture based in China. The signing of agreement follows a letter of intent signed with Great Wall Motor on 23 February 2018. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2019

The BMW Group and Jaguar Land Rover are joining forces to develop next-generation electric drive units in a move that supports the advancement of electrification technologies necessary to transition to an ACES—autonomous driving, connectivity, electrification and services—future. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

The BMW Group will be a leading OEM to implement the technology, leveraging ADI’s E²B for their ambient lighting system design in the vehicles of the BMW Group in the future. ADI ) and the BMW Group Thursday announced an early adoption of E²B , ADI’s 10BASE-T1S Ethernet to the Edge bus technology within the automotive industry.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

The BMW Group and its partner Brilliance Automotive Group Holdings signed a long-term framework agreement to further expand their joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA). The all-electric BMW iX3, produced by BBA from 2020, will find customers around the world. The BMW X3 is the sixth BMW model localized in China.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The European car market recorded the highest monthly decline of the last decade in September 2018, as 1.12 JATO’s analysis of 22 markets (98% of the volume of Europe-27) found a correlation between the availability of WLTP-homologated derivatives and the variation in registration figures during September. in September 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2018

As of July 2018, all BMW gasoline and plug-in hybrid models available in Germany will be fitted as standard with a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) and thus will comply with the exhaust standard Euro 6d-TEMP. In addition, another 39 diesel models will be going on the market with Euro 6d-TEMP rating.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

the BMW Group opened a new “High-Voltage Battery Center” in Shenyang, China. The battery factory will supply the nearby Dadong plant, which is operated by the BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) joint venture and will produce the BMW 5 Series Plug-in Hybrid for the local market. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2018

The BMW Group and the Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motor signed an agreement to produce MINI electric vehicles through a new 50:50 joint venture based in China. The signing of agreement follows a letter of intent signed with Great Wall Motor on 23 February 2018. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

BMW Group India, which registered its best-ever calendar year-to-date sales in CY2023 , continues to see its two-wheeler arm – BMW Motorrad India – maintain the strong momentum it has delivered since the past few years. With a record 8,768 two-wheelers sold in CY2023, YoY growth for BMW Motorrad India was 20.40% (CY2022: 7,282 units).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The PowerCell S3 was developed in an EU-funded project, Auto-stack Core , in collaboration with sub-suppliers, institutes and the end users VW and BMW. This relationship will be helpful in bringing our products to market as quickly and safely as possible. The location of the Nikola manufacturing facility will be named in early 2018.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The BMW Group will showcase five electric vehicles at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show including the North American premieres of the BMW i Vision Dynamics, MINI Electric Concept, BMW i3s, and a World Premiere vehicle that will be shown during the BMW Group press conference on Wednesday, 29 November. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

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. Together, we are determined to bring safe Level 3 automated driving to the market in 2021.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Slated to be christened as Audi Q9, the upcoming new flagship SUV from the German luxury car brand will compete with rivals like Mercedes-Benz GLS, BMW X7 and Lexus LX. Audi Australia’s director Jeff Mannering has reportedly said to CarSales in an interview that a new full-size flagship SUV is expected to arrive in the market by 2026.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2016

BMW will stage the world premiere of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan and the US premiere of the BMW Concept X2 at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in January in Detroit. BMW ConnectedDrive will be showcasing a selection of new services. BMW ConnectedDrive will be showcasing a selection of new services.

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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 Congress

MARCH 29, 2019

The hotly anticipated car excelled during its first full month on the European market and became the best-selling BEV. The Tesla Model 3 also achieved another record in February, as it became the top-selling premium midsize sedan in Europe—outperforming the popular Mercedes C-Class, Audi A4 and BMW 3-Series.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The shareholders of Hubject GmbH include the BMW Group, Bosch, Daimler, EnBW, innogy, Siemens, and the Volkswagen Group. This measure is particularly relevant, Hubject says, because the rapidly growing market for Plug&Charge results in a range of very different processes from different manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2017

BMW will introduce the latest BMW i3—including the first BMW i3s sport model—at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt in September 2017; pricing will be announced closer to market launch. new BMW i3s (left) and i3 (right). The new BMW i3 accelerates from 0 – 60 mph in 7.2

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, BMW unveiled the first i8 Roadster, along with the 2019 i8 Coupe. Optimized BMW eDrive technology delivers more power—total output increased to 369 hp (+12 hp)—and a refined high-voltage battery with increased capacity and range. Optimized BMW eDrive technology.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 6, 2021

One thing specifically that I often feel compelled to explain, because of how important it is for market context, is that Tesla is in a league of its own in the United States (and, to […]. Talking or writing about electric vehicles, we typically try to keep context in mind and add useful context whenever possible.

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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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

The strategic group of investors consists of automotive venture capital from BMW i Ventures, Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Porsche Ventures—alongside Airbus Ventures, Generali, and existing investors—collectively adding new competencies to help fuel Bcomp’s growth. Starting with the iFE.20 Starting with the iFE.20

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2020

ABB was already commissioned in 2018 as technology partner to deliver 340 high-power chargers to IONITY and was the first to market in Europe with 350 kW chargers featuring liquid cooled cables. Such a high-power level can enable a charging speed of 200 kilometers in as little as 8 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2017

The BMW Group announced that the new battery-electric MINI will be a variant of the brand’s core 3-door model. BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut play a leading role within our global production network as the company’s global competence centre for electric mobility.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

of the UK auto market, up from 20.2% Overall auto volume was 85,657 units, up 24% YoY, but still slightly down from 2018–2019 seasonal norms. August saw EVs take 27.8% year on year. Full electrics drove most of the EV growth. Tesla placed two models in the UK’s overall top 10 best sellers in August. […]

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