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Volkswagen Group China unveils its first eVTOL passenger drone prototype: V.MO

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Volkswagen Group China unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its strategy to explore and break new ground in fully electric and sustainable individual mobility concepts. In the first phase of its commercial use, V.MO

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BMW Group extends joint venture contract in China until 2040

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The corresponding amendment to the contract comes into force with the new “business licence”, which BBA received today from the relevant Chinese authorities. BMW Group now holds 75% of the shares in BBA, while its Chinese partner, Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. against 2020). CBA), indirectly holds the remaining 25%.

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BMW Group to build future MINI E vehicles in China with Great Wall Motor

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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 construction phase is planned for 2020 to 2022.

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Volkswagen starts pre-production in first China plant focused only on e-mobility; MEB-based vehicles from Oct 2020

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Celebrating the start of pre-production, a first China-specific all-electric Volkswagen ID. The start of series production of all-electric cars based on the MEB platform in Anting is scheduled for October 2020. family in China as well, a brand-new generation of fully electric and connected vehicles.

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BMW Dadong plant closing in on standard production of iX3 EV

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The BMW Group will release the new BMW iX3 EV ( earlier post )onto the market by the end of 2020. This is the first time we have completed the entire homologation process for a fully electric model in China and Europe at the same time. —Arno Keller, head of Development BMW iX3.

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BMW boosts CATL battery order to €7.3B, signs €2.9B battery order with Samsung SDI

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billion (contract duration from 2020 to 2031), with €4.5 billion for the Chinese production site of the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. More than half of the 25 models will be fully electric. The original CATL order volume of four billion euros announced in mid-2018 will now be increased to €7.3

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Rheinmetall logs €250M order for electric vacuum pumps for PHEVs

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The pumps will be installed in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) in the Chinese plants of the customer. After lowering production volume during March and April 2020 as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, the Shanghai plant of PHP now is 100% operational and the customer demand for the pumps is nearly on schedule again.

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