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Fiat 500e review, F-150 Lightning price cuts, BMW and Rimac: Today’s Car News

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Rimac is working on battery cells for future BMW EVs. And Rimac announced that it will help BMW with next-gen EV batteries , as the company that started with a BMW EV conversions, and then a supercar maker, now also shifts roles to a high-tech supplier. The Fiat 500e is back, and we drove it in its element.

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BMW is building EVs and legacy gas-burners on the same production lines—and it seems to be working – Charged EVs

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Legacy automakers, keen to make an “orderly transition” to EVs, have embraced all kinds of half-measures, from PHEVs to awkward ICE-to-EV conversions to pick-your-powertrain production lines. EVs accounted for 15 percent of BMW’s sales in 2023, up from 9 percent the previous year. It plans to begin manufacturing EVs in the US by 2030.

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2024 BMW iX2, 2024 Subaru WRX TR: Nowadays’s Automobile Information

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A redesigned BMW X2 is coming quickly, and it’s going to come with an electrical model that shall be badged an iX2. BMW has exempt a teaser shot of the electrical X2, even though the automaker hasn’t showed whether or not it’s going to succeed in the U.S. Subaru has a warmer WRX variant coming quickly.

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BMW provides an update on waste heat recovery projects; Turbosteamer and the Thermoelectric Generator

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with technologies such as direct fuel injection, variable valve timing, exhaust-driven turbochargers, brake energy regeneration and Auto Start Stop function—about 60% of the generated energy is still lost, half of it being exhaust heat, with the remaining half as heat absorbed by the engine cooling system. Click to enlarge.

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Tata Technologies bags dozen large deals in FY24, expects more in Q1 | Autocar Professional

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The Joint Venture between Tata Technologies and BMW is aimed at delivering automotive software, including software-defined vehicle (SDV) solutions for BMW Group’s premium vehicles and digital transformation solutions for its business IT in Pune, Bengaluru and Chennai. YoY at Rs 1301 crore in Q4FY24 versus Rs 1402.40

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BMW Highlights at Geneva Include 116d, Thermoelectric Generator

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Among its many Geneva introductions, BMW will debut the new 116d, now the most fuel-efficient, lowest-emission car in the BMW range. Like all models in the BMW 1 Series, this new entry-level diesel comes with EfficientDynamics technologies such as Brake Energy Regeneration, Auto Start Stop, and a Gearshift Point Indicator.

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EV extravaganza at Noosa Expo

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Noosa Junction’s main street was closed off to welcome the latest models from local Hyundai, Mazda, BMW, Mini and Polestar dealers, plus electric motorcycles, scooters, bikes, trucks, vans and coaches. Queensland’s holiday hot-spot of Noosa hosted its fourth EV Expo on Sunday, with thousands attending the free event.