Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The BMW Group will invest $1.7 billion in its US operations, including $1 billion to prepare for the production of electric vehicles at the company’s Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, and $700 million to build a new high-voltage battery assembly facility in nearby Woodruff, SC. BMW Group Plant Spartanburg. Earlier post.)The

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The BMW Group is commencing production of its BMW iX5 Hydrogen model. We are certain that hydrogen is set to gain significantly in importance for individual mobility and therefore consider a mixture of battery and fuel cell electric drive systems to be a sensible approach in the long term.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The battery-electric BMW iX3, the production of which will commence in 2020, will offer a range of more than 440 km (273 miles) (WLTP) with a net-battery size of 74 kWh. Both the drive system and the high-voltage battery unit featuring pioneering battery cell technology have been completely redeveloped.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2018

The BMW Group’s Dingolfing plant in Germany will supply the batteries for the all-electric MINI to be built in late 2019 in Oxford, South England. The batteries for the vehicle will come from the new battery production facility in Dingolfing; the electric motors from the neighboring BMW Group plant in Landshut.

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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. The battery cells will be produced in Europe at the Northvolt gigafactory currently under construction in Skellefteå in northern Sweden (series plant Northvolt Ett) from 2024. —Andreas Wendt.

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Electrek

APRIL 9, 2024

For its next-gen models, BMW is turning to Croatian electric hypercar specialist Rimac for EV batteries. Rimac’s tech division will supply batteries for BMW’s future electric cars.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

As electric vehicles become more prevalent in the coming years, it is pertinent for every automaker that wishes to survive to ensure that it can secure enough batteries for its EVs. BMW appears to have read the memo, with the German luxury automaker announcing battery supply deals with both CATL and EVE Energy.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

CATL and BMW Group announced today a multi-year agreement on the supply of cylindrical battery cells to power the German carmaker’s new series of electric models of its NEUE KLASSE starting from 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2023

After four years of development work, the BMW iX5 Hydrogen vehicle and its development project are entering its next phase as the first vehicles enter a pilot fleet of less than 100 vehicles. The BMW iX5 Hydrogen developed on the basis of the current BMW X5 was first unveiled as a concept at the IAA show in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The BMW Group has pooled its years of experience with battery cells and extensive knowledge in the field in a new Competence Center in Munich. The purpose of the facility is to advance battery cell technology and carefully dissect the production processes. The new Battery Cell Competence Center puts us in an enviable position.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The BMW Group will launch a new era of e-mobility from 2025 with the models of its NEUE KLASSE ( earlier post )— using newly-developed cylindrical battery cells optimized for the new architecture for the first time. —Frank Weber, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Development.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The BMW Group and Turkish manufacturer Karsan have signed an agreement for the supply of BMW i3 motors and batteries for the battery-electric 6-meter city bus “Jest electric”, which is produced in Bursa in Turkey for both the domestic market and for international markets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Following initial contracts with European suppliers, the BMW Group has now concluded further 2 -reduced-steel-for-global-production-network">agreements for the supply of CO 2 -reduced steel in the US and China. Steel is one of the main sources of CO 2 emissions in our supply chain.

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CN EV Post

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Envision AESC will build a battery plant in the US to supply BMW with a planned capacity of 30 GWh, with production scheduled for 2026. The post Envision AESC signs deal to supply batteries to BMW appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2021

Two years after unveiling the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT concept car, BMW will present the BMW iX5 Hydrogen at the IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich in September. A small series of the BMW iX5 Hydrogen, developed on the basis of the BMW X5, will be used for demonstration and testing purposes from the end of next year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2022

The BMW Group continues to broaden its portfolio of electrically powered vehicles with the addition of the fully electric BMW 3 Series, which will enter the Chinese market in May 2022. The BMW i3 eDrive35L is based on the successful BMW 3 Series, which led the premium-compact segment in China in 2021. Four-door sedan.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 17, 2022

Tesla’s use of cylindrical batteries appears to be inspiring other automakers. As per recent reports, German luxury car maker BMW will reportedly be supplied with Tesla-like cylindrical batteries for its EVs in Europe. will reportedly be BMW’s supplier. China’s EVE Energy Co Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

The serial production of the BMW i3 has ended , some eight and a half years after it was launched. The BMW i3 (combined power consumption: 16.3 - 15.3 The BMW i3 (combined power consumption: 16.3 - 15.3 For the BMW Group Plant Leipzig, the farewell to the BMW i3 is linked to the start of a new chapter in electric mobility.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2019

California-based Motiv Power Systems, a provider of medium-duty all-electric fleet chassis for trucks and buses ( earlier post ), announced a supply agreement with BMW to integrate the latest (third) evolution of BMW’s passenger car lithium-ion battery packs into Motiv’s EPIC (Electric Powered Intelligent Chassis).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

Recently the BMW Group signed a cobalt supply contract with Moroccan mining company Managem Group ; the contract has a volume of around €100 million, said Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. Cobalt is an important raw material for electromobility.

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Electrek

JUNE 7, 2023

Battery tech firm AESC is partnered with BMW, and it broke ground today on a 30 GWh EV battery factory in Florence County, South Carolina. more… The post AESC is opening a huge EV battery factory in South Carolina to supply BMW appeared first on Electrek.

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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. billion for the BMW Group and €2.8 billion for the Chinese production site of the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. billion for the BMW Group and €2.8 Limited) and Samsung SDI.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 20, 2020

As it ramps up electric-car production, BMW has inked a battery-supply deal with Sweden's Northvolt. BMW plans to buy 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) of batteries from Northvolt beginning in 2024.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 28, 2023

The BMW Group took a major step on Tuesday towards building electric vehicles in the United States as it broke ground for a new high-voltage battery assembly plant in Woodruff, South Carolina.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

A new report from IDTechEX forecasts the solid-state battery market will grow to $8 billion by 2031. Under most of the mass-production plans, the solid-state battery will likely take off after 2025, although small-scale production may happen even earlier, IDTechEX said. Major solid-state battery players globally.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2021

The BMW Group is beginning to test near-standard vehicles with a hydrogen fuel cell drive train in everyday conditions on European roads. Prototypes of the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT will examine how effectively the CO 2 -free drive train, model-specific chassis technology and vehicle electronics systems work together under real-life conditions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The BMW Group will begin sourcing aluminum produced using solar electricity with immediate effect. That is why the BMW Group plans to source aluminum produced with green power in the long term—enabling it to avoid approximately 2.5 The BMW Group is now taking the next logical step by sourcing aluminum produced with green power.

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CN EV Post

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Eve Energy said it has finalized a cell supply relationship with BMW to provide large cylindrical lithium-ion cells for the latter's Neue Klasse line of models. The post Eve Energy announces battery cell supply deal with BMW after CATL appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2023

BMW has unveiled two new protection models developed on the basis of the new BMW 7 Series, including an all-electric version. As the first protection sedan with an all-electric drive system, the BMW i7 Protection (electric power consumption combined in WLTP cycle: 30.0 The new BMW i7 xDrive60 Protection. Earlier post.)

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

It’s all about the batteries. Succeeding in the electric vehicle market in which there’s far more consumer demand for electric cars than there is supply often comes down to having enough batteries. The more batteries, the more sales, the better one looks.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2020

The BMW Group has selected SGL Carbon to produce a cover component for battery enclosures. This substantial multi-year order will include the production of an innovative glass-fiber-based cover plate for the battery housing for usage in a future plug-in hybrid model of BMW Group.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Following EV battery agreements with CATL and EVE Energy last fall, BMW shared it is adding SVOLT Energy to its rolodex. The battery developer is a spinoff of China’s Great Wall Motor and has reportedly been awarded a massive contract to supply EV builds in Europe worth up to $13 billion.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

At the BMW Group plant in Leipzig, the 200,000 th BMW i3 model rolled off the production line last week. The BMW i3s (combined power consumption: 14.6 – 14.0 kWh/100 km) with Fluid Black metallic paint finish and accents in BMW i Blue was produced for a customer from Saxony and will be delivered by the BMW branch in Leipzig.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 2, 2022

The second production line for battery modules has started series production at the BMW’s plant in Leipzig. Further expanding e-component production in the German state of Saxony, the new system manufactures modules for the fully electric BMW i4, made in Munich.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2023

BMW i Ventures announced an investment in Canada-based Cyclic Materials , a circular supply chain company focused on recycling rare earth elements (REE) ( earlier post ). Cyclic Materials’ efficient, proprietary technologies cost-efficiently recycle these materials from a diverse supply of end-of-life products.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 31, 2022

BMW will reportedly be switching to prismatic cells for its next-generation EV platform due around 2025. The news accompanies recent confirmations of an agreement for a potentially large-scale supply agreement signed between the Chinese battery giant CATL and BMW.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Partners in this project of the Federal Ministry of Transport and the German National Organization for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NOW - Nationale Organisation für Wasserstoff- und Brennstoffzellentechnologie) are the car manufacturer BMW, the University of Siegen and other suppliers.

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