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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

MAY 24, 2022

The BMW Group will open its Cell Manufacturing Competence Center (CCMC) in the fall. With the emmission control approval procedure now completed, the necessary conditions are in place for commissioning of near-standard production of lithium-ion battery cells at the competence center in Parsdorf, outside of Munich.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Solid Power, a developer of all solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, announced a $130-million Series B investment round led by the BMW Group, Ford Motor Company and Volta Energy Technologies. BMW and Ford now share leading positions in the race for solid-state battery-powered electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The BMW Group will increase e-component production capacity at its manufacturing base in Leipzig with another eight production lines by 2024. The plant’s two existing battery module lines will be complemented by a further line plus five cell-coating lines. After being coated, the cells are assembled to form larger battery modules.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The BMW Group presented the first BMW iX5 Hydrogen vehicles in a pilot fleet that will go into service this year. This active driving experience will therefore be the first chance for people not involved in the development process to gain a direct impression of what the BMW iX5 Hydrogen has to offer. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2019

Daimler AG has acquired a minority equity stake in US battery material specialist Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. Founded in 2011, Sila Nano is a developer of new battery materials which outperform existing lithium-ion technologies. The advancements Sila Nano have made in battery performance are very promising.

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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 Reports

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Colorado-based Solid Power, the solid-state battery firm backed by Ford and BMW, claims that third-party safety tests show its battery tech to be safer than current lithium-ion chemistry. The tests, with results released Wednesday, aimed simulate abuse and damage to its prototype solid-state battery cells.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt announced that on December 28th, it successfully produced the first lithium-ion battery cell to be designed, developed, and built completely in Europe by a homegrown company. Northvolt Ett’s first Prismatic Lithium-ion cell. Credit: Northvolt).

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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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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

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

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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

BMW M GmbH is introducing its first high-performance car with an electrified drive system. The BMW XM is equipped with a plug-in hybrid system comprising a V8 gasoline engine and electric motor that delivers combined fuel consumption of 1.6 – 1.5 The BMW XM is also the first BMW M original since the BMW M1.

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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

MARCH 27, 2012

BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) have signed an agreement on collaborative research in the field of next-generation lithium-ion battery cells and have begun said research. Earlier post.). liter and 2.0 liter diesel engines to TME starting in 2014.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2021

European battery-maker Northvolt has acquired Cuberg , a US-based battery technology company delivering high-performance lithium-metal cells produced on existing lithium-ion manufacturing lines for electromobility solutions. Northvolt is a European supplier of sustainable, high-quality battery cells and systems.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

German luxury vehicle manufacturer BMW has announced that it will deepen its partnership with solid-state battery developer Solid Power, including the incorporation of a prototype production line in its own facilities and the production of a demonstrator vehicle that uses a solid-state battery pack before 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2020

The BMW Group has set itself the goal of creating a closed and sustainable material cycle for battery cells. The new pilot plant will strengthen our expertise in production of battery cells. Our goal is to optimize near-standard production of battery cells from the perspective of quality, performance and costs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2020

With almost 50,000 units, BMW 5 Series plug-in hybrid models were the most successful electrified models in the BMW Group’s portfolio worldwide in 2019. The new top-of-the-range BMW 545e xDrive Sedan (combined fuel consumption: 2.4 – 2.1 The new top-of-the-range BMW 545e xDrive Sedan (combined fuel consumption: 2.4 – 2.1

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2021

In March, BMW presented the Neue Klasse generation of vehicles, to be launched by the middle of this decade, which will be clearly focused on all-electric drivetrains. For the Neue Klasse, the BMW Group is developing the next generation of its battery technology. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Solid Power, a developer of all solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, announced that its Louisville, Colo. facility is producing 20 Ah multi-layer all solid-state lithium metal batteries on the company’s continuous roll-to-roll production line. Every cell that Solid Power produces is free of any liquid or gel.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Dannar is taking its new mobile energy storage unit on the road with BMW i3 EV battery packs and a plan to decarbonize off-road working vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

BMW is adding two plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variants to the new BMW 7 Series range, including the first BMW M model in the range. BMW is also optimizing the efficiency of the new BMW 740d xDrive available in European markets (fuel consumption combined: 6.8 – 6.1 The new BMW M760e xDrive and the new BMW 740d xDrive.

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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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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

APRIL 27, 2022

The value of venture capital (VC) deals in advanced batteries shot up by 850% year-on-year (YoY) in 2021 with focus on lithium chemistries, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Big deals from VC investors are pushing forward the advanced batteries funding to a new high.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 4, 2023

ONE battery company has tested a dual-chemistry battery that powered a BMW iX for 978 kilometers on a single charge. The post BMW iX With ONE Battery Pack Drives 978 Km On Single Charge appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The BMW Group, Northvolt and Umicore have formed a joint technology consortium in order to work closely together on the continued development of a complete and sustainable value chain for battery cells for electrified vehicles in Europe. The chief objective is to make battery cells sustainable by establishing a closed life-cycle loop.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The BMW Group is further expanding its Germany-based production capacities for electric drives. From 2021, battery cells for high-voltage batteries will be coated at BMW Group Plant Regensburg and complete high-voltage batteries will be produced from 2022. In 2020, we went full throttle on e-drive production.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

Following the announcement by solid-state battery company Solid Power that it will become a publicly listed company through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), materials technology company Umicore announced that it holds a stake in Solid Power’s pre-SPAC transaction.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

Ford Motor Company is teaming up with Solid Power ( earlier post ) to develop all solid-state batteries (ASSB) for next-generation electric vehicles. Solid Power’s solid-state technology combines a cathode, metallic lithium anode, and a safe, inorganic solid electrolyte layer. liquid electrolyte as used in lithium-ion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2017

The BMW Group is supplying lithium-ion batteries from its Dingolfing plant to German company Torqeedo. kWh BMW i3 pack offered by Torqeedo has a usable capacity of 30.5 9 years after commissioning, the batteries will still have 80% of their original capacity, even if used every day.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2021

Solid Power, a producer of all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, provided details on its All-Solid-State Platform technology and the three unique battery designs it enables. Solid Power’s all-solid-state platform technology allows us to produce unique batteries for the unique electric vehicles they intend to power.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The BMW Group is partnering with Solid Power , a developer of solid-state rechargeable batteries, in a joint effort to develop Solid Power’s solid-state batteries for electric vehicle applications. Solid Power technology combines a high-capacity cathode, a lithium metal anode and a high ionic conductivity solid separator.

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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. Battery cells packaged in a module.

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