Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

California surpassed 1 million electric vehicles (1,054,095 units)—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel-cell electric—sold cumulatively through the 4 th quarter of 2021, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC), making it the first US state to achieve this milestone. of total California auto sales in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

The BMW Group and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced an expanded partnership that further leverages renewable energy to sustainably power electric vehicles (EVs). The goal of the phase-three pilot is to continue to make smart charging more beneficial to the grid and more rewarding for BMW EV drivers.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2023

BMW and utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) have started testing technology that allows EVs to supplement the grid. Testing is taking place at a PG&E lab in San Roman, California, as part of a partnership between the two companies that dates back to 2015, according to a BMW press release.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 22, 2023

BMW is stepping up from vehicle-to-grid EV charging to kick vehicle-to-everything (V2X) into gear, with an assist from the California utility PG&E

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Teslarati

JANUARY 30, 2024

Tesla dominated electric vehicle registrations in California in 2023, but the growth of EVs as a whole turned out to be the true winner in the state as adoption saw a 5 percent uptick. percent market share in California last year. BMW saw the biggest year-over-year market share increase in California, with 2.2

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2021

BMW i Ventures invested in Kodiak Robotics , Inc., The funds from the BMW i Ventures investment help Kodiak expand its team and fleet, as well as continue to develop its self-driving technology purpose-built for long-haul trucks. The company delivers freight daily in Texas, and also tests in California.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

BMW will invest more than $200 million to construct a 219,000-square-foot press shop at its South Carolina plant. The new press shop, which will start production in the summer of 2024, will take raw coils of steel, cut them into blanks, and stamp sheet metal parts for future BMW models. Credit - BMW). BMW Manufacturing Co.,

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Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2023

A California utility and BMW are working together on greening the grid with V2X tech. Cadillac gives its long-anticipated Escalade EV a timeline and a badge. And Ford likens its efficiency-focused three-row electric SUV coming in 2025 to a “personal bullet train.” ” This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Stellantis, whose brands include Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, and Fiat, recently announced layoffs that it blamed on the selective application of California Air Resource Board (CARB) rules. The announcement comes after a long drama between the automaker and the state of California.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 18, 2020

The California Air Resources Board announced Monday that it has finalized five individual agreements with automakers pledging to adhere to annual reductions of passenger-vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2019

BMW is bringing BMW’s global Induction Charging Pilot Program to the US. The pilot program is available in the state of California for 200 interested, qualifying residential home customers who are able to charge inside an enclosed garage space. The pilot program began in Germany in 2018. The system has a charging power of 3.2

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2022

BMW, GM, and Ford aim to incentivize off-peak charging. And California is putting its 2035 gasoline vehicle ban into policy. California is making its planned 2035 end date for gasoline vehicles the official policy today—and it’s likely. Mercedes and VW look to Canada for the EV supply chain.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 16, 2021

And we drive the BMW 530e plug-in hybrid sport sedan and. Global internal combustion sales have peaked, according to at least one analysis. A group plans to put 200 hydrogen-fueling stations for trucks in place by 2035. We take a look at a different way of electrifying travel trailers.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

California begins fighting back against the EPA's fuel economy freeze. And BMW builds a new battery assembly line for its upcoming electric cars. California issued a pointed 400-page rebuttal to the EPA's plan to freeze fuel economy. Austria proposes letting electric cars drive faster. Hyundai recalls Ioniqs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2020

While California is challenging the Federal government in court to overturn the revocation of California’s waiver enabling the state to issue greenhouse gas restrictions on light-duty vehicles, it has finalized with six participating automakers individual bilateral agreements based upon a Framework unveiled last year.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 23, 2023

Tesla’s exceptional sales record in California shows that, even though many other EV options exist, it is still the ideal choice in what could be considered the country’s hotspot for electric cars. California accounted for 40 percent of zero-emission vehicle sales in the United States, Reuters said. The question is: Why?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In California, public and private stakeholders in the transportation sector launched a new organization— Veloz —to accelerate the adoption of EVs. Veloz members include: Automakers, including GM, BMW Group, Honda, Nissan, Kia, Subaru, Daimler, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Ford.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 5, 2023

When I first became a wise and fair judge for the 24 Hours of Lemons race series , back in 2008, I got a lot of static from Internet Car Experts who noted the large quantity of BMW E30s in every race and proclaimed that any E30 in any condition was worth at least ten times more than the Lemons $500 limit on car cost. liter straight-six.

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Teslarati

APRIL 24, 2023

The upcoming Mercedes AMG EQE SUV was spotted completing testing in California ahead of a planned launch in the coming year. Now, as the premium German brand looks to electrify its performance offerings as well, its newest electric AMG model has been spotted testing in California, the Mercedes AMG EQE SUV.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 11, 2023

Tesla is starting off 2023 by beating luxury vehicle maker BMW in luxury sales and becoming the top luxury car brand in the U.S. Shaun Bugbee of BMW North America told the publication that there’s been a very strong demand for EVs. The post Tesla beats BMW and becomes number 1 in the U.S. This is the first time a U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

Dinan is a big name for BMWs, and so today we bring you a 2002 BMW M5 Dinan S. The asking price is $19,000 and you can click here to see this California-based car here. It's on its third owner and has 225,000 miles on the odometer. The tires are new and there's an X-pipe installed.

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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 Reports

AUGUST 31, 2020

A utility-managed program in California promises to install 38,000 chargers over five years. Amazon orders more electric vans—but this time not from Rivian. and Bollinger reveals an electric van it says could arrive in 2022. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 9, 2023

Today's used car is a California-based 1993 BMW 318is that is being restored. Check out this $7,000 BMW here. There are cosmetic issues and some minor mechanical stuff that seems to not yet be solved. This matters, at least to me, because a manual transmission 318 is pretty interesting.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 25, 2019

have banded together with California—to set an example for the EPA and its long-stalled emissions and fuel economy revamp. The agreement between Ford, Honda, Volkswagen, and BMW's U.S. Some of the largest automakers in the U.S. division would raise fuel-economy standards by about 3.7

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

The BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), have launched an 18-month pilot of the BMW i ChargeForward Program in the San Francisco Bay Area. The program is now issuing calls to participating BMW i3 drivers in the Bay Area to request the interruption of the charging of their EVs for one hour.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The system utilizes BMW i3 high-voltage batteries and can be expanded to incorporate second-life batteries as they become available in the market.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2013

Hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric vehicle share of the California retail market. Source: California Auto Outlook. Hybrid vehicle market share (excluding plug-in hybrids) in California increased to 7% in the first half of 2013, up from 6.2% Click to enlarge. Despite a 0.9 market share. market share. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The BMW Group is expanding the remit of its BMW i Ventures venture capital unit and creating a new fund of up to €500 million (US$531 million) over ten years to support it. BMW i Ventures keeps us close to trendsetters from all different fields and their innovations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The California Department of Motor Vehicles recently issued Baidu USA an Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit, allowing the company to test its autonomous driving technologies in the state. We will start testing our autonomous driving technologies on public roads very soon in California. Mercedes Benz, BMW and Ford are among others.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

California in particular currently sits at as the US dairy farming mecca, but also accounts for nearly half of the methane emissions in the entire state. Should BMW be involved? US Dairy farming remains a massive contributor of greenhouse gas methane emitted by its endless lanes of cattle providing milk to the public.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2018

Charging network EVgo has installed second-life batteries from two BMW i3s to its charging station in Union City, California, the company announced last week. The two batteries each store 22 kwh of electricity to help balance the load on the power grid when electric cars are charging at peak times, according to a report in Charged EVs.

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2023

California has released its Q1 “ZEV” sales report, showing that Tesla remains in control of its most successful market. The United States remains one of Tesla’s top sales locations, and within the country, no other state gets remotely close to the sales numbers of California.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

BMW will bring an all-electric iX SUV to its star-studded Super Bowl advertising campaign during the most-watched sporting event in the United States. The commercial will portray legendary bodybuilder and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Zeus, who decides to retire and move to Palm Springs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

BMW of North America launched its BMW i DC Fast Chargers, which can charge the BMW i3 all-electric vehicle’s battery up to 80% in 30 minutes, at the Plug-In 2014 conference. The fast chargers are a joint development between BMW and Bosch Automotive Service Solutions. EL-51620 BMW i DC Fast Charger. Input power.

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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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Baua Electric

JULY 5, 2023

A Quebec-based dealership workforce targeted at the luxurious and function sections has made its first foray into California with the acquisition of Ferrari South Bay within the Better Los Angeles Segment. The post Holand Automobile Team buys Ferrari bundle in California appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. expansion technique.

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