Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2023

The BMW Group Technology Office USA in Mountain View and Meta’s Reality Labs Research have demonstrated for the first time the ability to display stable virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) content accurately to passengers in a fast-moving car, even when making turns, going over speed bumps, and accelerating.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

BMW’s iFACTORY production strategy defines the future orientation of plants and production technologies at the BMW Group and meets the challenges of the transformation to e-mobility. With our BMW iFACTORY, we are leading the way and setting new standards in flexibility, efficiency, sustainability and digitalization.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2020

The first fully-electric BMW iX3 has left the production line at the BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture (BBA) in Shenyang, China. The workforce at the BBA Plant Dadong in Shenyang already celebrated the successful start of production on 29 September 2020.

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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 battery cells they will process will be manufactured by external suppliers working to BMW Group specifications. Earlier post.). Both models are now discontinued.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At Art Basel’s 2021 Miami Beach show, BMW M GmbH presented the new BMW Concept XM; the concept car looks ahead to the most powerful BMW M car ever to go into series production, which is set to begin at the end of 2022. ALl-electric range is estimated to be up to 80 km (WLTP) or up to 30 miles (EPA).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

With its latest design concept, the BMW Vision Neue Klasse, the BMW Group is showcasing what the next generation of vehicles from its core BMW brand will look like. In the interior, the next generation of BMW iDrive delivers a digital user experience that merges real and virtual worlds.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 10, 2024

German automaker BMW is making a major move toward EV production by ditching gas-powered vehicle manufacturing from its plant in Munich, Germany. BMW said it expects to spend €650 million to update the factory site with four buildings, including a vehicle assembly line that will explicitly produce EVs.

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The first series-produced BMW i4 EV ( earlier post ) rolled off the production lines at BMW Group Plant Munich. For the plant and team, the launch of the BMW i4 is a milestone on the road to electric mobility. BMW AG Board Member for Production. Other digital applications are used directly in production.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2023

BMW Group’s Regensburg location has produced its one-millionth vehicle, a BMW iX1 battery electric vehicle (BEV) in Alpine White. The BMW X1 is BMW’s smallest Sports Activity Vehicle and became the first fully-electric model produced at the BMW Group location in Regensburg in November 2022.

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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 Reports

MAY 7, 2024

EV battery production for BMW is setting up south of the border. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. BMW has started building a battery plant in Mexico that will provide more energy-dense cylindrical cells for longer range and. Ram aims to scale up its hydrogen fuel-cell muscle.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The start of MINI Countryman production marks a number of firsts and milestones for BMW Group Plant Leipzig: for the first time, a MINI model is being made in Germany – on the same production line as the BMW 1 Series and 2 Series.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The BMW Group is building a high-voltage battery assembly for the vehicles of the NEUE KLASSE at its site in Hungary. The BMW iFACTORY is also about ensuring short distances for logistics. The close link between battery assembly and vehicle production is part of our strategy.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It has only been a few weeks since the first photos of the all-new BMW iX2 went around the world: Now, it is rolling off the assembly line at BMW Group Plant Regensburg.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

The BMW Group will release the new BMW iX3 EV ( earlier post )onto the market by the end of 2020. The testing required for homologation of the new BMW iX3 has now been successfully completed and the results submitted to the regulatory authorities in key automotive markets. —Arno Keller, head of Development BMW iX3.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Just about every automaker on the planet is increasing its electric vehicle production to some degree in 2023, and BMW Group is no exception. In fact, BMW seems to be on a serious push to try to take more of the EV market. Naturally, it must know that its survival, and certainly its success, in […]

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 9, 2024

The BMW i5 that recently rolled off the production line at Plant Dadong in China was a milestone: the fully electric model in Frozen Pure Grey was the 6 millionth car to be made by the BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) joint venture.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The BMW Group is investing €800 million in Plant San Luis Potosí in Mexico for integration of fully-electric models of NEUE KLASSE and construction of local high-voltage battery assembly. BMW Group Plant SLP We are systematically gearing our production network towards electromobility. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

BMW has launched the BMW i4 and BMW iX. The BMW i4 is the brand’s first electric vehicle focused squarely on driving dynamics. The drive unit—the product of fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology—combines the electric motor, power electronics and transmission in a single housing. Earlier post.)

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 12, 2023

More powerful, more exclusive, more extravagant: just a few months after production got underway of the new BMW XM, BMW M GmbH revealed the flagship version of its first-ever high-performance car with an electrified drive system.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. The new assembly in Munich will be built on the site currently used for engine production. member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 22, 2021

BMW announced that it has started series production of the BMW i4 electric car today at its Munich factory. more… The post BMW starts production of the i4 electric car appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

The BMW Group will pilot a small series of the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT fuel cell vehicle from 2022, based on the current BMW X5 and equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell e-drive. The BMW Group is building on its experience with fifth-generation e-drives to develop this vehicle. —Minister Aiwanger.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2023

The BMW Group further expanded its R&D footprint in China with the opening of a new R&D Center in Shanghai. China is already home to BMW Group’s largest R&D system outside of Germany, with locations in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Nanjing. Our new R&D Center and BMW China R&D upgrade will enable us to achieve a real competence push.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2020

The BMW Group has officially opened its new Additive Manufacturing Campus. The new center brings together production of prototype and series parts under one roof, along with research into new 3D printing technologies, and associate training for the global rollout of toolless production. BMW AG Board Member for Production.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2021

The BMW Group company is investing in an innovative method for CO 2 -free steel production developed by American startup Boston Metal ( earlier post ), through its venture capital fund, BMW i Ventures. Boston Metal is commercializing molten oxide electrolysis (MOE), a patented tonnage metals production platform.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2022

The BMW Group is launching a unique project that will see cars maneuver around production without requiring a driver. To make this happen, the BMW Group has been collaborating with Seoul Robotics from South Korea and Embotech from Switzerland. —BMW Group project manager Sascha Andree.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 18, 2024

BMW wants humanoid robots to build its cars, evidenced by a partnership with a robotics startup that it signed today. BMW has partnered with Figure in its first partnership since the company was founded two years ago. The post BMW wants humanoid robots to build its cars appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

The BMW Group has created a closed-loop material cycle for tungsten used in drill and milling bits for industrial machinery used in producing cars; the company is collecting old drill and milling bits at its plants in Germany and Austria for recycling. These drill and milling bits are already being used at BMW Group plants.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2020

In preparation for production of the fully-electric BMW i4, BMW Group Plant Munich will pause vehicle production for six weeks this summer. No cars will be produced between the end of the late shift on 23 July and the start of the early shift on 7 September. BMW Group plant Munich. BMW concept i4.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 24, 2023

The new BMW 5 Series, including the all-new fully-electric BMW i5, celebrated the official start of production at BMW Group Plant Dingolfing.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 20, 2023

BMW Group’s Regensburg assembly plant has produced its one-millionth vehicle. The milestone vehicle is a BMW iX1 battery electric vehicle in Alpine White. The BMW X1 is BMW’s smallest Sports Activity Vehicle – and became the first fully-electric model produced at the BMW Group location in Regensburg in November 2022.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2023

The BMW Group continues to invest in e-component production at Plant Leipzig and in the future of the site. The new plot for use by BMW consists of 12 hectares in total, eight of which will be built on in the first stage of construction. These include the BMW iX1, the BMW i5 and the BMW iX.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 3, 2024

Last week BMW Group Plant Dingolfing celebrated the official start of production for the new BMW 5 Series Touring. That makes the BMW i5 Touring the fourth all-electric […] The post BMW i5 Touring is now in series production at Dingolfing plant appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2019

BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina has doubled its capacity for production of high-voltage batteries. These are intended for the plug-in hybrid models of the new BMW X5 and the future BMW X3, also produced in Spartanburg. The BMW Group’s battery research and pilot plant are located in Munich.

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