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BMW Motorrad presents the BMW CE 04 Vagabund Moto Concept

Electric Cars Report

While the international customising scene around BMW Motorrad primarily devotes its inspiring creativity, excellent craftsmanship and continuous flow of new ideas to the BMW Motorrad Heritage models R 18 and R nineT, an exceptional project based on the BMW CE 04 has now taken shape in Austria.

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BMW targets drastic CO2 reductions per vehicle, teases i Vision Circular concept

Green Car Reports

BMW on Thursday announced a new effort to reduce its overall carbon footprint through the use of new materials, while also teasing a concept car that will put some of those ideas into action. The automaker hopes to reduce lifecycle carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions 40% by 2030, a company press release said.

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BMW i Vision Circular concept rethinks the compact EV under a circular economy

Green Car Reports

Unveiled earlier this week at the Munich auto show, the BMW i Vision Circular concept feature not only an electric powertrain, but also what sustainable construction might look like in 2040. The compact EV is based on the idea of a "circular.

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Stimulating Ideas for Urban Mobility: BMW Group Research Unveils Innovative Concepts for Cargo bike & e-Scooter.

EV Obssesion

Innovative design concepts for city-centre travel Electrified bicycle Concept DYNAMIC CARGO promises high variability, everyday usability and sheer cycling pleasure e-scooter Concept CLEVER COMMUTE with remarkably compact de-sign thanks to folding mechanism Munich. appeared first on EV Obsession.

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BMW-led Car2Car project seeks to improve quality of secondary raw materials from recycled vehicles

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group is heading up a new project that explores the circular economy in automotive manufacturing. The BMW Group is targeting increasing the proportion of secondary materials in its brands’ new models from around 30% at present to 50%. The BMW Group is supplying 500 end-of-life vehicles for the purposes of the project.

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BMW Munich plant takes 6-week break to prep for production of electric i4

Green Car Congress

In preparation for production of the fully-electric BMW i4, BMW Group Plant Munich will pause vehicle production for six weeks this summer. Plant Munich will take advantage of this break in production to implement numerous structural and remodeling measures before the fully-electric BMW i4 goes into standard production next year.

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BMW unveils fast, funky electric motorbike designed for teens and young adults

Electrek

BMW has released several electric motorcycle and electric scooter concepts over the last few years. To the company’s credit, they’ve actually brought some of their wild ideas to production. Now BMW has a new electric motorcycle concept known as the CE 02 that could actually make it to the streets.

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