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

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. The BMW Concept XM provides a preview of the new front end design for BMW’s forthcoming luxury-class models.

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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. —Joachim Post, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network.

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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 Reports

MARCH 22, 2024

BMW continues to preview its next-generation EVs with a new concept car, while also providing a bit more detail on some of the engineering for these new models, which are due to start production next year. The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X is an electric SUV that forecasts a model due to start production in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2025.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 21, 2024

A new BMW Group Vision Vehicle provides a first glimpse of the Neue Klasse as an SAV: The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X brings the aesthetics, technology, sustainability, and philosophy of the Neue Klasse to the Sports Activity Vehicles sector.

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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

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 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. —Dr Andreas Wendt.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2023

BMW M GmbH has confirmed that with the new edition of the BMW M5, it will be adding a Touring (wagon) variant to its model range. Just like the future BMW M5 Sedan, the Touring variant will also feature a completely newly developed, partially electrified drive system. The seventh generation of the BMW M5 takes up on this.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 19, 2022

BMW has taken a step toward localizing battery production for future EVs. The automaker on Wednesday announced a partnership with Envision AESC for a dedicated battery plant in South Carolina.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The BMW Group and Great Wall Motor have launched a new joint venture—Spotlight Automotive Limited—and are building a joint plant in China, where the BMW Group will produce future fully-electric models of its MINI brand. The BMW Group is already a leading supplier of electrified vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2020

The BMW Group plans to invest more than €30 billion up to 2025 in research and development to underscore its position as an innovation leader, said Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, at the company’s Annual Accounts Press Conference in Munich. In this respect, we are quite clearly in the fast lane.

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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

MAY 16, 2023

at the BMW Group site in Dingolfing is operating an electrically heated ring hearth furnace. The new furnace has a planned service life of over 40 years, so it’s a future-focused piece of equipment that sets the course for our journey to net zero. For the first time, chassis and drive component production in Plant 02.10 Plant 02.10

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

The company unveiled its “Vision Neue Klasse” for the first time on Saturday, giving us a glimpse into what the BMW brand will look like in the future. more… The post BMW unveils Vision Neue Klasse: Showcasing the brand’s high-tech, efficient future appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) approved the funding application for the consortium research project HyCET (Hydrogen Combustion Engine Trucks) led by the BMW Group. The use of green hydrogen produced from renewable energies could thus enable CO 2 -free long-distance logistics in the future.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

The BMW iX5 Hydrogen ( earlier post ) is currently undergoing testing in extremely challenging winter weather conditions on public roads and at the BMW Group’s testing center in Arjeplog, northern Sweden. The tests close to the Arctic Circle see the BMW Group pressing ahead with its development process for the BMW iX5 Hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2022

From 2025 onwards, the next generation of BMW e-drives will be manufactured in its engine plant in Steyr, Austria—with both production and development on site—with eventual annual production capacity of more than 600,000 units. The BMW Group’s largest engine plant: Steyr plant in Upper Austria. —Milan Nedeljkovi?,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2020

The BMW Group has officially opened its new Additive Manufacturing Campus. The €15-million campus will allow the BMW Group to develop its position as technology leader in the utilization of additive manufacturing in the automotive industry. BMW AG Board Member for Production. —Milan Nedeljkovi?,

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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

JULY 25, 2020

The BMW Group will pilot the second generation of hydrogen fuel cell drives in a small series in the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT based on the current BMW X5 from 2022. The fuel cell stack and the overall system are original developments of the BMW Group; individual cells of the fuel cell will come from Toyota.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2022

The BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture (BBA) has established a closed loop for reuse of the raw materials nickel, lithium and cobalt from high-voltage batteries that are no longer suitable for use in electric vehicles. Automated and precise dismantling of BMW high-voltage batteries at Huayou Recycling.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2021

The BMW iX electric SUV ( earlier post ) has its world premiere at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show. The BMW iX is first model in the brand’s line-up to feature the new Operating System 8 and the latest generation of BMW iDrive. Market launch in China will get underway over the course of 2021. kWh per 100 kilometers.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

BMW continues to preview its next-generation EVs with a new concept car, while also providing a bit more detail on some of the engineering for these new models, which are due to start production next year. The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X is an electric SUV that forecasts a model due to start production in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2025.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

BMW continues to preview its next-generation EVs with a new concept car, while also providing a bit more detail on some of the engineering for these new models, which are due to start production next year. The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X is an electric SUV that forecasts a model due to start production in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2021

The BMW Group is launching production of battery components at its plants in Leipzig and Regensburg and expanding its e-drive production network. BMW Group Plant Leipzig will launch series production of battery modules on Monday, 3 May 2021, while BMW Group Plant Regensburg began coating battery cells for high-voltage batteries in April 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2022

The BMW Group is hosting the first conference on Quantum Computing for Automotive Challenges. The BMW Group sees its role not only as one member of the quantum computing community but wants to actively network, collaborate and thereby bridge the gap between foundational and applied research.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The BMW Group has joined the cross-sector “Responsible Lithium Partnership” project. The aim of the project is to reach a shared understanding of responsible management of natural resources with local interest groups and develop a vision for the future of the Salar de Atacama salt flat in Chile. Earlier post.)

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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. —Markus Fallböhmer, Head of Engine at E-Drive Production at BMW AG.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2023

BMW is developing a new family of EVs dubbed "Neue Klasse," German for "New Class," and provided a glimpse of the design direction of those cars with the BMW i Vision Dee concept.

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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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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2022

Urban Production is an international architecture competition organized by the BMW Group in close cooperation with the City of Munich. The aim is to realize outstanding, future-ready production in the urban setting of the company’s home plant in Munich. BMW Group Plant Munich future Vision Urban Production with neighborhood.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2023

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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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2022

The BMW Group will open its Cell Manufacturing Competence Center (CCMC) in the fall. In an area spanning around 15,000 square meters, the BMW Group will demonstrate the industrial feasibility of future generations of high-performance battery cells. —Markus Fallböhmer, head of Production Engines, E-Drives at the BMW Group.

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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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

BMW Group Plant Leipzig’s first cell coating line has gone into series operation as e-component production at the site continues to gain momentum. Covering 2,300 m 2 , the new cell coating system at the BMW plant in Leipzig is located in the former production hall of the BMW i3, where production was phased out in the summer of last year.

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