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BMW Group announces local production of NEUE KLASSE in China from 2026, new gen 6 battery plant

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To mark the 20 th anniversary of the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. BBA) joint venture, Milan Nedeljković, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production, announced local production of the NEUE KLASSE in China. More than half the vehicles the BMW Group sells worldwide should be fully electric before 2030.

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BMW EVs and redesigned ICE fashions supremacy portfolio adjustments

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i5: BMW will roll out a number of variants of its latest electrical nameplate, together with rwd and all-wheel-drive variants. BMW’s best-selling U.S. Sculpted surfaces border the BMW kidney grille. X3: BMW’s next-generation X3 compact crossover arrives in the second one part of subsequent presen.

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BMW’s hometown Munich plant to go all-EV as ICE vehicles pass their “tipping point” – Charged EVs

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BMW says its historic plant in Munich will produce only electric cars from 2027, following a €650-million investment in expansion and upgrades, including the construction of a new vehicle assembly line and a new body shop. BMW’s Munich plant opened in 1922, and produced motorcycles until car production began there in 1952.

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IONITY partners with Shell, OMV, Tank & Rast and Circle K on sites for high-power charging network; 18 countries, >200 sites

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IONITY , the joint venture of BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen with Audi and Porsche that is developing and implementing a High-Power Charging (HPC) network for EVs across Europe ( earlier post ), has formed initial strategic partnerships for the realization of its HPC network.

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Samsung Hungarian battery plant to open in 2018, perhaps for BMW electric cars?

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One of the major players is Korean firm Samsung SDI, which is reportedly planning to open a new battery plant in Hungary. Anticipated increases in electric-car production in 2018 and later now have battery suppliers scrambling to add manufacturing capacity.

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JATO Dynamics: in decline of Euro new car market, electrified vehicles increase share to almost 13%

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In terms of market share, electrified vehicles represented 75% of all passenger cars registrations in Norway; 33% in Sweden; 31% in Finland; 22% in Netherlands; and 17% in Hungary. France leads among the big 5 markets, with an EV penetration of 14%, against 13% in the UK, 11% in Germany, 10% in Spain, and 8.6%

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Here’s how China’s BYD is working on its image problem

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European consumers have no inkling of Chinese brands,” Daniel Kirchert, the head of e-mobility consultancy Noyo and former BMW executive, told Automotive News Europe. Adding up sales for all so-called new energy vehicles, including battery-only vehicles and plug-in hybrids, BYD sold 3 million vehicles in 2023.

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