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 25, 2023

BMW introduced the eighth generation of the BMW 5 Series Sedan, including two all-electric i5 variants; BMW will extend the range to include two plug-in hybrid variants (530e and 550e xDrive) from the spring of 2024. The market launch of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan will begin in October 2023. kWh/100 km) is also available.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2014

Until recently, the Chevy Volt was the only range-extended electric car available in the U.S. I''ve driven a Volt for almost three years now, and it''s been a splendid car--quiet, smooth, peppy, and amazingly economical.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2020

BMW announced the updated, 2021 7 th generation 5 Series Sedan. The MY2021 models feature improvements in exterior and interior design, aerodynamics and technology, plus the introduction of a new 48-volt mild hybrid system and a new plug-in hybrid drivetrain. The new BMW 530e xDrive Sedan, Phytonic blue metallic, M Sport package.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 19 Mar 2024, 18:14 PM The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X concept previews a new design direction range, previewing an upcoming electric SUV from the automaker. The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X concept is expected to preview the upcoming range of cars based on the Neue Klasse EV platform.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2017

Leveraging GM’s proven EREV technology as shown in the Chevy Volt and the Cadillac CT6 Plug-In, the Velite 5 also offers advanced connectivity and safety technologies. Earlier in March, BMW-Brilliance introduced the new BMW X1 xDrive 25Le. BMW Brilliance has built a high voltage battery assembly line in Shenyang.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The 2019 BMW i3 will get a larger battery, good for 153 miles of range, up from 115 miles for the 2018 model, the automaker announced Friday. BMW refers to the new battery in the 2019 model as the 120 amp-hour battery, which delivers total energy storage of 42.2 kilowatt-hours with the i3's 350-volt high-voltage power system.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

The new BMW 330e plug-in hybrid features the latest generation of BMW eDrive technology paired with a four-cylinder gasoline engine. Making its debut appearance in a BMW, the standard-fitted XtraBoost raises the system output of the plug-in hybrid to a maximum 215 kW/292 hp. liters per 100km (123.7 – 146.9

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 1, 2014

We start off the final month of 2014 with updates on the 2016 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car, BMW''s response to Elon Musk''s talk of a possible collaboration with Tesla, and the possibility of even lower gas prices. The 2015 BMW i3 gets a handful of updates, including standard DC fast-charging.'

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InsideEVs

JANUARY 25, 2024

Between 2025 and 2030, BMW wants to launch six new EVs based on its new 800-volt architecture.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

What does BMW’s new concept tell us about its coming EVs? Lots… The BMW Vision Neue Klasse provides a more realistic preview of the compact EV sedan coming in 2025 than the i Vision Dee shown earlier in 2023. This tech, it turns out, will serve as the basis for an entire family of better BMW EVs.

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Teslarati

MARCH 10, 2023

The “built-up” model in 2028 will be similar to the BMW iX, Mercedes EQS, and Audi Q8 e-tron, according to the report, and will sit on the STLA Large architecture from parent company Stellantis, who recently planned a retooling of its Italian factory to help produce EVs. I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 2, 2014

The Nissan Leaf set a new November record at 2,687 cars sold, its 22nd straight month of sales increases year-over-year, while the Chevy Volt delivered 1,336 cars last month. And all eyes will be on BMW.'

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2011

Not so long ago, the notion of luxury German brand BMW hiring an engineer from General Motors might have been a stretch. But reports that Frank Weber, the lead engineer of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt team, has been hired by BMW demonstrate how radically times.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 1, 2016

The car most comparable to the first Chevrolet Volt is the current BMW i3 fitted with the optional REx range-extending engine. Both cars run entirely in electric mode until their battery packs are depleted, unlike other plug-in hybrids which switch on their engines under maximum power demand.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 21, 2013

You may have read stories lately that suggest the BMW i3 is the first luxury competition for the Tesla Model S electric car. You may also have read that it’s the first range-extended car to go head to head with the Chevrolet Volt. In building its first battery-electric vehicle, BMW has done precisely what it.'

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 5, 2023

i5: BMW will roll out a number of variants of its latest electrical nameplate, together with rwd and all-wheel-drive variants. The V-8 engines within the M60i fashions have 48-volt delicate hybrid era. BMW’s best-selling U.S. BMW’s best-selling U.S. Sculpted surfaces border the BMW kidney grille.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2014

Today we have a range-extended electric-car faceoff between the 2014 BMW i3 REx and the Chevrolet Volt. We''ve also got a review of the updated Chargepoint app for finding charging stations, and a report on a safety update for the 2015 Honda Fit. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

While more than a dozen plug-in electric cars are now sold in the United States, only three carmakers--Chevrolet, Nissan, and Tesla--have emerged as volume players, with BMW perhaps intending to become the fourth.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2013

Prototype BMW i8 at the track. BMW i presented a prototype of its second production vehicle, the i8 ( earlier post ), at a driving event at the BMW Group’s Miramas test track in France. The BMW i8 will make its world debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month and arrive in BMW showrooms in 2014. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 4, 2022

The Hyundai Ioniq5 and Kia EV6 that I recently tested—a pair of wildly impressive, high-design EVs—take a different approach to solving range anxiety: an 800-volt battery architecture that delivers some of the fastest charging in the EV game, and unheard of at these price levels.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The BMW i8 goes on sale in the US in 2014. BMW unveiled the BMW i8 2+2 plug-in hybrid sports car ( earlier post ) today at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. liter BMW TwinPower Turbo engine and BMW eDrive technology plus intelligent energy management produces system output of 266 kW/362 hp (max. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Also, General Motors switches up its marketing tactics for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, and Nissan and BMW partner on DC fast-charging stations. Today, the 2016 Toyota Prius is the most fuel-efficient car without a plug, as well as one of our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy nominees. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2011

The BMW Group has selected AeroVironment as the preferred provider of electric vehicle charging equipment, accessories and installation services supporting the introduction of the all-electric BMW ActiveE ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 23, 2018

BMW's electric car lineup, the tiny i3 commuter and the i8 plug-in sports car, leaves a huge gap for a more practical, mainstream vehicle in between.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Today, we''ve got the first details on the second-generation Voltec electric-drive system that will power the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, analysis of how Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz plan to compete with Tesla Motors, and the 2015 Audi A3 TDI is the first of our five nominees for Green Car Reports 2015 Best Car To Buy award.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 20, 2015

The Cadillac CT6 plug-in hybrid debuts at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show, while the next BMW 7 Series will adopt carbon-fiber technology from the i3 electric car. We''re also giving you a peek at the 2016 Chevrolet Volt order guide. We lead off today with two big luxury car stories. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The BMW ActiveHybrid 5. BMW’s newest hybrid, the BMW ActiveHybrid 5, will arrive in US showrooms in March 2012. BMW unveiled the Concept version of the 5 Series ActiveHybrid at the Geneva Motor Show in 2010. Based on the BMW 535i Sedan, the ActiveHybrid 5 brings together BMW’s 3.0-liter Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2012

2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3. BMW’s 2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3 will arrive in US showrooms this fall at an MSRP of $50,195 including destination and handling. The ActiveHybrid 3 blends BMW’s TwinPower Turbo 3.0-liter The BMW ActiveHybrid 3’s synchronous electric motor develops a maximum output of 55 hp (41 kW).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Tesla has 29% fewer female owners compared to the average luxury buyer, 10% fewer than the electric vehicle buyer and at least 14% fewer than competitive performance vehicles such as the Mercedes CLS-Class and BMW 5 Series, according to NVES. Even if they’ve purchased another vehicle, they at least shop the Volt.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2018

BMW also had an i3 research vehicle at the inauguration. The industrial consortium includes automotive manufacturers the BMW Group and Dr. Ing. It can already work with higher voltages of up to 920 volts, as expected in future electric vehicles. Initiated in July 2016, the Fast Charge research project has received €7.8

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EV Central

APRIL 23, 2024

According to Autocar , instead of a low-slung supercar Benz’s performance division all-new high-performance flagship will take the shape of a large SUV that will rival both the current BMW XM and Lotus Eletre, plus in the inbound Porsche K1 when it goes on sale in Australia in 2026. That tech includes AMG’s all-new bespoke AMG.EA

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

So imagine the surprise when a flatbed car transporter was spotted with a covered(-but-really-you-can-tell-what’s-under-there), triangle-shaped vehicle in Munich, just down the road from BMW. Which is interesting, given that BMW doesn’t make trucks (though it does make SUVs). We hope they learned a lot for that kind of money.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Friday, a new Chevy Volt owner. And when do our Twitter followers think hydrogen fuel will be available everywhere in the U.S.? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, September 2, 2016.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

The BMW Brilliance plug-in hybrid concept. BMW Group and its Chinese joint venture partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. have presented a concept plug-in hybrid sedan based on the long wheelbase version of the BMW 5 Series Sedan. This also applies to field testing of the BMW ActiveE. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 9, 2023

Before I met BMW’s iVision Dee at a press preview event in Germany— prior to a public reveal at CES in Las Vegas last week—I’d never seen a car blush, let alone had one make me blush. The body’s 240 laser-cut, Kindle-style “e-ink” panels let the BMW transform instantly to one of 32 exterior colors. Feeling hot pink today?

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