Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2009

BMW is realigning its motor sports activities, and is ending its participation in Formula One at the end of 2009. While it will remain active in motor sports, said Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, it will focus on close-to-production motor sports. Tags: Brief. Norbert Reithofer.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

According to the Sino-Swedish brand, following the Polestar 6 LA Concept edition unveil at Pebble Beach in the US, the first 500 batch of launch cars were purchased by buyers eager to take delivery of the all-electric convertible sports car when production starts in 2026. 2026 Polestar 6 concept. READ MORE: Forget Tesla!

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2010

BMW will offer a full hybrid version of its new 5 Series as early as next year, according to Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, speaking at the company’s 90 th Annual General Meeting today in Munich. BMW currently has launched two hybrids into series production, the X6 and the 7 Series.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

2009 BMW Concept ActiveE. BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. BMW has not commented on the carbon footprint of transporting the materials across three continents and through five plants. BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. New type of BMW. April 7th, 2010.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2010

In celebration of its 25 th birthday, BMW Forschung und Technik (Research and technology) GmbH premiered the results of two projects designed to highlight ways of reducing fuel consumption and emission values: a prototype fuel-cell hybrid vehicle, and a concept for using an on-board reformer to produce hydrogen from conventional hydrocarbon fuel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2010

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC, the joint venture between SGL Group and BMW Group ( earlier post ), will build a carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. The CFRP parts and components will then be made from these fabrics at the BMW Group Plant Landshut, Germany. SGL Group holds 51% of the shares and the BMW Group 49%.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

SGL Group and BMW Group have formed a 51:49 joint venture to manufacture carbon fibers and fabrics for the automotive industry. This joint venture with the BMW Group is a milestone for the use of carbon fibers on an industrial scale in the automobile industry. Norbert Reithofer, BMW AG Management Board Chairman.

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Teslarati

MARCH 29, 2023

As BMW is to its Rolls Royce subsidiary, Mercedes is to Maybach, its ultra-luxury vehicle brand. Credit: Mercedes-Benz Mercedes first introduced the concept version of the Maybach EQS SUV in 2021 when it showed off the Maybach EQS SUV concept, which was one of the most futuristic EQS vehicles the brand has ever displayed.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

The BMW ActiveHybrid X6. BMW announced the production versions of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 and the BMW ActiveHybrid 7. The ActiveHybrid X6 will reach US BMW Centers in fourth-quarter 2009, and the ActiveHybrid 7 will arrive in the US in Spring 2010. Luggage compartment capacity is the same as on the original BMW X6.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 25, 2010

As it marks its 25th birthday, BMW Forschung und Technik (Research and Technology) GmbH has premiered two projects that could both slash fuel consumption and emissions in the future. The first, is a prototype fuel cell hybrid vehicle (pictured below) that has been designed to offer emission-free mobility in city traffic.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2009

For its Technology Day 2009 in Germany, BMW focused on describing its work with aerodyanmics, engines and transmissions in the context of its EfficientDyanmics development strategy. BMW has been able to deliver significant improvements in its fleet CO 2 emissions over the past few years. Click to enlarge. EfficientDynamics.

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Green Cars News

JULY 4, 2010

Take a look at the design sketch for the BMW Megacity electric vehicle (below), which is due on the market in 2013. The concept consists of two horizontally separated independent modules with the drive [.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

While planning to debut its new BMW 5 Series saloon car at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show next week, the German car manufacturer has also revealed plans for a Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid. The BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid will be the first combination of a straight-six with electric drive.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 1, 2009

The BMW Mini E has hit the streets. In June about 500 cars were placed in consumer and fleet hands in Los Angeles and New York and New Jersey for what BMW calls a " field trial." Like all the automakers, BMW dabbled in concept electric cars over the years. They produced a small fleet for the Munich Olympics in 1972.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

BMW dedicated a portion of its recent Innovation Days 2009 event to the topic of Intelligent Heat management as a mechanism for reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. BMW engineers are working on largely avoiding cold start conditions through intelligent heat management and significantly shortening the warm-up period.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

These women also decided that the Volvo EX30 was the “Best Family Car,” the BMW 5 Series served as the “Best Large Car”, and that the Volkswagen Amarok ended up being the “Best 4x4 or Pick-up.” However, the concept didn’t last for long and the brand died in 1916. The company probably should have known better.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

The car will be based on the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept study that was displayed at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2009 with BMW presenting a fully road worthy showcase vehicle at the Leipzig trade fair centre. It combines a [.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

— Dr. Ralph Rasshofer , BMW Group representative on the Ko-FAS steering committee. The Ko-FAS project, which was subsidized by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, comprised the three sub-projects: Ko-TAG - Cooperative Transponders.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2014

Basic concept for range detection using cooperative transponders. Garrit Kalverkamp, Bernhard Schaffer (2013) Transponder-based ranging (Ko-TAG presentation). Click to enlarge. when they are hidden from the driver’s view. One major cell phone manufacturer has already expressed interest in the system, according to the TUM team.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

These women also decided that the Volvo EX30 was the “Best Family Car,” the BMW 5 Series served as the “Best Large Car”, and that the Volkswagen Amarok ended up being the “Best 4x4 or Pick-up.” However, the concept didn’t last for long and the brand died in 1916. The company probably should have known better.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC, the joint venture between SGL Group and BMW Group, recently announced that it will build a carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.)

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Green Cars News

MARCH 18, 2010

Start-stop technology may still be in its infancy, but BMW may be about to take the concept to new heights. Tags: BMW Green cars Latest news car networking Siemens start-stop technology the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials traffic lights.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 17, 2009

The latest company to announce the debut of a new concept at the event is BMW, which will unveil its Concept ActiveE – the latest electric vehicle under [.]. Tags: BMW Electric cars Green cars Latest news BMW ActiveConcept 3 Detroit Motor Show North American International Auto Show.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 11, 2010

BMW has recognized that they simply teed up GM and Nissan to benefit from the MINI E experience. Will MINI E drivers be so loyal to BMW they'll forgo the opportunity to actually purchase a plug-in car? At the moment the concept car has four wheel motors, always a red flag to me. No word on when.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

Yesterday we told you how BMW had chosen its lithium-ion battery supplier for the upcoming Megacity series of vehicles (see article ) and now, the group has announced it will launch the Megacity Vehicle as a sub-brand of the company. The Megacity vehicle is an outcome of project I, which has also focused on new mobility concepts.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Pi Shurlok has a broad-ranging automotive customer base comprising many of the world’s leading automotive, transportation and related sector companies including BMW, Detroit Diesel, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Renault, Toyota, and VW, and their respective tier one suppliers. Tags: Engines Hybrids Vehicle Systems.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. In its cavalcade of concepts, VW also recently showed an entry-level model that appeared to be an electric reincarnation of the Beetle, but without its iconic shape. Road Test: 2019 BMW i8 Roadster.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

The BMW Concept ActiveE. BMW has introduced the Concept ActiveE, the latest electric vehicle project under BMW Group’s initiative to produce vehicles that explore solutions to minimize environmental impacts while preserving the kinetic driving experience for which BMW has long been known—the i Megacity Vehicle initiative.

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2010

BMW is the latest in a string of carmakers to fall foul of advertising rules relating to environmental claims as the industry cracks down on misleading claims. Tags: BMW ActiveE advert ASA electric car emissions environmental claims.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Founded in 2002, Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) is an international cooperation that includes BMW Group; Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe BVG; Daimler; Ford; GM/Opel; Hamburger Hochbahn; Linde; Shell; StatoilHydro; TOTAL; Vattenfall Europe; and Volkswagen. Tags: Europe Fuel Cells Hydrogen Infrastructure.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Tags: Cars Green cars Latest news Audi BMW Chevrolet Chrysler Detroit Motor Show Doug Fox Ford GMC MINI NAIAS 2010 new car concepts new cars North American International Auto Show Toyota Volkswagen Volvo.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2012

The taskforce has taken recommendations from JARI and developed a draft concept of charging categories per power level, static charging (e.g., residential; public parking; on-site static such as stop lights or bus stops) but not on-road dynamic charging: Concept only types of charging, locations and efficiencies. Source: J2954.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

The electric motor, clutch, torsional vibration damper, and hydraulics for a full hybrid concept have been fitted in the transmission in a space-saving and efficient manner. On the output side, the new ZF automatic transmission is optimally equipped because it can be easily configured for different all-wheel-drive concepts.

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Green Cars News

JULY 12, 2009

As long as the vehicles conform with the ADR81/01 rating they are eligible to compete in the challenge, which means the likes of Audi, BMW, Ford, Holden, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Toyota and Volvo are among those to have registered interest in entering the challenge.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 30, 2009

Green car enthusiasts are already counting the days to the Frankfurt Motor Show, and now their appetites have been whetted further as BMW releases more details of its so-called CO2 champion. The vehicle is powered by a 1.5 litre, three-cylinder turbo-diesel with two electric motors and a 10.8kWh lithium-polymer battery pack.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 5, 2008

nk has debuted a larger concept car, which it has developed with an unnamed major automaker. Pretty soon it might be down to BMW and Honda advertising the dream, with the California Air Resources Board acting as enabler. Tags: honda electric car california air resources board fuel cell CARB BEV battery electric car.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The powertrain of the plug-in hybrid BMW Vision EfficientDynamics. The plug-in full hybrid BMW Vision EfficientDynamics all-wheel drive concept car is powered by a 1.5-liter, The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). kWh lithium-polymer battery pack. Click to enlarge. Objectives.

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