Author: BMW Official News

@BMW: BMW Group steps up sustainable sourcing of lithium for battery cell production to ensure rapid e-mobility expansion001019

Multi-year contract worth around 285 million euros with US company Livent Responsible extraction of lithium in Argentina Participating in study of sustainable lithium extraction in South America Wendt: “Making ourselves technologically, geographically and geopolitically less dependent on individual suppliers” Munich. The BMW Group will be accelerating its expansion of e-mobility in the coming years. By… Continue reading @BMW: BMW Group steps up sustainable sourcing of lithium for battery cell production to ensure rapid e-mobility expansion001019

@BMW: MINI Plant Oxford and Imperial take another step towards sustainability with new fleet of LNG lorries.001016

A new fleet of lorries powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) is helping to drive sustainable logistics at MINI Plant Oxford. 18 LNG lorries from Imperial have now hit the road, transporting parts and components from suppliers on 15 different routes across the UK to the home of the MINI brand.LNG lorries have lower fuel… Continue reading @BMW: MINI Plant Oxford and Imperial take another step towards sustainability with new fleet of LNG lorries.001016

@BMW: Testing in full swing: BMW M4 GT3 has already completed more than 12,000 kilometres.001010

Munich. 2021 is the final year in the development phase of the BMW M4 GT3, due to do battle for wins and titles in GT races around the world for BMW M Motorsport teams as of 2022. The new flagship in the BMW M Motorsport portfolio of cars has been taking part in testing weeks… Continue reading @BMW: Testing in full swing: BMW M4 GT3 has already completed more than 12,000 kilometres.001010

@BMW: BMW Group and PG&E Plug-In to Leverage Renewable Energy and Sustainably Power Electric Vehicles.001005

Mountain View, CA. – March 22, 2021… The BMW Group and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced an expanded partnership that further leverages renewable energy to sustainably power electric vehicles (EVs). ChargeForward is the first smart charging program to offer customers incentives for maximizing the integration of renewable energy while optimizing their EV… Continue reading @BMW: BMW Group and PG&E Plug-In to Leverage Renewable Energy and Sustainably Power Electric Vehicles.001005

@BMW: New operating system and additional digital services for the MINI 3-door, MINI 5-door and MINI Convertible.001004

Munich. Perfectly networked, always online, seamlessly integrated and always ready for typical MINI driving pleasure. This is how urban premium mobility presents itself in the digital age. Alongside the fresh, strikingly purist design and new equipment features, the extensively enhanced operating system with its additional digital services is a major highlight of the new editions… Continue reading @BMW: New operating system and additional digital services for the MINI 3-door, MINI 5-door and MINI Convertible.001004

@BMW: Three million BMWs made in Leipzig.001000

Leipzig. Associates at BMW Group Plant Leipzig can now consider themselves multi-millionaires. Sixteen years after the plant went on stream, the 3,000,000th BMW “made in Saxony” has just rolled off the production lines: a BMW M240i Convertible in Sunset Orange. (Fuel consumption combined: 8.3 – 3.8 l/100 km; CO2 emissions combined: 189 – 101 g/km).… Continue reading @BMW: Three million BMWs made in Leipzig.001000

@BMW: BMW Group becomes first premium manufacturer to publish Integrated Group Report000960

Munich. The BMW Group is embarking on a new chapter in its reporting: For the first time, it will be combining its Annual Report and its Sustainable Value Report for the reporting year 2020 in a single Integrated BMW Group Report. After the Board of Management redefined the company’s central sustainability goals in 2020, integrated… Continue reading @BMW: BMW Group becomes first premium manufacturer to publish Integrated Group Report000960

@BMW: A glimpse of the first ever all-electric BMW i4 at the BMW Group Annual Conference.000982

Munich. At today’s BMW Group Annual Conference the upcoming BMW i4 was revealed. “With its sporty looks, best in class driving dynamics and zero local emissions, the BMW i4 is a true BMW. It makes the heart of the BMW brand now beat fully electric,” said Pieter Nota, member of the Board of Management of… Continue reading @BMW: A glimpse of the first ever all-electric BMW i4 at the BMW Group Annual Conference.000982