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Best-ever February for BMW Group sales

Deliveries up 5.8%: 178,910 units worldwide Increases achieved in all major sales regions Solid growth in Group’s two biggest markets: China and USA Monthly BMW brand sales increase 5.1% to 155,328 Record MINI sales in February: up 10.8% with 23,319 deliveries BMW Group electrified vehicle sales +43.9% in February: 7,906 units Electrified sales total 15,041… Continue reading Best-ever February for BMW Group sales

BMW: six new front-wheel-drive models to look out for

The next BMW 1 Series is the first of six upcoming models due to switch to new front-wheel drive underpinnings called FEAR (Frontantrieb Architektur). Each will come with either two or all-wheel drive. We run through what to expect in the list below. Click here for our review of the front-wheel-drive BMW 1 Series saloon 1 Series… Continue reading BMW: six new front-wheel-drive models to look out for

E-mobility 12.03.2018 The New E-xpert Thomas Ulbrich talks about working with the G4 series and the role of the Zwickau plant. mehr

Mr. Ulbrich, before we look forward, let’s first take a quick look back. Do you still remember the day when you started your apprenticeship as a car mechanic at Volkswagen? Do I ever. It was September 1, 1983. We had a cold late summer that year, and I was so glad to finally be able… Continue reading E-mobility 12.03.2018 The New E-xpert Thomas Ulbrich talks about working with the G4 series and the role of the Zwickau plant. mehr

Company 12.03.2018 up! Celebrates Milestone The 750,000th up! rolled off the production line in Bratislava. mehr

Volkswagen Slovakia first started production of the city car back in 2011, which has also been available with an electric motor1 since 2013. And now, as of just a few weeks ago, the GTI2 has become the newest member of the up! family. This milestone vehicle is a red GTI. Boasting a cool 85 KW… Continue reading Company 12.03.2018 up! Celebrates Milestone The 750,000th up! rolled off the production line in Bratislava. mehr

Company 12.03.2018 The Currywurst Turns 45! It’s all about the sausage. Inside visits the in-house butcher’s shop in Wolfsburg. mehr

The meat is ground in a cutter at high speed. A quarter of an hour later, the meat has been turned into a fine sausage mixture, 260 kilograms per working step. Mike Häge adds the spice mix from a blue sack. The raw currywurst mixture now looks like a yellow dough and contains the secret… Continue reading Company 12.03.2018 The Currywurst Turns 45! It’s all about the sausage. Inside visits the in-house butcher’s shop in Wolfsburg. mehr

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Finnish autonomous car goes for a leisurely cruise in the driving snow

It’s one thing for an autonomous car to strut its stuff on a smooth, warm California tarmac, and quite another to do so on the frozen winter mix of northern Finland. Martti, a self-driving vehicle system homegrown in Finland, demonstrated just this in a record-setting drive along a treacherous (to normal drivers) Laplandish road. Martti… Continue reading Finnish autonomous car goes for a leisurely cruise in the driving snow

Arbe Robotics raises $9M to build high-resolution radars for autonomous cars

As carmakers and tech companies continue to improve the mechanics and reliability of self-driving cars, Arbe Robotics, a Tel Aviv startup developing a high-resolution radar system to help those vehicles detect and identify objects, has raised $9 million to help see itself to its first in-car trials in the next year or two. There are… Continue reading Arbe Robotics raises $9M to build high-resolution radars for autonomous cars