BMW and Jaguar Land Rover have a cooperation for the development and production of electric cars agreed. As a result, could be shared costs and economies of scale by higher quantities in production and purchasing can be achieved, said BMW on Wednesday. The goal is also to accelerate development and bring new vehicles faster to market, said BMW development chief Klaus Fröhlich.
Accordingly, BMW and Jaguar Land Rover want to jointly develop an electric drive, which, however, every car maker produces in his own plants. Both sides wanted to preserve their brand identity despite their cooperation.
The auto industrygo through a profound change. Cooperation is a key to success, said Fröhlich. At the autonomous driving For example, BMW works today with Intel and Fiat Chrysler together, in self-driving cars of the next generation and in mobility services, BMW has teamed up with the Stuttgart competitor Daimler, the second E-Mini will build BMW with the Chinese carmaker Great Wall in the People’s Republic.
Jaguar Land Rover, the largest British carmaker, launched the all-electric SUV Jaguar I-Pace last year. BMW introduced the all-electric i3 to the market in 2013 and today builds e-drives with gearboxes and power electronics in one housing, which no longer require any rare earths. Next year, BMW will introduce the fifth generation of its electric drives with the all-electric SUV iX3. This is the starting point for further developments with Jaguar Land Rover.
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