BMW Group global sales increase in January

Munich. The BMW Group has started 2019 with a positive sales result: global deliveries of the company’s three premium automotive brands increased by 0.5% in January, with a total of 170,463 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce cars delivered to customers. This is the company’s strongest-ever start to a year, achieved despite the current headwinds affecting the… Continue reading BMW Group global sales increase in January

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Todd St. John If, as Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “an institution is the lengthened shadow of one man,” the story of the American economy can be told by the types of people who run its corporations. The early days of mass production belonged to mechanically minded men such as Henry Ford. The creation of mass… Continue reading Why Ford Hired a Furniture Maker as CEO – The Atlantic

BMW adds models, boosts production in US

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An employee installs interior accessories inside a BMW X4 sports utility vehicle on the assembly line at the BMW assembly plant in Greer, South Carolina.

BMW Group is rolling out two new models, X3 M and X4 M, high performance versions of the automakers popular SUVs. The models will go into production in April at BMW's plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

“The addition of these two all-new models — plus the first-ever BMW X7, which began production last December — is a testament to the performance, passion and pride of the more than 11,000 people working at Plant Spartanburg and serves to further underscore BMW's commitment in the U.S.,” said Knudt Flor, president and CEO of BMW manufacturing.

Those models, along with the seven others built at BMW's sole U.S. plant means the facility will increase production in 2019 and reach close to record levels last seen in 2016. Production this year is expected to top 400,000 vehicles after reaching 356,749 last year.

BMW's U.S. sales climbed 1.7 percent in 2018.

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Growing McLaren ponders constraints on production – Automotive News Europe

North America’s record 2018 represented 33 percent of the automaker’s 4,806 global sales. Worldwide, the automaker posted a 44 percent increase. Because of that sales growth, other aspects of McLaren North America’s business are increasing, such as aftermarket. “We restructured a significant portion of our team,” Joseph said of 2018. “We added to our aftersales… Continue reading Growing McLaren ponders constraints on production – Automotive News Europe

Rumor: GM electric pickup could come from Tesla

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Last month, the president of General Motors' GMC truck division said the brand was considering building an electric pickup.

Now, according to a CleanTechnica report, that pickup could come from Tesla.

Even the CleanTechnica reporter says to file this in the category of an enticing rumor, rather than fact, because there are no pictures, and a single, anonymous source inside GM. Still, he reports confidence in the source and says the person has been reliable about other findings.

DON'T MISS: GMC could join electric-pickup tailgate party

Tesla's own CEO Elon Musk has been talking for years about building a Tesla pickup. In his most recent interviews about the Tesla truck, he has described it as “a really futuristic-like cyberpunk, Blade Runner pickup truck,” and said that it will have a massive towing capacity of 300,000 pounds and be made with lots of expensive titanium.

Musk has even alluded to a second, more attainable and mainstream pickup. Now it looks possible that latter pickup could come from GM. GM CEO Mary Barra has announced that the company plans to convert to an all-electric lineup, and is revamping the automaker's electric strategy with a move to make Cadillac its primary electric-car division.

CleanTechnica reports that the General Motors pickup—either a GMC or a Chevrolet Silverado—could get its entire powertrain from Tesla, including batteries and motors. That would hardly be an unprecedented step, after GM leaned on supplier LG to develop most of the powertrain for the Chevrolet Bolt EV.

It wouldn't be the first time a company has leaned on Tesla for powertrain components either—Toyota with the 2012-2014 RAV4 EV, for instance.

MUST READ: Rivian R1T all-electric pickup revealed: 400-mile range, 160-kw DC fast charging

GM regularly partners with other automakers to provide specialized engineering expertise or manufacturing.

The rest of the truck could would come from GM's practiced truck development team.

If such an agreement pans out, it could also be a way for GM to access Tesla's battery production from its Nevada Gigafactory, the largest producer of lithium-ion batteries in the world. Thus far, GM has bought batteries from South Korean supplier LG Chem.

CHECK OUT: Ford confirms future all-electric F-Series truck, holds details close

Pickups are the second-largest selling segment of the car market, and many electric-car buyers have been clamoring to be able to buy a pickup with battery power.

Last month, Ford said it is developing an electric version of its upcoming F-Series, along with a plug-in hybrid version.

The automakers seem to be racing startup electric-automaker Rivian, which got a glowing reception for its R1T electric pickup concept when it revealed the truck at the LA auto show last November.

It's not clear how seriously to take this report, but we'll be watching for any confirmation.

EVBox Electrifies Port Of Zeebrugge With 300 Charge Points For Inbound Teslas

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EVBox Electrifies Port Of Zeebrugge With 300 Charge Points For Inbound TeslasTwitterLinkedInFacebookFebruary 11th, 2019 by Kyle Field

The Belgian port city of Zeebrugge has been getting a lot of attention in the last few weeks as it has become the destination for all of the inbound Tesla Model 3s headed for continental Europe. To prepare for the arrival of the Tesla Model 3, the port of Zeebrugge (double E, double G) installed 300 EVBox chargers in a dockside parking lot that hints at a future where charging stations are everywhere.The new chargers were installed in a new 4,000 square meter (43,000 square foot) parking lot adjacent to the dock to allow for the vehicles to be charged up to 80% before being sent off to customers. The infrastructure was included in the contract for Tesla’s business at the port in addition to an expansion of the “Vehicle Processing Center,” according to New Mobility.
Tesla has stated that it plans to send 3,000 vehicles through the port every two weeks to supply European demand for its vehicles. That’s the current plan, at least, as Tesla has also stated that it plans to build a fourth Gigafactory in Europe, somewhere near the French–German border. The company stated that it would announce the location of the fourth Gigafactory last year, but the plans never materialized as the company focused its efforts on stabilizing Model 3 production in the US and laying the groundwork for its third Gigafactory in Shanghai, China.
The first shipment of Tesla Model 3s arrived last week, and the lineup of inbound shipments is stacked up to the horizon as European customers continue to salivate for the electric car that is bound to blow the lid off of demand for electric cars in Europe — if its market share in the US is any indicator. The Model 3 has already consumed the vast majority of electric vehicle market share in the US, owning 80% of the market. Only available in two countries in 2018, the Model 3 rose to the #1 spot globally in terms of EV sales.
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