Uniti Sweden AB is a modern mobility BEV vehicular technology solutions company based in Lund Sweden, with a financial operations and fund raising office arm in London, UK. In existence since only 2015, the micro electric car startup company started as a lab experiment at Lund University in Sweden. There are many fascinating ways that… Continue reading The 2020 UK Built Swedish Uniti One Electric Mini “Smart Phone Car” Debuts Now to Ramp Up Production Late 2019 …
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Carpooling startup Scoop partners with Lyft
Lyft is partnering with carpooling service Scoop to supplement Scoop’s offering to its customers from companies like LinkedIn, Workday, Samsung T-Mobile and Symantec. With Scoop, trips are pre-scheduled, so you can select from one or more times you’d be willing to leave in the morning and afternoon, and have up until 9pm the night before for… Continue reading Carpooling startup Scoop partners with Lyft
UPDATE 3-VW and Ford in talks on self-driving and electric vehicles -source
FRANKFURT/DETROIT (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) and Ford Motor Co are in “exploratory talks” to jointly develop self-driving and electric vehicles in a far-reaching strategic alliance meant to save the companies billions of dollars, according to a person familiar with the matter. FILE PHOTO: A car with the Volkswagen VW logo badge is seen on… Continue reading UPDATE 3-VW and Ford in talks on self-driving and electric vehicles -source
Possible car cartel: BMW versus EU – Brussels with hidden criticism of cooperation in antitrust proceedings
BMW In the ad-blue antitrust case, Bayern did not offer leniency. (Photo: Unsplash) Munich, Brussels Twelve months – Margrethe Vestager still has that much time. Her term of office as EU Competition Commissioner will end in October 2019, and until then the Dane, according to industry circles, would like to conclude a special procedure: the… Continue reading Possible car cartel: BMW versus EU – Brussels with hidden criticism of cooperation in antitrust proceedings
BMW to recall 1.6M vehicles worldwide over fire risk
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BMW Group Plant Dingolfing to supply batteries for all-electric MINI from 2019
Dingolfing. BMW Group Plant Dingolfing is gearing up for higher future demand for electric drive trains by investing in extensive remodelling and expansion measures. A mid-double-digit-million-euro amount will be channelled into structural measures and equipment to produce batteries for the all-electric MINI alone. Covering an area of around 6,000 square metres in the west wing… Continue reading BMW Group Plant Dingolfing to supply batteries for all-electric MINI from 2019
Unu raises $12 million to build new electric scooter
German startup Unu raised a $12 million funding round led by Ponooc with existing investors Capnamic Ventures, Iris Capital, Michael Baum and NRW.BANK also participating. The company has been building electric scooters (the motorcycle kind) and is working on new products and services. For the past five years, Unu has sold 10,000 scooters. The market… Continue reading Unu raises $12 million to build new electric scooter
BMW recalling 44,000 diesel vehicles for fire risk
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BMW has announced an expanded recall effort over the possibility of fire in recent-model-year vehicles equipped with a diesel engine.
The issue, which now potentially affects 1.6 million vehicles worldwide, concerns an issue in which coolant (glycol) leakage from the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system cooler could combine with “typical soot deposits” for the diesel engines and with the EGR system’s high temperatures “might result in smoldering particles.”
DON’T MISS: For 2018, only a dozen diesel vehicles on sale in U.S.
In very rare cases, according to BMW, the situation could lead to the melting of the exhaust manifold and result in a vehicle fire—an issue first broadly reported in South Korea, of all places.
Under the technical campaign, BMW will check the EGR module and replace any faulty components.
2014 BMW 328d xDrive Sports Wagon
The effort, announced in August, originally involved 480,000 diesel vehicles in Europe and Asia, but it’s since been expanded with other country-specific campaigns. In the U.S., that effort includes approximately 44,368 diesel-engine vehicles from the 2013-2018 model years—the following models produced between September 2012 and June 2017:
2013-2018 BMW 328d Sedan
2014-2018 BMW 328d Sports Wagon
2014-2016 BMW 535d Sedan
2015 BMW 740Ld Sedan
2015-2017 BMW X3 xDrive28d SUV
2014-2017 BMW X5 xdRIVE35d SUV
CHECK OUT: BMW drops diesels in favor of plug-in hybrids
Although diesels were once seen as a ‘green’ option, if not a clean one, the view of them is quite different in 2018, in the aftermath of Volkswagen’s diesel scandal.
BMW aimed to offer four different diesel models for 2018—the X5 xDrive35d, the 328d sedan, and the 328d xDrive Sports Wagon—but found demand very low and the need to focus on plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles like the much-anticipated iX3, an all-electric version of the X3 SUV. For 2019 it’s withdrawn all of its diesel possibilities except for an upcoming version of the BMW X5 SUV.
BMW i provides mobility solution to The Ocean Cleanup.
Rijswijk / Munich. Since 2013, Boyan Slat has been working on his dream to rid the Pacific Ocean of the large amounts of waste plastic floating around. During that time, the 24-year-old Dutch TU Delft student has become world famous with his initiative The Ocean Cleanup that tackles the so-called ‘plastic soup’. ‘The largest cleanup… Continue reading BMW i provides mobility solution to The Ocean Cleanup.
BMW acquires majority stake in Chinese joint venture
Thursday, 11/10/2018 08:47 clock BMW will become the first foreign automaker to acquire a majority stake in a joint venture in China. BMW will share its stake in the joint venture Brilliance China Automotive from 50 to 75 percent, the company announced on Thursday. The purchase price for the additional 25 percent stake amounts to… Continue reading BMW acquires majority stake in Chinese joint venture