Follow John BMW sold more than 100,000 cars with plugs last year, adding together its battery-electric and plug-in hybrid models. That’s roughly on a par with Tesla, and ahead of both General Motors and Nissan, two other pioneers in modern electric cars. The company has put far more plug-in cars on the road to date… Continue reading BMW: we won’t mass-produce electric cars until 2020, with cheaper cells
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BMW, Toyota venture units back lidar developer Blackmore
23 Mar 2018 US-based technology firm raises $18M in series B round aimed at ramping ‘long-range’ system for autonomous vehicles. Blackmore Sensors and Analytics, a Bozeman, Montana, firm working on lidar technology for future deployment in autonomous vehicles, says it has raised $18 million in a series B round of venture finance. Led by BMWi Ventures, and with… Continue reading BMW, Toyota venture units back lidar developer Blackmore
Car manufacturers despair of the new emission regulations: BMW also stops production of X5 and X6 gasoline
All articles and backgrounds 03/23/2018 Car manufacturers desperate for new emission regulations BMW also stops production of X5 and X6 petrol engines BMW BMW X5: From late May to early 2019 no longer available with gasoline engine For a year, the BMW 7 Series is in Europe not available as gasoline engine – This sales… Continue reading Car manufacturers despair of the new emission regulations: BMW also stops production of X5 and X6 gasoline
Ford partners with India’s Mahindra Group to build new electric vehicle
The latest step towards the large-scale transition to electric vehicles was signalled this week. Car giants Ford and the Mahindra Group have agreed to work together on developing a new EV for the huge Indian market, but potentially for sale elsewhere. The two companies signed five separate, non-binding memoranda of understanding (MoU) which will develop… Continue reading Ford partners with India’s Mahindra Group to build new electric vehicle
200,000 electric audis until 2021: Audi CEO Stadler sets high electrical targets
All articles and backgrounds 03/23/2018 200,000 electric audis until 2021 Audi CEO Stadler sets high electrical targets Audi Audi A8: In the future only electric? The Ingolstadt-based car manufacturer Audi Show stock market chart wants to sell significantly more electric cars in the next few years than previously known. “We want to sell around 200,000… Continue reading 200,000 electric audis until 2021: Audi CEO Stadler sets high electrical targets
Daimler and BMW: Merger of Car2Go and DriveNow is perfect
All articles and backgrounds 03/22/2018 Daimler and BMW Fusion from Car2Go and DriveNow are perfect PR Car2Go and DriveNow: Daimler and BMW each hold 50 percent of the new company, which is valued at more than one billion euros The car companies Daimler Show stock market chart and BMW Show stock market chart are close… Continue reading Daimler and BMW: Merger of Car2Go and DriveNow is perfect
ZF Supervisory Board Starts New Term of Office
The three new members appointed to ZF’s Supervisory Board are: Dr. Gisela Lanza, who holds a Professorship for Production System and Quality Management at the Karlsruhe Institute für Technology (KIT); Axel Strotbek, who was Chief Financial Officer at Audi AG until September 2017; Dr. Mohsen Sohi, Chief Executive Officer of Freudenberg SE, the Technology Group.… Continue reading ZF Supervisory Board Starts New Term of Office
Mobility: BMW wants to introduce iX3, iNext and other electric cars 2018
BMW i Vision Dynamics as a model for the i4 (Image: BMW) Since the launch of the i3 in 2013 has BMW no purely electrically powered vehicles presented more. Now comes the second wave of electromobility from Bavaria, as company boss Harald Krüger has announced. BMW will introduce several new electric cars. This announced company… Continue reading Mobility: BMW wants to introduce iX3, iNext and other electric cars 2018
Faraday Future starts construction at its California factory while paying back some debts
Struggling EV startup Faraday Future has started demolition and construction at its Hanford, California factory and is gearing up to start production of its luxury electric SUV, according to a new video being published today. It’s one of the clearest (and only) public signs the company has given in recent months about where it stands… Continue reading Faraday Future starts construction at its California factory while paying back some debts
BMW headquarters raided in emissions cheat software hunt
German authorities have raided BMW’s Munich headquarters and its engine plant in Austria to search for evidence of the use of emissions cheat software. A month after the opening of an investigation into the suspected fraud, around 100 law enforcers have raided two of the manufacturer’s largest locations – 4500 employees at the engine plant… Continue reading BMW headquarters raided in emissions cheat software hunt