Get ready BMW fans – BMW will host a press conference in Germany on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 to unveil a new sub-brand. The new brand will carry the ‘i’ badge and will be found on all the upcoming BMW electric-cars including the upcoming BMW Megacity, which will arrive in 2013. BMW calls the i [...]
BMW Group announced today that it will produce electric-vehicles at its plant in Leipzig with major components from an additional investment in a number of facilities in Bavaria. BMW said that the whole move will be a joint venture with SGL Carbon, SGL Automotive Fibers GmbH & Co KG, carbon fiber fabrics will be produced in [...]
Earlier this week, BMW announced that it has chosen SB LiMotive as the supplier of lithium-ion battery cells for the future “Megacity Vehicle” project. Ever since, we’ve been hearing speculations about what BMW is going to call this new Megacity Vehicle and what brand will the new model be sold under. Around the same time BMW was [...]
In an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit, BMW’s CEO Norbert Reithofer confirmed that BMW is indeed working on a tiny ‘mega city’ car. He said that the car will have a completely different look than anything currently made by BMW. Powertrain choices will include a fuel-efficient combustion engine and a pure-electric model. Reithofer said [...]
