BMW Group announced today that it will be bringing its first series-production electric-drive model to the market with the launch of its Megacity Vehicle in 2013. “With this innovative vehicle, designed from the ground up, we will be creating new benchmarks for electric mobility from 2013 on,” said Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of [...]
BMW and SGL Group will invest $100 million to produce a carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Washington that will build parts for a new BMW electric-vehicle under its MegaCity vehicle project. The plant will begin ultra-lightweight carbon fiber reinforced plastics and will kick off production in the third-quarter of 2011. The plant will employ about [...]
It was reported last week that BMW will lease 700 units of the all-electric 1-Series ActiveE to customers residing in major cities around the world. Of the 700, 200 were reported to come to the United States. BMW just released a short statement today saying that “recent published reports have incorrectly stated that the size [...]
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 [...]
BMW wants to position its upcoming family of electric-vehicles as ‘premium’ vehicles’ that will compete in the top tier of the growing EV segment. The family of electric-vehicles, known as Project i, will be made available with two, three and four wheels. The recently revealed BMW Simple Concept isn’t a guide to how future Project [...]
According to a report by iMotor, BMW’s Project i program could spawn two, three and four-wheeled vehicles that will be fun to drive as well as eco-friendly. BMW and Bath University have developed a three-wheeler concept called the Clever Concept. The Clever Concept runs on compressed natural gas and can go up to 60 mph. [...]
We’ve been hearing for some time now that BMW is working on a smaller roadster than the Z4 dubbed the BMW Z2. According to AutoBild, BMW’s board and executives have given the Z2 project the green light of approval and a concept is apparently headed to the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Developed under [...]
The folks over at CarScoop did some digging through BMW CEO Dr. Norbert Reithofer’s speech at BMW Group’s Annual Accounts Press Conference and found some very interesting news about the automaker’s future plans with Project i. Reithofer said that the 2009 Mini E plays a significant part in BMW drive towards electric-mobility. He said that the Mini [...]
Like him or not, Chris Bangle, BMW Group’s design head has quit his job with the Munich automaker. It was reported that Bangle left “to pursue his own design-related endeavors beyond the auto industry.” Apparently, that’s not the case. According to BMW Blog, it was Project i, a new unit responsible for producing future minicars, [...]
