Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

The BMW Group will release the new BMW iX3 EV ( earlier post )onto the market by the end of 2020. The first of these electric vehicles will be delivered to customers by the end of the year. This is the first time we have completed the entire homologation process for a fully electric model in China and Europe at the same time.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Overall sales of BMW Group Electrified vehicles increased by 1.4% By the end of this year, the number of BMW Group electrified vehicles on the roads around the world will total more than half a million. —Pieter Nota, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Sales and Brand BMW. Source: BMW.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 29, 2014

This was the year when it became obvious that upstart electric-car maker Tesla Motors has startled and worried all of the German luxury-car companies.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A wide range of plug-in models—from Hyundai and BMW—are being recalled for potential fire risk. Karma prices its fully electric car. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla boosts range for much of its lineup. And Nikola could revert to a “base plan” that means no Badger.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2016

Since launching on 1 July, Germany’s new plug-in vehicle (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) discount scheme has attraced 1,791 buyers as of 4 July, according to figures released by Germany’s BAFA (Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle). billion ($1.3-billion) The incentive scheme expires at the end of June 2019.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 23, 2018

The last 12 to 18 months have seen a slew of global automakers promising rafts of new plug-in electric vehicles on sale by deadlines set several years into the future.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 30, 2018

When will charging your electric car be as convenient as charging your phone? This summer, if BMW has its way. for its 530e plug-in hybrid. Customers can order the system now, and BMW says it will be delivered in Europe starting in July and that it.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2011

The BMW Group released the data from the MINI E field trial in the UK. An large amount of data was collected electronically by data-loggers in the car and the home charging points, and also from extensive driver research carried out by Oxford Brookes University. 80,282 kWh electricity. Earlier post.) MINI E Trial in numbers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2017

BMW’s new 530e plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) will be produced at Magna’s contract manufacturing plant in Graz, Austria, starting in summer 2017. Magna’s Graz facility will then be the production home for two premium electrified vehicles: the BMW 530e and the previously awarded Jaguar I-PACE.

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BMW Plug-in Plug Austria 150

Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

The BMW Group significantly accelerated its ramp-up of electromobility once more in 2022. As previously announced, the BMW Group was able to more than double its BEV sales from 2021 (+107.7%) with a total of 215,755 fully-electric BMW and MINI vehicles delivered to customers.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a considerably better car than a few electric-car fans had feared. And it all has.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The system utilizes BMW i3 high-voltage batteries and can be expanded to incorporate second-life batteries as they become available in the market.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The new BMW 5 Series Sedan now offers the entire range of electrified drive technology. Just a few weeks after the market launch of the all-electric BMW i5 and the combustion engine variants equipped exclusively with 48-volt mild hybrid technology, two plug-in hybrid models will already be launched in November 2023.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 18, 2017

Owners of specific electric cars sometimes tend to become boosters and fans for their particular EV as well as plugging in to drive in general. So it was with Tom Moloughney, whose purchase of the very first 2014 BMW i3 REx range-extended electric car in the U.S. That car was regrettably totaled in an.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

BMW announced last month it will significantly expand and overhaul a facility to produce batteries for electric cars at its factory in Dingolfing, Germany. The factory currently builds several BMW sedans and coupes, including plug-in versions of the 5- and 7-Series.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 29, 2017

As the demand for electric cars grows, utility companies are considering their effect on local power grids—both positive and negative. Recently, California's PG&E and BMW recently wrapped up a pilot program testing experimental vehicle-to-grid technology to see if electric cars could actually aid the grid—and they did.

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Grid BMW Electric Cars Power Grid 149

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

Alternative drives (battery-electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell, gas, and hydrogen) took up around a quarter of all new light-duty vehicle registrations in Germany in 2020, according to figures from the KBA (Federal Motor Transport Authority). E-mobility has arrived in the middle of mobile society. VW held a 17.4%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

California surpassed 1 million electric vehicles (1,054,095 units)—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel-cell electric—sold cumulatively through the 4 th quarter of 2021, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC), making it the first US state to achieve this milestone. 379,125 PHEV (36% ).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2018

For the new i3s electric vehicle ( earlier post ), BMW not only the increased output of the motor but also developed an innovative traction control system adapted specifically to the instantaneous power deliver of the BMW eDrive system. —Peter Langen, Head of Chassis Development at BMW.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 26, 2019

Just eight weeks ago, at its annual shareholders meeting, BMW announced that it will build 12 new all-electric cars by 2025, along with 13 plug-in hybrid models.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With pioneering innovations in the field of digital vehicle functions, the BMW Group is once again helping to make electric mobility more convenient and attractive.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 29, 2017

While the 2018 BMW i3 will formally debut next week at the Frankfurt auto show, the company has released details ahead of time on the updates to the lineup of its compact electric car.

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2018 BMW Range Electric Cars 126

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

BMW i is expanding its engagement in electric mobility with the new BMW Digital Charging Service (DCS)—an intelligent service for predictive, convenient, cost-effective and green power-optimized charging. The BMW Digital Charging Service is based on two core functions: tariff- and solar-optimized vehicle charging.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2018

Seven months after opening its battery factory in China ( earlier post ), the BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) joint venture has laid the foundation for a comprehensive expansion of the plant. Starting in 2020, the BMW iX3 will be built at the neighboring BBA plant Dadong. —Oliver Zipse.

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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 8, 2024

BMW Group UK has reported 28,723 registrations of all-electric BMW vehicles in 2023, a 34 per cent increase on 2022. Now, one in every four BMW vehicles registered in 2023 was fully electric. In the corporate sector, half of all registrations are all-electric vehicles (BEVs).

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 29, 2017

ads for the BMW 330e plug-in hybrid sport sedan hit the airwaves, they carried an interesting promise. You will wait, and wait, and wait some more," the voiceover intoned, "all before that electric-car company's new model ever even arrives." In August 2016, when the first U.S.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Just a few months after the world premiere of the fully electric BMW i7, more new options are set to join the line-up of drive systems available for the new BMW 7 Series in November 2022. Two plug-in hybrid […] The post BMW adding two PHEV variants to 7 Series model range appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 15, 2017

For southern California residents, it's an excellent time to start considering the purchase of a BMW i3 or Nissan Leaf electric car. San Diego Gas & Electric has joined a host of other utility companies in the state in offering incentives towards the purchase of an i3 or a Leaf.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 30, 2017

When it launched in 2013, the BMW i3 electric car was arguably the most futuristic automobile in mass production anywhere in the world.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Two years after it went on sale, the BMW i3 has become the top selling electric vehicle in Germany (one in every four electrically-powered vehicles sold since introduction) and the third best selling model worldwide (one in 10). More than 80% of the BMW i3 buyers worldwide are new customers to the BMW Group.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2017

BMW Group UK has launched a new Lower Emissions Allowance scheme that offers an additional £2,000 (US$2,600) off all new BMW and MINI vehicles with emissions of 130 g/km or less. The allowance offered will be in addition to any other government or retailer incentives that are currently in place.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Add in plug-in hybrids and they’ve risen to 20% of world auto sales — 1 out of every. continued] The post OMG — Toyota & BMW Are Still Hyping A Hydrogen Future! Well, I have to admit — I didn’t see this one coming! World BEV sales have risen to 12% of world auto sales — 1 out of every 8 new auto sales.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 12, 2023

More powerful, more exclusive, more extravagant: just a few months after production got underway of the new BMW XM, BMW M GmbH revealed the flagship version of its first-ever high-performance car with an electrified drive system.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

BMW will use media days at the Los Angeles auto show, which begin on November 29, to unveil a new electric car that's never before been seen. The electric model that will debut in California wasn't otherwise specified in the German maker's announcement, which called it simply "a world premiere vehicle."

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Los Angeles BMW Electric Cars Concept 124

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2013

Cutaway of the BMW i3. With the launch of the production BMW i3 battery-electric vehicle (also available with a range extender) looming, the BMW Group provided more details about the first series-produced model from its new i brand, offering customers electric mobility in a premium small car package.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 22, 2024

Demand for cars in Europe increased by 2% last month compared to July 2023. Growth was particularly prominent in Poland (+19%), Portugal (+27%), and Slovakia […] The post BMW Overtakes Tesla in European EV Sales For First Time appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

BMW presented the extensively updated new editions of its successful Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) and Sports Activity Coupé (SAC) for the luxury segment. The new BMW X5 and new BMW X6 emphasise their inherent poise and assurance with detailed design revisions and additions to their standard specification.

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