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BMW Group Plant Landshut light metal foundry recertified by Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI)

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The auditing criteria require evidence of material stewardship, such as a holistic lifecycle analysis for the company’s own products and a comprehensive recycling strategy, as well as compliance with standards for transparency, overall management and corporate integrity. Green power is also used to produce it.

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BMW introduces i7 Protection; first production electric protection model

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BMW has unveiled two new protection models developed on the basis of the new BMW 7 Series, including an all-electric version. As the first protection sedan with an all-electric drive system, the BMW i7 Protection (electric power consumption combined in WLTP cycle: 30.0 The new BMW i7 xDrive60 Protection.

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BMW Motorrad introduces new 2024 BMW CE 02; “eParkourer”

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BMW Motorrad presented the new 2024 BMW CE 02. The new BMW CE 02 is powered by an air-cooled, current-excited synchronous motor. The new BMW CE 02 is powered by an air-cooled, current-excited synchronous motor. The new CE 02 comes with two standard ride modes: “Flow” and “Surf”. A quicker 1.5

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BMW Group plans to source steel produced with green power and hydrogen from H2GS in Sweden

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The BMW Group is systematically pursuing its goal of significantly reducing CO 2 emissions at their source in the supply chain. The BMW Group has now reached an agreement to this effect with the Swedish startup H2 Green Steel (H2GS), which uses hydrogen and only green power from renewable energies for steel production.

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BMW M introduces its first high-performance car with electrified drive system: BMW XM PHEV

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BMW M GmbH is introducing its first high-performance car with an electrified drive system. The BMW XM is equipped with a plug-in hybrid system comprising a V8 gasoline engine and electric motor that delivers combined fuel consumption of 1.6 – 1.5 The BMW XM is also the first BMW M original since the BMW M1.

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BMW launches i4 EV

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BMW has launched the BMW i4 and BMW iX. The BMW i4 is the brand’s first electric vehicle focused squarely on driving dynamics. The drive unit—the product of fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology—combines the electric motor, power electronics and transmission in a single housing. Earlier post.)

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BMW Group sourcing aluminum produced using solar energy from EGA

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The BMW Group will begin sourcing aluminum produced using solar electricity with immediate effect. That is why the BMW Group plans to source aluminum produced with green power in the long term—enabling it to avoid approximately 2.5 Solar park in the desert supplies green power for aluminum production.

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