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2012 is calling wanting its all-electric Mini Cooper SE
BMW, the owner of the Mini Cooper brand, just announced an all-electric Mini Cooper that would have been utterly amazing in 2013 or so. Today, in 2020, it is still a very interesting car, but is found lacking in one key measure – driving range. Its very affordable price will…
Nissan and BMW plan to install 120+ CHAdeMO/CCS fast charging stations across the US
Nissan and BMW announced today a welcome deal to build dual-protocol fast charging at 120 locations across 19 states. This is another sign of cooperation between two main factions of the competition to establish the dominant fast charging protocol. For the last five years, a big question dogging the electric vehicle…
BMW’s oblique statements imply future autonomous car based transportation service business
In a statement today from BMW’s top management, the company said clearly – electric vehicles are the future. Oh, and “digitalization” meaning the integration of advanced computer systems and networked connections into cars. The statement by Harald Krüger is attributed to a quarterly conference call dated Sept 30, 2015. As we’ll see…
BMW has no Dieselgate, while VW skimped on emissions control
Earlier we saw a report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) who showed the Dieselgate misbehavior affects not just Volkswagen/Audi 2.0 liter TDI Diesels, but cars from other manufacturers, even ones running on gasoline. That report has gained enough attention that BMW had to respond, since one of its vehicles was…
BMW i3 is a preview of BMW’s electrified lightweight carbon-fiber future
The BMW i3 is essentially the precursor to the all future BMW vehicles, according to a recent Autocar article. Over the coming years BMW will adopt electrification with electric motors providing the primary motive force, and gasoline engines being relegated to a secondary role (if present at all) for generating electricity. Additionally, instead…
High Demand for Carbon Fibers – BMW i3
BMW, VW, ChargePoint East-West-Coast fast charging network won’t solve standards war against Mitsu, Nissan, Kia and Tesla
Why should Tesla Model S owners be the only EV owners capable of taking long distant trips? What’s needed is fast charging infrastructure located along highways between major cities supporting cars other than Tesla’s. Existing DCFC infrastructure for the rest of us is only been located inside cities, and not…
BMW shows smallest, and lowest cost, DC Fast Charging station at PlugIn 2014
BMW today joined the ranks of automakers demonstrating seriosity about electric vehicles. The way I measure this is if the company is not just building an electric car in significant quantity, but is working to support build-out of electric car charging infrastructure. We have a “chicken and egg” situation between…
BMW expanding carbon fibre production for BMW i, showing seriousity at EV’s
BMW may be joining the ranks of automakers giving serious support to the electric vehicle cause. Those companies are currently Nissan/Renault and Tesla Motors, both of whom have a strong EV sales record and are working to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure. GM is almost a serious electric vehicle maker,…
BMW planning plug-in hybrids across entire line, starting with X5 SUV
BMW says it is planning to make plug-in hybrid electric versions of every car they build, following the BMW i3 and BMW i8 with a plug-in hybrid version of the newly revamped BMW X5 SUV. Speaking at the Australian launch of the BMW X5 this week, BMW’s head of production…
BMW eDrive meets BMW xDrive – an innovative combination designed to deliver efficient driving pleasure: The BMW Concept X5 eDrive.
BMW delivers first ActiveE car to the first of 700 U.S. based Electronauts
The ActiveE is phase two of BMW’s project i which is developing an electric car technology leading to launch of the BMW i3 and i8 in 2013. In July 2009 BMW launched the Mini-E program in which several hundred “Pioneers” who would lease a converted electric Mini Cooper in exchange…
GM and BMW looking to jointly develop fuel cell vehicle tech
GM to provide their fuel cell technology, which GM and BMW will jointly work on. BMW’s latest collaboration agreement on clean vehicle technology appears to be a deal with General Motors on fuel cell systems. The deal would give BMW access to GM’s fuel cell technology, and in turn they’ll…
BMW Mini E program has major problems, maybe
There was excitement last year when news of an officially electrified Mini from BMW. But now that the vehicles are in owners hands some problems have cropped up. Some may be the matter of small flubs on BMW’s part but one is a an accusation by Plug In America that…
2012 is calling wanting its all-electric Mini Cooper SE
BMW, the owner of the Mini Cooper brand, just announced an all-electric Mini Cooper that would have been utterly amazing in 2013 or so. Today, in 2020, it is still a very interesting car, but is found lacking in one key measure – driving range. Its very affordable price will…
Nissan and BMW plan to install 120+ CHAdeMO/CCS fast charging stations across the US
Nissan and BMW announced today a welcome deal to build dual-protocol fast charging at 120 locations across 19 states. This is another sign of cooperation between two main factions of the competition to establish the dominant fast charging protocol. For the last five years, a big question dogging the electric vehicle…
BMW’s oblique statements imply future autonomous car based transportation service business
In a statement today from BMW’s top management, the company said clearly – electric vehicles are the future. Oh, and “digitalization” meaning the integration of advanced computer systems and networked connections into cars. The statement by Harald Krüger is attributed to a quarterly conference call dated Sept 30, 2015. As we’ll see…
BMW has no Dieselgate, while VW skimped on emissions control
Earlier we saw a report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) who showed the Dieselgate misbehavior affects not just Volkswagen/Audi 2.0 liter TDI Diesels, but cars from other manufacturers, even ones running on gasoline. That report has gained enough attention that BMW had to respond, since one of its vehicles was…
BMW i3 is a preview of BMW’s electrified lightweight carbon-fiber future
The BMW i3 is essentially the precursor to the all future BMW vehicles, according to a recent Autocar article. Over the coming years BMW will adopt electrification with electric motors providing the primary motive force, and gasoline engines being relegated to a secondary role (if present at all) for generating electricity. Additionally, instead…
High Demand for Carbon Fibers – BMW i3
BMW, VW, ChargePoint East-West-Coast fast charging network won’t solve standards war against Mitsu, Nissan, Kia and Tesla
Why should Tesla Model S owners be the only EV owners capable of taking long distant trips? What’s needed is fast charging infrastructure located along highways between major cities supporting cars other than Tesla’s. Existing DCFC infrastructure for the rest of us is only been located inside cities, and not…
BMW shows smallest, and lowest cost, DC Fast Charging station at PlugIn 2014
BMW today joined the ranks of automakers demonstrating seriosity about electric vehicles. The way I measure this is if the company is not just building an electric car in significant quantity, but is working to support build-out of electric car charging infrastructure. We have a “chicken and egg” situation between…
BMW expanding carbon fibre production for BMW i, showing seriousity at EV’s
BMW may be joining the ranks of automakers giving serious support to the electric vehicle cause. Those companies are currently Nissan/Renault and Tesla Motors, both of whom have a strong EV sales record and are working to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure. GM is almost a serious electric vehicle maker,…
BMW planning plug-in hybrids across entire line, starting with X5 SUV
BMW says it is planning to make plug-in hybrid electric versions of every car they build, following the BMW i3 and BMW i8 with a plug-in hybrid version of the newly revamped BMW X5 SUV. Speaking at the Australian launch of the BMW X5 this week, BMW’s head of production…
BMW eDrive meets BMW xDrive – an innovative combination designed to deliver efficient driving pleasure: The BMW Concept X5 eDrive.
BMW delivers first ActiveE car to the first of 700 U.S. based Electronauts
The ActiveE is phase two of BMW’s project i which is developing an electric car technology leading to launch of the BMW i3 and i8 in 2013. In July 2009 BMW launched the Mini-E program in which several hundred “Pioneers” who would lease a converted electric Mini Cooper in exchange…
GM and BMW looking to jointly develop fuel cell vehicle tech
GM to provide their fuel cell technology, which GM and BMW will jointly work on. BMW’s latest collaboration agreement on clean vehicle technology appears to be a deal with General Motors on fuel cell systems. The deal would give BMW access to GM’s fuel cell technology, and in turn they’ll…
BMW Mini E program has major problems, maybe
There was excitement last year when news of an officially electrified Mini from BMW. But now that the vehicles are in owners hands some problems have cropped up. Some may be the matter of small flubs on BMW’s part but one is a an accusation by Plug In America that…
