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Electric Mini in works as BMW signs China EV factory deal
By Bridie Schmidt on 12 July 2018
BMW Group seals deal with China’s Great Wall Group to build state-of-the art EV factory in Jiangsu Province.
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500 BMW i3 batteries connected to UK wind farm
By Joshua S Hill on 23 May 2018
Sweden’s Vattenfall connects 500 BMW i3 batteries to 228MW wind farm in South Wales, in “UK’s largest” co-located onshore wind and battery project.
Picture (tease) of the Day: BMW’s next-gen EV
By Sophie Vorrath on 21 May 2018
BMW offers first glimpse of “new technology flagship” – a pure electric car incorporating all the “major strategic areas of innovation in a road-ready vehicle.”
BMW takes EV sales total to 250,000 after bumper April
By Bridie Schmidt on 17 May 2018
BMW says sales of electric BMW and Minis soared 52% in April; company secures autonomous driving road test licence in China.
Vattenfall uses BMW car batteries for storage projects at wind farms
By Sandra Enkhardt on 15 March 2017
German car maker BMW will provide Vattenfall with 1,000 lithium-ion car batteries for storage projects at wind farms.
US electric car sales up 68% in February, as Teslas lead Volt
By Zachary Shahan on 7 March 2017
US electric car sales jumped approximately 68% in February 2017 versus February 2016.
Tesla Model S & Nissan LEAF world’s best-selling electric cars in 2016
By Zachary Shahan on 6 February 2017
The Tesla Model S and Nissan LEAF clocked in as the best-selling electric cars in the world in 2016.
Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen Group, & Ford Sign superfast charging MoU in Europe
By James Ayre on 1 December 2016
A new joint venture has formed that will develop a high-power, EV fast-charging network in Europe has been signed by BMW, Daimler, Ford, VW.
BMW reveals home energy storage system using i3 EV battery packs
By Tom Moloughney on 23 June 2016
BMW unveils a new systems that allows EV owners to use their old battery pack in their homes when they upgrade their car with a new battery pack.
Germany considering €5,000 electric car subsidy, with automakers contributing 40%
By James Ayre on 2 March 2016
Personal EV buyers would have access to €5,000 in incentives, and commercial buyers would have access to €3,000 in incentives per EV purchased.
VW is a symptom of widespread automotive disruption
By Mike Barnard on 19 October 2015
VW scandal is a symptom of the reality that internal combustion cars, have reached the limits of effective compromises that will satisfy regulators and consumers.
