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BMW announces new program to manage electric vehicle charging to save money and get more out of solar energy

Avatar for Fred Lambert Nov 29 2016 - 2:30 pm PT
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You have to give it to BMW for being at the forefront of smart charging programs for electric vehicles. The German automaker has been running several special programs to get more out of an electric car fleet, including offering grid services in California as we recently reported.

This week, BMW announced yet another electric vehicle charging program, BMW Digital Charging Service (DCS), to manage charging sessions in order to save money and get more out of home solar installations.
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BMW puts EVs on the ‘back burner’ to focus ‘i’ brand on self-driving cars

Avatar for Fred Lambert Jun 2 2016 - 2:23 pm PT
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In a not so surprising but disappointing report for EV enthusiasts today, we learn that BMW is putting its electric vehicle programs on the “back burner” in order to focus its ‘i’ brand, under which the German automaker has been releasing its electric vehicles, on self-driving cars instead.

The company reportedly will not release a new all-electric vehicle until 2021.
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BMW loses its EV leadership to a Chinese startup backed by tech money

Avatar for Fred Lambert Apr 20 2016 - 5:39 am PT
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Several executives in BMW’s electric vehicle leadership, including 20-year BMW veteran Carsten Breitfeld who reportedly developed the i8, left the German automaker to join a Chinese EV startup, according to a new WSJ report.

The startup in question is Future Mobility Corp, a newly formed EV company backed by Tencent Holdings.

Tencent is an important holding company in China with significant investments in several of the country’s biggest internet, video game and social media companies.
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BMW announces “Project i 2.0” for the automaker’s next step in electric mobility

Avatar for Fred Lambert Mar 16 2016 - 1:56 pm PT
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At an annual BMW Group meeting earlier today, CEO Harald Krüger seemed to have completely recovered from his accident with the Model X Falcon Wing door earlier this month, and announced the automaker’s next step in electric mobility: Project i 2.0.

Krüger confirmed that the BMW i brand (i3 and i8) already sold more than 50,000 vehicles and now with “i 2.0”, the group plan to expand the market with a new i3, a convertible i8 and an electric Mini.
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BMW had a record month for electric car sales – up 67% in September

Avatar for Fred Lambert Oct 2 2015 - 5:15 am PT
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Yesterday BMW released its US sales report and confirmed 1,710 BMW i3’s delivered in September; a 67% increase over the 1,022 delivered last year and 116% increase over the 792 units sold in August. This is excellent news for the German automaker’s electric lineup especially since i3 sales were flat or even lagging for most of the year.
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BMW to soon introduce new all-electric vehicles by expanding its “i” lineup

Avatar for Fred Lambert Sep 15 2015 - 1:37 pm PT
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bmw-i3 (1)In an interview at the Frankfurt Motor Show, BMW’s sales chief Ian Robertson revealed that the company is in the “final stages of consideration” to introduce new all-electric vehicles by expanding its “i” lineup.

Currently BMW only sells the i3 and the i8 under its electric “i” brand, but the German automaker is evaluating a “number of options” to take advantage of the new platform introduced in 2013.
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