BMW’s electrification effort has been questioned by many EV enthusiasts due to the giant gap between model launch and the arguably weird design of the BMW i3.
With the upcoming launch of the BMW i4, the German automaker says that it will be more ‘conventional looking’ as Auto Express delivers renders of the car.
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The BMW i3 is generally considered an all-electric vehicle, but it is also offered with an optional gas generator that acts as a range extender.
The German automaker now says that it is killing the range extender in Europe due to the new battery pack making it irrelevant, but they are holding on to the feature in North America and Japan.
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Many have pinned Tesla’s Model 3 to be an important competitor to the BMW 3 Series and the vehicle is already being quite disruptive in the segment.
Now BMW itself admits this as it reports its U.S. sales.
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BMW is announcing today that it is introducing a battery cell upgrade to 120 Ah in the 2019 BMW i3, which should result in a range of ‘over 160 miles’ (260 km).
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BMW has been teasing its iNEXT concept vehicle as the next generation electric vehicle that will guide the brand in its electrification plans.
The German automaker has now finally unveiled the concept iNEXT vehicle on which the 2021 production version will be based.
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Over the past 3 years, BMW has been running a trial of its ‘ChargeForward’ program with BMW i3 owners willing to automatically delay the charging of their vehicle at the request of their local electric utility, PG&E, in order to offset peak demand.
BMW is presenting the results of the trial and says that electric car owners can turn i3 into ‘cash cow’ and use more solar power with controllable load technology
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The city of Los Angeles is working on a new plan to accelerate the electrification of transportation by the 2028 Olympics.
Tesla, BMW, Edison and a bunch of other industry players are partnering with Los Angeles to work on the plan.
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BMW is trying to hype the unveiling of its Vision iNext next-gen electric car set for next week.
Today, they released the first new teaser images and video of the concept vehicle – giving us our first good look at the electric car.
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Audi and Mercedes-Benz are both about to unveil their new electric SUVs and BMW doesn’t want to be the only major German premium automaker without its own option even though its first entry in the segment is not ready for another 2 years.
In order to do that, BMW is starting to take orders for its electric iX3 SUV.
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BMW has been hyping its upcoming iNext electric car for years now as the next-generation electric vehicle that will even ‘compete with Tesla’s Model 3’.
Today, the German automaker teased the vehicle with design sketches ahead of next month’s unveiling.
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BMW has released a new video called ‘A glimpse into the future by BMW i’, which they used as a strange way to announce a new feature called ‘electricity dispenser’ coming to the i3.
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BMW is preparing to launch its next generation of electric vehicles and today, it announced its first factory built from the ground up to manufacture electric vehicles.
The BMW i3 has mainly seen relatively small incremental upgrades and big battery cell updates since its launch back in 2013.
Now the all-electric car is rumored to get another battery cell upgrade to push the range over 200 miles.
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Used electric vehicle battery packs are becoming increasingly popular for stationary energy storage projects.
It’s especially the case overseas, but now EVgo is bringing the tech to the US with a new fast-charging station powered by BMW i3 battery packs.
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In the epitome of teasing a vehicle release, BMW didn’t release actual sketches of its upcoming electric Mini.
Instead, it released today design sketches of features that will be in the production version of the vehicle coming next year.
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China is at the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution as the market is adding more electric cars faster than any other country.
It becomes clearer than ever this week with an avalanche of EV news coming out of China.
After Tesla’s Gigafactory 3 deal and BMW announcing its electric iX3 production in China for exports, the German automaker adds another deal to the list today: the electric Mini.
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When BMW unveiled the all-electric iX3 SUV in Beijing earlier this year, the German automaker’s plan for the vehicle wasn’t clear outside of China.
Now they have confirmed that the upcoming new electric vehicle will be built in China and exported to other markets as the automaker confirms a massive new battery contract for the production of its new electric vehicles.
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BMW is currently getting its electric vehicle batteries from Samsung SDI, but it has now signed a contract with CATL, China’s biggest battery manufacturer, to secure future electric vehicle production.
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BMW is currently working on its fifth generation electric powertrain technology and it arguably represents the biggest change in electric motor and battery technology for the German automaker since the launch of the BMW i3 in 2013.
We took a closer look at their upcoming new technology this week.
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BMW announced today a new expansion that should result in a ‘major increase in capacity’ at its battery factory in China. This will support the production of the new BMW iX3 electric SUV that they unveiled earlier this year.
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BMW is officially launching its wireless electric car charging system today. Starting now, customers can order a BMW 530e iPerformance with a factory-fitted system to work with BMW’s optional inductive charging system.
The option is touted as more “convenient” than charging with a cable, but it comes at a high cost: the actual cost, but more importantly – efficiency.
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BMW announced this week a more than €300 million expansion of its Leipzig factory, which will enable an annual production capacity increase by “approx. 100,000 units.”
It will include a 54% increase of BMW i vehicle production, BMW’s electric vehicle brand.
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The use of electric car battery packs to create large energy storage projects is becoming increasingly popular.
Now, a new one made of BMW i3 battery packs is connecting to the UK National Grid and has become one of the largest to date.
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For over a year now already, BMW has been hyping its iNEXT electric car, which some BMW executives even framed as a ‘Tesla Model 3 competitor’.
Now they unveiled the first glimpse of the design concept for the vehicle.
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