BMW Believes EVs With Huge Batteries Don’t Make Sense
BMW jams a 101.7-kWh battery inside the i7 sedan and an even larger 109.1-kWh pack in the iX SUV. It won’t go any bigger than that since there’s no point in squeezing extra range from…
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BMW Is Not Giving Up On Diesel Engines Yet
The market share for diesel engines continues to fall. According to numbers published by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), cars with diesel engines represented only 11.9% of total deliveries in the European Union last…
BMW Says Rivals Are Wrong To Make EVs Look Different
Unless you know your BMWs like the back of your hand, it’s tricky to identify which has a gas engine and which is purely electric. With radical exceptions like the i3, i8, and the more…
BMW’s Frank Weber Spills iDrive X Secrets: Smarter Cars, Better Drives
Roundtable events are a good way for higher-ups in any organization to let slip morsels of information that got overlooked for the press release. Particularly when the roundtable involves someone like Frank Weber, CTO and…
BMW Thinks Using ICE Platforms For EVs Is ‘The Right Solution’
Why The BMW Neue Klasse SUV Will Go On Sale Before The Sedan
BMW introduced the Vision Neue Klasse sedan last September at the IAA Mobility show in Munich. This week, it took the wraps off its SUV counterpart, aptly named the Vision Neue Klasse X. Based on…
BMW Talks Electric M3 (ZA0) With Big Power
Today might be all about the Vision Neue Klasse X previewing next year’s iX3 but we already know the crossover will be followed in 2026 by an i3 sedan. We spoke with Frank Weber, board…
BMW Will Continue To Invest In Gasoline And Diesel Engines
While many automakers are rushing to set cutoff dates for cars with combustion engines, BMW is sticking with its “Power of Choice” slogan. Head of development Frank Weber told us the Munich automaker has no…
Q&A with BMW R&D Boss:” We will build the best handling electric cars in the world”
Frank Weber is the BMW board member in charge of overall vehicle development. As such, he is the father of the batch of electric models that will come to the market starting in 2025 and…
BMW EVs With Simulated Manual Gearbox Not A Priority
BMW is playing its part to save the manuals by finally installing a clutch pedal in the Z4 M40i. While rival brands are abandoning do-it-your-self gearboxes, the M division continues to give a shift. You…
BMW Says It Has Moved On From Facelifts To Work On “Techlifts”
In the BMW marketing jargon, a facelift is called a Life Cycle Impulse. LCIs have mostly been about styling revisions sprinkled with engine tweaks, but that has changed in recent years. As cars transition from…
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