Frank Weber

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…

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 has been criticized for being late to the EV party as far as developing a dedicated electric car architecture. That won’t happen until 2025 when the second-generation iX3 will go into production on the…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

MINI and Rolls-Royce will abandon combustion engines by the end of the decade but BMW is not ready to call it quits. It has not set a cutoff date for the good ol’ ICE because…

Automakers generally prefer to avoid divulging details about what the future has in tow, so BMW is announcing what it won’t do. In an extended interview with Automobilwoche, development boss Frank Weber was asked whether…