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MINI and Roll-Royce will entirely switch to electric power around 2030 but BMW has a different strategy in place. Several higher-ups from the German luxury brand have been quite vocal in recent years about why…
Adrian Padeanu / October 17, 2023
i3
In June 2022, BMW ended production of the i3 at the Leipzig factory in Germany where a little over 250,000 hatchbacks were produced in nine years. A direct replacement is not currently available as the…
Adrian Padeanu / October 16, 2023
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The BMW Group’s MINI and Rolls-Royce marques have promised to go fully electric by the end of the decade but the core brand is in no rush to abandon internal combustion engines just yet. Several…
Adrian Padeanu / September 13, 2023
BMW M3
In July this year, BMW M boss Frank van Meel said the goal is to make the next-generation M3 fully electric but only if it can be better than the inline-six model available today. If…
Adrian Padeanu / September 13, 2023
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Neue Klasse – “Biggest investment ever made”, says Frank Weber, BMW Board Member
by Steven Paul / Date: September 8, 2023
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The BMW Group’s Annual Press Conference signaled an electric onslaught with the i5 Sedan and iX2 coming this year followed by the i5 Touring in 2024. By 2028, the automaker intends to have at least…
Adrian Padeanu / March 17, 2023
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When we spoke with BMW’s Chief Technical Officer Frank Weber at CES last week, he told us Neue Klasse models won’t share any components with existing models. The company’s CTO also emphasized the importance of…
Adrian Padeanu / January 10, 2023
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Despite a wide industry push for electric car fleets, not all automakers are sold on this idea. BMW has pledged to have at least 50 percent of fully electric vehicles by 2030, yet the Munich-based…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 23, 2022
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BMW announced a big change to its Board of Management this week, one that will surely have a big impact on the company for the years to come. Klaus Frohlich, who has been the man…
Gabriel Nica / March 13, 2020
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BMW AG gets a new development boss. At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of BMW AG appointed Frank Weber (53) as a new member of the Board of Management. Effective 1 July 2020, Weber will assume…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 12, 2020
BMW i
BMW is emphasizing once again its commitment for the upcoming BMW i electric vehicles. A report by Automotive News Europe confirms that BMW AG has hired former Opel product chief and lead engineer for Chevy…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 11, 2011