Frank Weber

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…

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…

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…

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…

After our first encounter with the BMW Vision Neue Klasse, we had the unique opportunity to chat with Frank Weber, BMW’s Board Member and Head of Development. Weber is currently overseeing one of the most…

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…

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…

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…

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…