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Decarbonization in the automotive industry takes more than just pulling the plug on ICE cars to exclusively build EVs. Automakers are also striving to cut down on emissions across the manufacturing process. To that end,…
Adrian / April 30, 2022
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It is a known fact BMW will usher in a new wave of electric vehicles with the Neue Klasse platform. The first models will be assembled at first at a new factory in Hungary. Work…
Adrian / March 16, 2022
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Range anxiety among the few EVs on sale in the early 2010s was a big problem Tesla wanted to address. Some will remember CEO Elon Musk held a Battery Swap Event to demonstrate interchangeable batteries…
Adrian / March 2, 2022
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There’s a lot riding on the success of BMW’s future Neue Klasse platform. Announced last year, the new architecture developed by the Munich-based car maker is supposed to take the company into the electrified era…
Gabriel Nica / January 25, 2022
Rumors
NA0 and NA5: Alleged chassis codes for next BMW X3 and 3 Series
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: January 24, 2022
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The BMW Group has inked a deal with Qualcomm to use the chip supplier’s next generation of automated driving technology. Specifically, future models will rely on the Snapdragon Ride vision system-on-chip (SoC), vision perception, and…
Adrian / November 16, 2021
3 Series
BMW has already electrified the 3 Series by giving it a plug-in hybrid powertrain available in the 330e, with a fully electric model expected to arrive in 2022. Both ride on an adaptation of the CLAR…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 18, 2021
3 Series
BMW will begin a major transformation in 2025. The Bavarians are on target to launch a brand new, electric-focused platform. Dubbed “Neue Klasse” or NK, the electric architecture will represent a major shift at BMW…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 18, 2021
News
During the 2021 IAA, BMWBLOG sat down for a roundtable interview with Frank Weber, BMW’s Chief of Research and Development, and the man in charge to shape the technical future of the company. Not an…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 8, 2021
Interesting
The new architecture developed by BMW for its electric cars, the Neue Klasse, will be focusing not just on creating the modular structure needed for these cars to take shape but also on its impact…
Gabriel Nica / September 2, 2021
iX3
It was back in March when BMW announced the revival of the Neue Klasse to signal a dedicated electric platform due in 2025. A “radically new approach” was promised, along with a “completely redefined IT and software…
Adrian / August 11, 2021