3 Series
Lovers of electric and plugin hybrids vehicles have a wider range of choices in 2017 than any other year before. All the top premium brands – BMW, Porsche, Audi and Mercedes – are offering some…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 25, 2017
5 Series
Auto supplier Magna International Inc was awarded a new contract by BMW to produce the all-new BMW 5 Series hybrid at its plant in Austria. The BMW 530 plug-in hybrid will be manufactured beginning this summer…
Horatiu Boeriu / June 19, 2017
BMW i
Over the last few years, China has been cracking down on combustion engines, citing air pollution as the main reason. To reduce the CO2 footprint, the Chinese government have imposed strict rules on automakers who…
Horatiu Boeriu / June 9, 2017
BMW i
BMW noted a strong result for plug-in electric car sales in November, delivering some 7,571 BMW i and iPerformance series, or 3.6 percent of total BMW sales. Year-to-date, BMW has sold nearly 55,000 plug-ins and…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 14, 2016
BMW i
BMW sells nearly 35,000 EVs and plug-in hybrids so far in 2016
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: September 18, 2016
News
A report from PA Consulting says European car makers are coming under increasing pressure to meet tightening fuel economy rules. Among the European brands, BMW and Volkswagen are most at risk from incurring massive fines…
Horatiu Boeriu / November 29, 2015
Interesting
BMW North America just released their sales report for September 2015. Sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 4.0 percent in September for a total of 26,608. The total number of BMW i3 and i8 models…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 1, 2015
News
“There are some short-term changes that will occur in some countries,” Robertson said for Bloomberg. “There would be some moves toward some bigger-engine vehicles.”
Horatiu Boeriu / January 20, 2015