BMW AG and Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC have struck a deal for the first aluminum produced using solar power, a milestone for both their energy-intensive industries. The Middle East’s biggest aluminum maker will supply 43,000 metric tons per year of solar aluminum to the German carmaker in a deal worth at least 100 million euros […]
General Motors Pledges a Zero-Emissions Light-Duty Vehicle Fleet by 2035
Biggest U.S. automaker will have 30 all-electric models by 2025 and zero out corporate emissions by 2040. General Motors plans to achieve companywide carbon-neutrality by 2040 and sell only carbon-emissions-free light-duty vehicles by 2035, a major step by America’s biggest automaker to align its future with the climate-change imperatives of the international Paris Agreement and […]
Electric vehicle maker Tesla to deliver China-made Model Y SUVs this month
China, which offers hefty subsidies for electric vehicles as it seeks to cut down on pollution from petrol or diesel cars, is key to Tesla’s global strategy. It is expanding its Shanghai car factory, where it also builds its Model 3 sedans. In October, it started exporting Model 3 vehicles to Europe. BEIJING : Tesla […]
BMW aims for 20% of its vehicles to be electric by 2023: Paper
“We are significantly increasing the number of electric vehicles. Between 2021 and 2023, we will build a quarter of a million more electric cars than originally planned” Zipse told the newspaper’s Monday edition FRANKFURT : German luxury carmaker BMW is planning to step up its production of electric vehicles, Chief Executive Oliver Zipse told German […]
BMW moves engine production to Britain as German plants go electric
Factories across the globe are clamouring for investment into next-generation cars as electric vehicles gain traction with consumers and as governments hasten the demise of the combustion engine. FRANKFURT : BMW on Wednesday said it will retool its German factories to build electric cars and components and shift manufacturing of combustion engines to plants in […]
BMW to source battery cells produced using renewable energy
FRANKFURT: German carmaker BMW on Tuesday said its electric cars will use battery cells produced using renewable energy, a step which will compel the biggest suppliers to source more non-coal generated electricity. “We now have a contractual agreement with our cell manufacturers that they will use only green power to produce our fifth generation […]
Electric car sales in Europe jump, but still just 4 per cent of market
In Germany, Europe’s largest car market, showrooms have been open since late April, but demand is massively down and inventory levels unusually high in what is usually the strongest sales period, German dealership association ZDK said FRANKFURT: Registrations of electric cars in Europe jumped 57.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, but still […]
Upcoming BMW electric motorcycles to get wireless charging
The wireless charging can make its way to multiple BMW electric bikes in the future. As one can see in the image, when the side stand of the motorcycle is rested on a charging pad installed on the ground, the batteries will start to charge. The future is certainly electric and besides offering just a […]
BMW’s fully-electric SUV, the iX3, to get around 440km range
BMW has confirmed that it will commence the production of its fully-electric car, the iX3, from 2020. The German automaker has also revealed that the car will promise a range of over 440km on a single charge. It will come with the fifth generation of the BMW eDrive technology, which will also be deployed […]
BMW now boasts of having 500,000 electric vehicles on the road
In an official tweet, BMW wrote that statistically, one EV was sold every four minutes and the company is aiming to sell one million EVs by 2021 Munich: Luxury carmaker BMW has announced that it has sold 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs), marking a major milestone for the industry as well as the brand. In an […]