Charging Stations The BMW subsidiary, BMW i Ventures, announced it was injecting an investment in Coulomb Technologies. Their ChargePoint stations handle a number of manufacturers electric vehicles. One thing to keep in mind regarding powering electric vehicles is that the … Continue reading

Pictures of the next M3 have surfaced showing a ‘bump’ in the middle of the hood. While we can enjoy the speculation as to what purpose this bulge/bump/blister serves, we won’t know it’s true role (as functional or ornamental) until … Continue reading

TVS The Tata Nano was supposed to replace scooters in the Indian market, but a generation of Indian males gained the freedom of mobility on small displacement two wheelers. So the demand for bikes is still there, even when cars … Continue reading

BMW’s first integrated navigation system was on the E38 7 series in 1994 – almost twenty years ago. Today BMW announced enhancements to ConnectedDrive that takes advantage of recent innovations and paves the way for future advancement. These changes are … Continue reading

Pedestrian deaths represent a fairly significant percent of all automotive fatalities (according to some sources over 10% in the US, 14% in Europe and about 25% in China). One option is to mandate all pedestrian wear approved helmets (is there … Continue reading

Based on the sparse amount of verbiage that came out of Munich yesterday regarding Toyota’s and BMW’s expanded collaboration agreement, you would be right to wonder if this is a big deal or not. It’s a big deal. In fact … Continue reading

Automotive News reports that BMW is considering building vehicles at the NedCar facility in Born, Netherlands. The deal would be for third party assembly of BMW Group vehicles. The report indicates that they’re interested in having some of the expanding … Continue reading

Kansas City, MO – Within feet of the public entrance to the 2012 Art of the Car display area was this gorgeous 1937 BMW 328. It is one of a couple hundred survivors of just 461 produced. The car, as … Continue reading

Speculation regarding a soon to be announced technology sharing agreement between BMW and Toyota has been making the rounds of the interwebs. The bulk of the speculation has focused on BMW obtaining access to Toyota’s hybrid and hydrogen fuel-cell research. … Continue reading