In 2012, BMW and Toyota corporations announced a new partnership to expand their existing cooperation on EV battery R&D. The joint efforts will also include a future cooperation on fuel cells, powertrain electrification, CFRP production, and BMW-Toyota Sports Car. First … Continue reading

The press release from BMW this morning acknowledged that BMW and Toyota have formalized their memorandum of understanding from June 2012. It highlights four areas where BMW and Toyota will cooperate. Those areas are fuel cell systems, sports vehicle, lightweight … Continue reading

BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) are pursuing their successful strategic long-term cooperation in the field of sustainable mobility today by signing binding agreements aimed at long-term collaboration between the two companies for the joint development of a fuel … Continue reading

Toyota and BMW are readying to enter into an agreement to share hydrogen fuel cell technology. In July 2012, Toyota and BMW announced a new partnership to expand their existing cooperation on EV battery R&D. At the time, the two … Continue reading

Back in July, Toyota and BMW announced a new partnership to expand their existing cooperation on EV battery R&D. They will work on fuel cells, powertrain electrification, CFRP production, and future vehicle architecture. The two automakers also announced a collaboration … 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

Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), met today with Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, at BMW Group headquarters in Munich to announce the planned expansion of their existing cooperation initiated in December … 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

BMW is in talks with Hyundai to co-develop a new engine family. According to Automotive News, the Munich-based automaker is looking to further save money on new engines development which accounts for $1 to $2 billion. An unnamed source told … Continue reading