Future Mobility, an electric vehicles startup backed by Tencent Holdings, is making three top acquisitions from BMW. Dirk Abendroth, Benoit Jacob and Henrik Wenders will join Future Mobility Corp. as vice presidents of software and connectivity, design, and marketing, respectively, according to the people, who declined to be identified before the information is made public. The executives will join Carsten Breitfeld, the former project manager for BMW’s i8 plug-in sports car hired to be Future Mobility’s chief executive officer.
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Jacob was the head of BMW i design and the man behind the i3 and i8, while Wenders was in charge of product management at BMW i.
Michael Rebstock, a spokesman for BMW, declined to comment for Bloomberg, but Abendroth and Wenders said in emails that that they’re joining Future Mobility, while Benoit didn’t immediately reply.
Future Mobility plans to create a “premium brand with Chinese roots and a global reach.”
If he’s the guy who looked at the rear of the i3, and said “Looks good”, I’m glad he’s gone to work in China.
I gues they were getting board………….
LOL That was punny.
Well, it is the most efficient solution on the market, along with sports car handling ( the i3 ).
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Watch the UTube video’s of test drives. It’s the best handing and sporty EV on the market, the most fun to drive, from virtually all of them.
What is your impression? BMW built an econobox?
Time will tell how much of a brain drain these departures are. Since we are in a time frame where BMW i should be getting the i5 and i3 mk2 ready, this must be quite a disturbance.
The i5 doesn’t exist. I’ve given up hope on it.
It’s not about if. It’s about when. Krueger has already mentioned the i5 (5 seater with higher electric range and REx option).
Leaving a sinking ship….?