News
When BMW announced a long-term battery partnership with Rimac Technology in 2024, the immediate assumption was that the collaboration would feed directly into the Neue Klasse program. It seemed like the logical pairing: a clean-sheet…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 8, 2025
News
In a surprising turn of events that highlights growing concerns over U.S. trade and energy policy, Japanese battery manufacturer AESC has paused construction of its $1.6 billion factory in Florence County, South Carolina. The facility,…
Horatiu Boeriu / June 6, 2025
Tech
We just got an exclusive look at BMW’s sixth-generation (Gen6) battery and motor technology—the beating heart of the upcoming Neue Klasse EVs—and let’s just say, BMW isn’t playing around. In our latest video, we take…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 22, 2025
Tech
Battery technology is one of the main limiting factors holding electric vehicles from surpassing their fuel-burning counterparts in all areas. The weight and energy density of the battery pack, as well as the potential fire…
Andrei Nedelea / November 27, 2023
News
BMW to get solid-state battery test cells in early 2022 from Solid Power
by Gabriel Nica / Date: September 13, 2021
MINI
BMW announced today that the Dingolfing plant will enter an expansion phase to help manufacture batteries and electric drives for upcoming models. The move is set to have two stages, one for the batteries, which…
Gabriel Nica / October 30, 2018
BMW i
One thing nobody seems to be paying particular attention to when it comes to electric cars is also probably the most important component of them all: batteries. Car makers need to make sure that the…
Gabriel Nica / October 15, 2018
BMW i
BMW Chief of R&D, Klaus Frolich, said last week at at the unveil of the BMW iNEXT, that the company plans more deals with mining companies to secure electric vehicle battery materials. The Munich-based automaker will…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 16, 2018
BMW i
Late last month, BMW’s CEO, Mr. Harald Krueger unveiled to the world, in an interview, that BMW plans to add a third supplier of batteries to its roster, this time a Chinese company otherwise known…
Gabriel Nica / July 16, 2018
MINI
Considering the reputation the MINI brand has, one would have to look far and wide to find a better car maker out there that could make small, electric city cars truly popular. Somehow, it all…
Gabriel Nica / June 14, 2018
News
BMW recently announced the launch of a new research and development center for batteries near its HQ in Munich but it looks like the plans of the Bavarians include joining their expertise in the field…
Gabriel Nica / December 19, 2017