BMW Has Enough Orders To Keep Busy For Several Months
With the release of its half-year report, BMW held a conference this week to talk about its sales performance during the first six months of 2022. Except for the X7 fullsize SUV and the “i”…
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BMW Boss Promises Not To Cut Any Jobs On The Road To All-EV Lineup
Cars are becoming more complex from a software perspective, but as we transition to EVs, hardware will become simpler. That’s because removing the combustion engine and all the rest of the oily bits reduces the…
BMW Boss Argues People Shouldn’t Be Forced Into EVs
While most automakers are in a rush to announce plans about going all-in on EVs, BMW sees things differently. On numerous occasions, Chief Executive Officer Oliver Zipse has said abandoning the internal combustion engine would…
BMW Boss Says Combustion Engine Ban Would Hurt The Car Industry
Even though the Bavarians are pressing ahead with electrification, they are not giving up on internal combustion engines. The V12 is going away, but new six- and eight-cylinder gasoline and diesel powertrains are coming. Automobilewoche,…
BMW CEO Oliver Zipse reelected as President of European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
BMW says Neue Klasse platform might support combustion engines
It was back in March when BMW announced the revival of the Neue Klasse to signal a dedicated electric platform due in 2025. A “radically new approach” was promised, along with a “completely redefined IT and software…
BMW CEO wants to sell 3 million cars per year
After a fast recovery due to the pandemic, BMW Group sets new sales targets for the future. According to BMW boss Oliver Zipse, the Munich-based automaker wants to sell three million vehicles per year. The…
BMW Has No Plans to Stop Development of Internal Combustion Engines
As more and more automakers plan on switching to electrification exclusively — Jaguar, Volvo, and Ford have made plans to become 100-percent EV by 2030 — BMW is sticking with internal combustion engine for the…
BMW Wants to Transition MINI Brand to All-Electric by 2030
Recently, several automakers have announced plans to go fully electric by 2030 at the latest, with some brands like Ford aiming at an earlier conversion. Yet, German brands have been oddly quiet about full electric…
Video: Christoph Waltz banters with Oliver Zipse about the BMW iX
The BMW iX is now out and there’s been no lack of acid reactions to it. Even though the Bavarian brand clearly set out to try and break the norm and our conventional way of…
BMW set up a ‘Corona Competence Team’ to fight virus in its facilities
BMW, like many other car makers, is feeling the full force of the Coronavirus outbreak on numerous fronts. Sales have dropped by up to 40 percent in certain markets and this is proving to be…
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