BMW Smart Charging App BMW is launching a new Smart Charging App that could help BMW i customers save as much as $400 every year on their electric bills. It integrates directly into the existing BMW i Remote App available to all Android and iOS device users, making BMW the first automotive manufacturer to offer…
Hipsters of Brooklyn, rejoice! While budgets stretched thin by moustache care items, sky-high rent, and coffees adorned with latte art usually make driving a BMW out of reach, you might be behind one of those German-engineered wheels sooner than you think. The BMW Group has announced plans to expand its ReachNow car sharing service to…
Home energy storage is all the rage now, thanks to the introduction of Tesla’s Powerwall. BMW threw its hat into the fray this week at the Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition 29(EVS29) event in Montreal, Canada. BMW’s system would focus on giving a second life to the batteries used in the BMW i3, making the vehicles…
MINI Electric Concept 2: Electric Boogaloo It has been nearly a decade since the MINI E concept was first announced. Unfortunately for the all-electric MINI Cooper, BMW’s electric endeavors were redirected to the BMW i Division during that time. Now, MINI is finally receiving its own chance to shine, as the MINI Electric Concept has…
Today, British voters head to the polls to vote in a referendum to decide if the United Kingdom will leave or remain in the European Union. The campaign has been long and difficult, and car manufacturers, along with other businesses, have been dragged into the debate to give their views of what could happen if…
BMW just achieved its electric vehicle sales goal for the entire year At the beginning of 2017, BMW set out on a mission: to sell more than 100,000 electrified vehicles by the end of the year. Well, 2017 isn’t even over yet, but it would appear that BMW has made good on its promise. Earlier…
The BMW i3 and i8 haven’t been around for long, but already the world has sat up and taken notice of the two cutting-edge electric models from the German automaker. The i3 in particular has garnered plenty of attention since its release, cinching titles like 2015 Yahoo Green Car of the Year, Green Car Journal’s…
If BMW’s January 2014 sales are any indication, the automaker is primed to carry its year-ending momentum from 2013 over into the new year and are doing so with relative ease. The BMW Group opened up the year with a 7.8 percent increase over January of 2013, shipping a total of 132,892 BMW, MINI, and…
Be thankful we don’t see what Grandma’s wearing in the back seat Photo: BMW USA UPDATE: Want to find out who the actress playing Grandma is? Read our follow up article! Thus far in 2015, BMW has been on a roll with its commercials. Following the clever, self-deprecating banter between Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel…
BMW global sales have skyrocketed in 2013. The BMW Group has announced that it delivered a record 1,963,798 units during 2013, topping the previous record from 2012 by 6.4 percent. Impressive global deliveries—including that of MINI and Rolls-Royce-branded vehicles—helped solidify BMW’s status as the world’s preeminent premium vehicle manufacturer. Furthermore, BMW Group finished 2013 with…
Following the success of BMW‘s ActiveHybrid line–and, more recently, its i3 and i8 electric vehicles–the automaker is getting ready to release a brand new hybrid version of its X5 crossover. The X5 xDrive40e uses BMW’s EfficientDynamics eDrive to be the first X model in BMW’s history to offer a plug-in hybrid powertrain. The X5 xDrive40e’s eight-speed Steptronic transmission draws…
The Thomas Edison National Historic Park was the first to receive a charging station Photo: Binksternet Two years ago, BMW started a project with the U.S. National Park Service and the Department of Energy that promised the automaker would donate 100 electric vehicle charging stations across the country’s national parks. The ultimate goal was to…
The BMW 7 Series When BMW launched its DriveNow ride-share program in June 2012, it opted for the proving grounds of San Francisco, given the Bay Area’s proclivity for HEV/EV vehicles. The program makes use of a fleet of 70 electric BMW vehicles (ActiveE) and allows members to reserve cars for short travels, including one-way…
Is Elon Musk meeting with BMW execs to discuss partnership? Photo: Wired Photostream via CC The auto industry news wire has been abuzz the past week with news of a potential BMW-Tesla collaboration. With word the two biggest electric vehicle (EV) titans could be combining their strongest assets, we all believed heaven had intervened and brought forth…
The BMW M2 was unveiled in late 2015, and it made a very successful appearance at the Detroit Auto Show this month. BMW fans are falling in love with this reasonably priced sports car, and no one can blame them. For about $50,000, the coupe achieves 365 hp and is outfitted with the best from…
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