frica (Pty) Ltd. has partnered with a global energy management company, Schneider Electric SA, on the supply of “BMW i Wallbox Purecharging” home battery charging system to be provided in Johannesburg. BMW South Africa also announced a plan to launch the BMW i3 electric vehicle (EV) and the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHV) in South Africa in March or April 2015. The BMW Group announced on November 16, 2015 that it will invest ZAR 6 billion...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/23

o release the M5 and the four-door coupe M8 in the year, with no specific time of release given. For new energy models, BMW will introduce an upgraded driving range version of the 5 Series PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) (an EV range of 95km under NEDC mode), a PHEV version of the X5 and the i8 Ultimate Sophisto Edition. The battery electric SUV iX3 will be officially launched in the second half of 2020. Production of the iX3 will begin at...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/01

8V mild hybrid technology. The new BMW X1 will be built at BMW Group Plant Regensburg, where models with combustion engines, plug-in hybrid systems, and all-electric drive will all roll off a single assembly line for the first time. According to the CDP Climate Change Questionnaire 2021submitted by BMW, BMW's Regensburg plant optimized its drying process of paint shop and operated only one of two dryer tubes in 2020. This reduces natural gas cons...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/03/31

ry 13, NavInfo Co., Ltd. announced that it had signed a license agreement with BMW (China) Auto for autonomous driving map and related services. Under the contract, NavInfo is going to provide levels 3 and higher autonomous driving map products, online publishing, and update services to BMW brands (BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce, etc.) which BMW sells in China from 2021 to 2024.  On July 19, BMW and Tencent announced that they will work together to set ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/03/26

iving Pleasure. Also, convinced that future mobility must be sustainable mobility. They are driving the transition and have launched many electrified vehicles. The company’s electrified range currently comprises nine electrified vehicles and will be further complemented in 2018 by the all-new BMW i8 Roadster. The battery-only solutions will be rolled out across the BMW Group’s core brands, with Plant Oxford starting production of the battery-...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2024/12/10

he Dingolfing plant, which together with the Landshut plant, forms the BMW Group’s competence center for the production of high-voltage batteries and electric engines, as well as being the assembly point for the PHEV versions of the 5 and 7 Series. BMW Group’s Leipzig plant assembles the i3 and i8 with high-voltage batteries and electric engines from the Dingolfing plant. BMW on Jul 25, announced that the new battery-electric MINI will be a v...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2024/11/02

ercent over the previous model's figures. Regulated pollutant emissions are EU6-compliant. BMW revealed the 3 Series Plug-in hybrid prototype on November 26. The plug-in hybrid prototype features an electric motor and power electronics which are directly based on the eDrive technology of the i3 and i8 models. The motor is powered by a lithium-ion battery with capacity of up to 20 kilowatt hours. Combining a four-cylinder TwinPower Turbo gasoline ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2024/11/02

o release the M5 and the four-door coupe M8 in the year, with no specific time of release given. For new energy models, BMW will introduce an upgraded driving range version of the 5 Series PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) (an EV range of 95km under NEDC mode), a PHEV version of the X5 and the i8 Ultimate Sophisto Edition. The battery electric SUV iX3 will be officially launched in the second half of 2020. Production of the iX3 will begin at...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2024/05/13