Articles tagged "BMW"

BMW just held its annual press conference during which it not only presented its financial results for the last year, but it took the veil off its future offerings. The company confirmed the 8th generation of the 5 Series is coming in all-electric...

In a press release, BMW announced that preparation for the production of the upcoming Mini Countryman is in full swing. The crossover will come in two variants - with a combustion engine and in a fully-electric version and will start rolling off the...

BMW is launching a small pilot fleet of iX5 vehicles powered by hydrogen. The less than 100 units fleet will be distributed among BMW’s trusted partners and will be used as demonstrators and trial vehicles to assess viability of the hydrogen fuel...

After Apple introduced its Car Key feature back in 2020, Android competitors leaped to action and introduced their own versions of digital car keys. Oppo, OnePlus and vivo announced their digital car keys a few days ago working with Nio. Now Xiaomi...

A German market analysis for January shows that users looking to buy luxury cars are steadily moving over to EVs. The case is highlighted by BMW's latest 7 Series. About 43% of all 7 Series sales in January are of the fully-electric i7 variant....

Back in October, a BMW 5 Series prototype was spotted in camo paint, revealing some key design elements. However, in the latest spy video, another alleged BMW 5 Series prototype emerged with some notable changes to the headlights and...

BMW unveiled its i Vision Dynamics electric concept vehicle today, representing the "next level of human-machine interaction," in the German automaker's view. This vehicle gives a preview of the high-tech future in store for the BMW 3 Series. The...

According to a tipster on Bimmerpost, who has a pretty good track record when it comes to BMW-related stuff, the company plans to offer long and short-range options with all of its EVs based on the upcoming Neue Klasse platform. That includes the...

Last week saw BMW X5 Hydrogen enter production at the Munich factory and with the world racing towards battery power, you may ask why would BMW waste time and resources on manufacturing a vehicle that nobody wants? It turns out BMW, and few other...

BMW i7 is finally available in China which is by far the most competitive luxury car market in the world. The i7 wil complete BMW's electric car portfolio with other 4 EVs already on the market - iX, i4, iX3 and China-only i3. The BMW i7 will...

Here’s the news I never thought I would ever write - an automaker wants the cars to last longer. What a revolutionary thought. But before we jump into it, let’s have a look at what’s happening in Hungary where BMW only just started building its new...

BMW kicked off production of its iX1 SUV in its Regensburg factory and it's assembled on one of the company's flexible production lines. This means that all BMW iX1 variants are built on the same line - ICE, PHEV and EV. It's interesting to...

It seems like BMW mentioned the Neue Klasse only a few days ago but in fact the company has been hard at work for quite a while now. The first time we heard the term “Neue Klasse” was at the beginning of this year and come January next year, we will...

BMW and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a strategic collaboration on joint development of innovative cloud technology to harness data of future vehicles. Both companies will look into creating off-the-shelf cloud solutions that could securely...

BMW Group just announced a partnership with AirConsole to bring casual gaming to BMW cars in 2023. It will come as a response to Tesla's Steam integration and Ford's gaming features. AirConsole is a gaming platform and the companies claim...

In an official press release, BMW announced that it has started seeding the latest software update to to BMW's Operating System 8. Version 7 of the OS will get the new functionalities pretty soon. Currently, there are 3.8 million vehicles running...

With every new BMW launched these days, everyone seems to be just asking one question - how big is the new grille? It is as if the performance and refinement offered by the cars from the Bavarian manufacturer have been overshadowed by this one...

BMW announced that it will create its own voice assistant, based on Amazon's Alexa technology. Per Stephan Durach, Senior Vice-President Connected Company and Development Technical Operations BMW Group, Alexa will "enable an even more natural...

We haven’t had a proper BMW supercar since the original M1 - that’s 44 years. Yes, we had the 2008 M1 Homage concept car, which ended up a blueprint for the i8. The i8 was a cool, futuristic rolling lab for BMW, but it wasn’t a supercar. Then, in...

The next generation BMW X4 is the latest victim of the electric revolution. According to inside sources, BMW was conducting an evaluation process of the next-gen X4 and came to the conclusion that due to limited interest in gasoline-powered cars,...