BMW will use cylindrical batteries for its Neue Klasse EVs from 2025, promising a 30 per cent greater range and 50 per cent lower costs. We may all be waiting for Solid State batteries to arrive and transform the EV market, with the promise of lower costs, increased range and higher energy density. But as […]
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BMW turns an electric BMW i4 M50 in to a four-motor electric BMW M test car.
BMW is planning the electric future of cars like the M3 and M4 with a BMW M test car based on the electric i4 M50 with four electric motors. What happens to performance cars like BMW’s M cars when even a family EV hatchback is boasting the sort of performance that was the realm of […]
BMW planning a HYDROGEN SUV for 2025 – with a little help from Toyota
BMW is about to build a small run of electric iX5s powered by hydrogen, but has plans for a proper hydrogen offering by 2025. It’s clear that BEVs are winning the EV race at the moment, mainly because we all have the ability to ‘fuel’ them relatively easily by plugging in, either at home or […]
The BMW 1602 Electric Drive – BMW’s first ELECTRIC car – is 50 years old this month
The BMW 1602 Electric Drive, BMW’s first electric car, debuted 50 years ago this month at the Munich Olympics in 1972. What’s the first electric car from BMW? Most of us suppose it’s the electric BMW i3, which has just gone out of production after nearly a decade on sale, but it’s not. In fact, […]
New BMW M3 Touring FINALLY arrives as BMW gives the M3 a load-lugging shed
The BMW M3 Touring finally arrives, ahead of its Goodwood Festival of Speed public debut, sporting 503bhp, AWD and an £80,550 price tag. It’s 35 years since the first BMW 3 Series Touring arrived, and much the same since we saw the first M3, and now, finally, BMW has put the two together and delivered […]
New BMW M3 Touring is the FASTEST Estate car around the Nurburgring
The new BMW M3 Touring, due to be revealed at Goodwood this month, has set the fastest lap time for an estate car at the Nurburgring of 7:35.06. The BMW M3 Touring – BMW’s 3-Series Estate with the underpinnings of the M3 – has been ‘on the way‘ for a rather long time. But it […]
BMW iX Electric SUV with 700-mile range thanks to ONE’s Dual-Chemistry battery tech
BMW has teamed up with Our Next Energy (ONE) to fit their Gemini dual-Chemistry battery in the BMW iX, promising a 700-mile range. With electric cars, we’ve probably now moved from range anxiety to charging anxiety as most EVs now have sufficient range for almost everyone’s reasonable needs, but the less than reliable public charging […]
New BMW M3 Touring to DEBUT at Goodwood Festival of Speed
The new BMW M3 Touring – the first M3 Touring from BMW – will debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this summer. It’s getting on for two years since BMW confirmed it was finally going to put into production a Touring version of the M3, and now it’s about to reveal it at the […]
New BMW X1 arrives – and brings with it a new ELECTRIC BMW iX1 too
A new BMW X1 arrives, bringing a more SUV-inspired look, new technology, and an electric BMW iX1. Arrives October 2022. BMW is on a drive to offer an electric version of all its range, and the latest is the new BMW iX1, which arrives with a new BMW X1 range. The current BMW X1 is […]
BMW M4 50 Jahre Edition heading for the UK to CELEBRATE 50 years of BMW’s ‘M’ Division
BMW celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the BMW M Division with the M4 50 Jahre Edition, a cosmetic special edition heading for the UK. It’s 50 years ago today (24 May 2022) since BMW’s M Division came into existence, and it’s certainly made its mark. To celebrate, BMW is delivering celebration models of both the […]