+++ Bidirectional charging comes with Neue Klasse models +++ Next technology boost focuses on intelligent charging +++ New functions for the charging ecosystem BMW Connected Home Charging +++
+++ Wire arc additive manufacturing enables metallic components with optimum ratio between rigidity and weight +++ Following test bench testing, the first vehicle trials will run from 2025 +++
+++ Installation now begins in new halls at BMW Group Plant Steyr +++ 300 items of plant and equipment worth over 500 million euros for e-drive production +++ Pre-series production to launch in summer 2024 +++
+++ Neue Klasse sedan to be built in Munich from 2026 +++ Era of automobiles with combustion engines from Munich draws to a close after 75 years at the end of 2027 +++ € 650 million invested in securing location in the long term +++
+++ Know-how concentrated at BMW Group Cell Manufacturing Competence Centre +++ Production, development and purchasing linked in unique way +++ Special focus on recycling and circularity +++
+++ Hydrogen fuel cell drive system also performs convincingly in very high temperatures +++ BMW Group reaffirms openness to technology and diversity of emission-free drive systems +++
+++ The new display and operating system will be available in the Neue Klasse from 2025 +++ BMW Panoramic Vision enhancing BMW driver orientation +++ User experience for all passengers +++
The new BMW head-up display is called BMW Panoramic Vision and represents the reinterpretation of the BMW driver orientation "eyes on the road - hands on the wheel" in the NEUE KLASSE.
+++ BMW Mixed Reality Slider: into the virtual world in five steps. +++ Advanced BMW Head-up-Display in NEUE KLASSE from 2025. +++ Full-colour E Ink technology enables up to 32 colours. +++
+++ Focus on the development of the next generation Li-ion cells for the Neue Klasse +++ Technology leap: Further development in cell chemistry and format +++ automotive-compatible solid-state battery by the end of the decade – demonstrator vehicle well before 2025 +++ clear claim: The greenest electric vehicle is a BMW +++
The BMW Group will be accelerating its expansion of e-mobility in the coming years. This will also increase the need for lithium, an important raw material for production of battery cells. For this reason, the company will source lithium from a second leading supplier, US-based Livent. The value of the multi-year contract will total around 285 million euros. Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on.
BMW iX* and BMW i4 production powered by hydroelectricity from Rivers Isar and Lech +++ Electricity for BMW Group production is 100% green +++ Direct supply contracts boost eco-credentials +++
The BMW iDrive celebrates 20 years at the all-digital CES2021. A paradigm shift in the interaction between driver and vehicle became an industry standard and laid the foundations for today’s multifunctional, online-based user experience.
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