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The BMW Group has delivered the first 40 vehicles that will be used for this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. As the Official Automotive Partner to London 2012, BMW’s newly-liveried vehicles will be used by LOCOG to help ensure the games run smoothly. The full fleet will consist of electric, diesel, and hybrid [...]

A new joint venture to help develop and integrate a recharging infrastructure for electric cars has been created by industry giants BMW, Bosch, Daimler, EnBW, RWE and Siemens. Based in Berlin, a new joint venture company called hubject GmbH will develop and operated a data platform to help integrate charging infrastructure across Germany. The new [...]

BMW is indeed in talks with General Motors (GM) about a co-operation to produce fuel cell vehicles, it is confirmed this morning.  A rumour of a partnership between the two was reported here on TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk a few weeks ago (see story) and now BMW Chairman, Norbert Reithofer has confirmed that talks have been on-going for [...]

Are you drooling at the prospect of driving an electric car from a luxury brand like BMW? If not, then you might be when you check out the new teaser video for the BMW i3 city car and the BMW i8 super car. The German automaker has released a new YouTube video highlighting the electric [...]

Reducing fuel consumption isn’t all about tweaking the engine – BMW has managed it by introducing a new automatic climate control system. The system, being featured in the new BMW 3 Series, not only offers automatic air circulation control – which is used when there are increased concentrations of exhaust gases or fine particulates, such [...]

The Geneva Motor Show 2012 continues to take shape with BMW the latest to announce a debut for the showcase. It will introduce the BMW 116d EfficientDynamics Edition at the event. The vehicle, powered by a 1.6litre 85kW/116hp diesel engine features BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and achieves fuel economy of 62mpg with CO2 emissions at [...]

BMW is taking its EfficientDynamics strategy forward by introducing a new TwinPower turbo four-cylinder engine for the X3 xDrive28i. The new engine is set to replace the inline six-cylinder engine and will offer significantly improved fuel economy figures – indeed BMW anticipates that the X3 will be the most fuel efficient petrol sport activity vehicle [...]

BMW is planning a third electric model for its new ‘i’ ‘Born Electric’ range, according to Germany’s Autobild magazine. It is believed that the car maker could be planning a to launch an i5 compact MPV model in 2015 to complement its first two electric models; the i3 electric supermini and the i8 plug-in hybrid [...]

You might not expect TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk to report on BMW introducing a new range of M Performance Automobiles – however, there is a distinctly green flavour to these new vehicles. The vehicles boast a new six-cylinder in-line diesel engine and feature three turbochargers capable of delivering a maximum output of 280kW and peak torque of 740Nm. [...]

BMW is ‘calling all electronauts’ as it opens the recruitment process for drivers interested in leasing its first electric car model as part of trials taking place in the US. From this week, the German car maker begins the hunt for 700 drivers in the Boston, Hartford, New York, Los Angeles, Sacremento, San Diego and [...]