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BMW invests €200 million in Munich plant to handle i4 production BMW decided that the upcoming BMW i4 (based on the BMW i Vision Dynamics concept) will be produced from 2021 in its headquarters – in the Munich plant in Germany. To make that happen, BMW needs to invest around €200 million ($226 million), to […]
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ZF is… gearing up to electrify everything ZF, the German supplier of transmission systems and axles components for cars and buses, is bullish on the future of hybrid and plug-in hybrids (as well as full EVs). Most recently, the company said that it expects hybrid drive to take 50% of the market in a few years […]
LOOK OUT GERMANY, THE TESLA MODEL 3 IS COMING [VIDEO] It’s hard to argue that Germany isn’t the heartbeat of automotive excellence. That said, an invader is coming (soon) to its home turf. According to Automotive News Europe, “Tesla will start the European rollout of its Model 3 in February, putting pressure on German premium brands that have […]
Hybrid trucks with plug-in capability Scania announced that in May 2019 it will supply 15 R 450 hybrid trucks for the German eHighway trials. The trucks will be equipped with special pantograph power collectors, developed by Siemens, so they can drive electric on roads with an overhead catenary system. So far, several trials like this […]
Customer deliveries to start in early 2019 In much of 2018 (January-October), Audi in Germany was registering on average more than 20 all-electric cars every month (234 total). In November alone 220 BEVs were registered. Audi’s electric flagship e-tron has been in production since September 2018 but we didn’t yet hear of any customer deliveries as […]
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