Car Tips
Since around 2019, BMW has joined other automakers like Audi and Mercedes-Benz in marketing some of their vehicles as “mild-hybrids”. A mild-hybrid is a vehicle that uses some sort of electric aid parallel to the…
Steven Paul / August 23, 2022
4 Series
The new 2021 BMW 4 Series Coupe just had its market debut in the Czech Republic. The photo galley below brings forward the BMW 420d with the M Sport package and the Alpine White color….
Horatiu Boeriu / October 29, 2020
3 Series
Following the extensive updates for the 7 Series and upper-end X models, the 3 Series and 8 Series lineups now also get complemented with the 48-volt mild hybrid diesel powertrains from November 2020. The benefits…
Adrian Dorofte / September 23, 2020
News
Beginning with Summer 2020, BMW expands the mild hybrid electrification technology to 37 new models. Thus, the lineup of models fitted with standard 48-volt starter-generators will extend to 51 models. The mild hybrid technology is…
Adrian Dorofte / May 27, 2020
Interesting
Here is what’s behind the BMW Mild Hybrid technology
by Luca Corsini
/ Date: May 6, 2020
3 Series
The 48V mild-hybrid system debuted in the BMW 520d in Fall 2019. Today, BMW is announcing that starting in Spring 2020, the 48V technology will be extended to the BMW 3 Series, BMW X3 and…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 1, 2020
3 Series
BMW’s G20 3 Series design is a safe one. And while it’s safe, it’s equally classy and sporty. So it comes as no surprise that it has been widely accepted and praised by customers from…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 25, 2020
3 Series
One of the only new BMW 3 Series offered with a manual transmission was the BMW 320d. But a year after its market introduction, the G20 diesel will loose its six-speed manual gearbox. The introduction…
Horatiu Boeriu / January 21, 2020
5 Series
BMW announced earlier this year that a few of their models will get mild-hybrid powertrains, starting with the 520d and 520d Touring. Back then though, the Germans were reticent to offer an exact fuel consumption…
Gabriel Nica / October 23, 2019
BMW Engines
BMW announced its first mild-hybrid models yesterday, first coming to the BMW 520d. Even though some might’ve overlooked the announcement, this is a big change for the carmaker, introducing 48V electrical systems on mass-production cars….
Gabriel Nica / September 18, 2019
5 Series
The BMW 5 Series range will get a couple of very interesting upgrades this autumn, the most important of them being a move into mild-hybrid territory. The Bavarian car maker announced that the BMW 5…
Gabriel Nica / September 17, 2019