Switching to battery or hydrogen EVs is the most important step an automaker can make regarding decarbonization. However, to become truly carbon-neutral, it takes a lot more than abandoning the internal combustion engine. To that…
We knew this day would come, so we are not taken by surprise the BMW i3’s days are numbered. The quirky hatchback is one of the oldest models in Bavaria’s portfolio, having been around since…
32 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and yet the workweek in Leipzig is still at 38 hours or three more compared to west German factories. That will change in the…
At least 10,000 BMW and MINI brand vehicles cannot be manufactured as planned in the next few days. A BMW spokeswoman confirmed to the Handelsblatt that almost all German BMW factories are affected by the…
BMW has been quietly investing in sustainable ways of making cars for quite some time now. The first major step was made when the BMW i sub-brand was founded, with cars like the BMW i3…
What was a rumor until not long ago is turning into reality rather fast. The MINI Countryman will have a successor that will find itself a bit far from the recipe the original crossover the…
BMW announced today that the Leipzing plant will also start working on parts for the eDrive powertrain for electric vehicles, beginning next year. The announcement confirms the intentions of the Bavarian car maker to ramp…
BMW celebrated a big milestone today, as the 100,000th BMW i3 rolled off the assembly line in Leipzig. The electric car that was only launched back in 2013 managed to reach this impressive marker already,…
The BMW Group is investing a further €200 million in the future of its plant in Leipzig, eastern Germany. The building work will begin in early 2018 and include an extension of the paint shop…
Automotive News reports on BMW’s plans to reorganize its global production network into factories that build only rear-wheel drive cars and others that produce front-wheel drive cars. The scope of this process is to reduce…
