[ad_1] While Tesla does have a factory in Shanghai, it’s not expected to start producing cars until later in 2019. Until it ramps up in earnest, the company will have to import EVs. BMW and Mercedes, meanwhile, ship many SUVs to China from American plants. The new round of tariffs also slaps 5 percent more […]
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BMW shows revives “lost” concept car
[ad_1] The Garmisch Bertone Concept made its premiere at the 1970 Geneva Auto Show, then it vanished. The vehicle was created as a provocation to the BMW group. It’s sleek design and bold kidney grill have been evident in the BMW line up for decades even though it vanished without a trace. BMW’s head of […]
BMW adds a $80 yearly subscription for Apple’s CarPlay
[ad_1] The carmaker did give fair warning of its plans for such a subscription service, having first announced its intentions some 18 months ago. But that hasn’t made the move any more palatable for would-be BMW owners, as CarPlay is included as standard in the price of many other, lower-priced cars (the Kia Ceed, for […]
The first all-electric Mini arrives in March 2020
[ad_1] The production Mini Electric is based around a 135kW (181HP) motor that brings the car to 62MPH in 7.3 seconds, with a top speed of 93MPH. No one will mistake it for a high-end sports car, then, but that’s comparable to the Mini Cooper S. The instant 199 foot-pounds of EV torque and lower […]
Mercedes and BMW cars will drive themselves on the autobahn by 2024
[ad_1] To pull this off, BMW and Mercedes parent Daimler will share 1,200 autonomous driving experts, often in mixed teams, based at BMW’s automated driving campus near Munich and at two of Daimler’s self-driving test centers. The groups will focus on building “driver assistance systems, including sensors, as well as a joint data center for […]
BMW hints at the future of electric motorcycles with the Vision DC Roadster
[ad_1] Unveiled at BMW’s NextGen event in Munich, Germany the Vision DC Roadster concept takes the iconic design of the company’s two-cylinder boxer engine and puts a battery inside. The result is a naked bike that while very much a concept design, still looks the part of a BMW bike. BMW has taken the protruding […]
BMW teases M concept car blending technology and performance
[ad_1] Where the Vision iNEXT used tech to offer a more luxurious, hands-off ride, the Vision M Next will rely on it to “enhance driving pleasure.” This will be the anti-autonomous car, in other words — it’s all about making manual control more exciting. While it’s not certain what that entails, it’s easy to imagine […]
A BMW outage made Apple CarPlay unusable
[ad_1] Perhaps adding to driver frustration is that BMW has made no public statement about the ConnectedDrive outage or given an idea of when it will be fixed. A spokesman from BMW UK confirmed to Engadget that it experienced several outages to ConnectedDrive services in recent weeks, and has solved the problem for most of […]
EU believes BMW, Daimler and VW colluded over clean emissions tech
[ad_1] In particular, the Commission believes BMW, Daimler and VW coordinated their AdBlue dosing strategies and delayed the use of Otto Particle Filters. AdBlue is a urea product that’s meant to reduce harmful nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel passenger cars. The Commission believes the three manufacturers limited AdBlue-consumption between 2006 and 2014, essentially leading to […]