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BMW Electric Cars Not Expected to be Immediately Profitable

BMW is not expecting to earn any profits with its first generation electric vehicles, such as the upcoming Megacity Vehicle, until possibly the second product cycle. BMW's conventional drive cars will subsidize the company's foray into electrical cars.

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BMW News

Production BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Powered By Concept Active 5-Series Drivetrain

The combustion engine drivetrain for the production Vision Efficient Dynamics (gasoline motor version) has been revealed to be from the BMW Concept Active 5, a twinpower turbo straight-six gasoline engine with elecric drive and eight-speed automatic transmission. A fully hybrid version of the VED will follow later.

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BMW News

BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics (VED) Approved for Production!

AMS reports that BMW's board has decided to green-light the Vision Efficient Dynamics for production at the Leipzig plant. The BMW VED is scheduled to hit the market in 2013 using a regular combustion engine. The drivetrain concept shown at last year's unveiling of the VED (1.5l Diesel engine ... CONTINUED

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1-Series

First Sight of Production ActiveE 1-series. Shows Upcoming 1-series LCI updates.

We bring you the first photos of the all-electric BMW Concept ActiveE 1-series production model. Compared to concept version, the production ActiveE receives more conventional wheels and tires, a different front bumper, a new hood with a bump, new headlight design, and "E Drive" badges. The upcoming lifecycle impulse ... CONTINUED

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BMW News

BMW Announces Markets for BMW ActiveE Field Trial

Later today at Opportunity Green in Los Angeles, BMW will announce the markets which will participate in the BMW ActiveE field trial when it begins in summer 2011 - including NYC, LA, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento and Boston.

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BMW News

Dontblogaboutthis BMW Mystery Car Takes New Form

As expected, the dontblogaboutthis BMW Mystery Car has a new look. Up until now it has been in a randomly thrown-together looking VED+6-series form. The look we're looking at is the form that this concept car may take at a possible unveiling at the 2010 Paris Motor Show next week ... CONTINUED

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BMW News

BMW Is World’s Most Sustainable Car Company For 6th Consecutive Year

For the 6th year straight, BMW has been named as the auto industry’s Supersector leader (aka the world’s most sustainable "green" automobile manufacturer). This was the conclusion of the SAM Group, published in its latest evaluation for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). The BMW Group is the only company ... CONTINUED

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Mystery BMW Emerges. Electric/Hybrid BMW? VED Production Version?

A mystery BMW has surfaced at dontblogaboutthis.com. No info is provided on it except some teaser videos and photos. It wears the VED (Vision Efficientdynamics Concept), so could it be a VED production version? Judging by the tall skinny wheels our guess is a hybrid/electric/alternative fuel vehicle of some ... CONTINUED

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1-Series

BMW’s ActiveE Zero Emissions Ads Banned in UK

In a rather strict interpretation of BMWs Concept AciveEs advertising message, the European Advertising Standards Alliance has banned BMW from advertising "Zero Emissions" with respect to its electric cars. Their basis is that this is a false claim by BMW. See the following explanation:... CONTINUED

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BMW News

New Details on BMW’s upcoming 3-Cylinder Powerplants

BMW Insider Scott26 has posted up some very very interesting and tantalizing news on BMWs future engine productions, which are of course very much in the vein of EfficientDynamics. The new engine in question is a 3-Cylinder engine that BMW has developed for use primarily within the next generation ... CONTINUED

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7-Series

BMW ActiveHybrid 7 Qualifies For $900 Tax Credit

The Internal Revenue Service today certified that the BMW ActiveHybrid 7 qualifies for up to a $900 tax credit under the Alternative Motor Vehicle provision. This serves as yet another endorsement for the BMW EfficientDynamics strategy.The ActiveHybrid 7 combines an electric motor with BMW’s much-praised 4.4-liter ... CONTINUED

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7-Series

2011 BMW ActiveHybrid 750i First Drive by InsideLine

Quote: Its really a shame that the word "hybrid" has such a miserly connotation. Its as though everything stamped with the word has to be either economical, eco-friendly or worse: both! How are ... CONTINUED

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3-Series

BMW 320d gets 1,013 miles on a single tank of diesel

Fifth Gear host Tom Ford managed to drive a stock BMW 320d from the Chunnel exit in France to Munich, Germany and almost the entire way back on just one tank of diesel. This equates to 68.9mpg (imperial gallon) and 57.5mpg (US gallon). BMW diesel power flexing its muscle!

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BMW News

BMW Group supports “national platform for e-mobility”

The BMW Group is taking an active role in the “national platform for electromobility” launched by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday. The BMW Group will contribute its many years of experience in the area of electromobility to the project, plus the extensive scientific results from field tests ... CONTINUED

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1-Series

Confirmed: FWD Hydrogen Hybrid 1-series concept in the works

Remember these spyshots? Looks like the photos were of a FWD hydrogen hybrid 1-series test car afterall, according to autoblog.nl. The 1-series hydrogen hybrid concept is powered by a 120hp 4 cylinder gas engine, hydrogen fuel, cell, electric motor, FWD and RWD!. The car operates ... CONTINUED

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5-Series

2010 Geneva: World Premiere of F10 BMW 5-series ActiveHybrid

The world wide premiere of the F10 5-series ActiveHybrid concept is not until the official BMW Press Conference tomorrow, but we bring you photos today of BMW's newest hybrid concept. As you can see by the scene, the 5-series hybrid is a main part of a presentation that will be ... CONTINUED

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5-Series

BMW 5-Series (F10) Concept ActiveHybrid Official photos, wallpapers and video

Here are all the official details, videos and wallpapers related to the newly released Concept ActiveHybrid 5-series. This is still a concept car in name, but expect a production model to follow suit

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5-Series

F10 5-series ActiveHybrid’s first official photos

Here are the first official photos of the F10 5-series hybrid which will be making its world debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in just a few days! Photos courtesy of Auto Motor und Sport.

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