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On 21/1/2023 at 18:30, 4200blu scrive:

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In September 2022 BMW Group has announced its Gen6 Li-Ion cell. For the sixth generation of BMW eDrive technology used in the NEUE KLASSE, the company has fundamentally refined the cell format and cell chemistry. With the new BMW round cell specially designed for the electric architecture of the NEUE KLASSE models, it will be possible to significantly increase the range of the highest-range model by up to 30 percent (according to WLTP). The new BMW round cells come with a diameter of 46 millimetres and two different heights of 95mm and 120mm. Compared to the prismatic cells of the fifth BMW battery cell generation, the cell’s volumetric energy density will improve by more than 20 percent.

Dunque, la NK avrà celle ad alto Ni con cobalto, ma più efficienti e 4695 e 46120 cilindriche, ma da Solid Power o dallo stabilimento della cinese CATL a Debrecen? 

 

Nessuna indicazione di LFP dove i cinesi e la stessa CATL sta andando. 

Si vede che non gli è bastato che tutte le batterie Phev e EV di Bmw dal 2020 a oggi continuano a essere ritirate. 🔥

Modificato 4 Febbraio 2023 da Maxwell61

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6 ore fa, Maxwell61 scrive:

Dunque, la NK avrà celle ad alto Ni con cobalto, ma più efficienti e 4695 e 46120 cilindriche, ma da Solid Power o dallo stabilimento della cinese CATL a Debrecen? 

 

Nessuna indicazione di LFP dove i cinesi e la stessa CATL sta andando. 

Si vede che non gli è bastato che tutte le batterie Phev e EV di Bmw dal 2020 a oggi continuano a essere ritirate. 🔥

Al momento non pubblicano qualche fornitore fa le batterie per quale fabbrica e quale modello. Ma penso che si puo dare scontato, che il caso normale sarebbe, che la fabbrica del fornitore piu vicino della fabbrica BMW fornisce le batterie anche per risparmiare via del trasporto, perche anche questa in una vista integrata fa differenza per il CO2 foorprint totale. D'altra parte credo si ha imparato come lessons learned negli ultimi anni di non fidarsi ad una situazione single sourcng 100%. Con la nuova standardizazione delle celle per la NK, con celle definito di BMW e usato in modo unificato per tutti modelli e solo prodotto dal fornitore, si ha certe possibilita in caso di emergenza.

 Batterie a stato solido si aspetta i primi prototipi per 2025, ma verso una produzione in stile/volume di serie grandi si bisogna sicuramente parecchi anni in piu. Forse sara roba della gen7.

 

 

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Il gruppo BMW non ha intenzione di abbandonare la produzione di veicoli con motori a combustione interna. L'ennesima conferma arriva da alcune indiscrezioni lanciate dall'autorevole testata tedesca Handelsblatt sulla base di informazioni raccolte tra alcuni manager del costruttore bavarese. In particolare, il gruppo guidato da Oliver Zipse, convinto sostenitore di un approccio alla decarbonizzazione improntato alla neutralità tecnologica, vuole continuare a produrre endotermiche ancora per molti anni, al punto che le Suv della famiglia X saranno disponibili con propulsori diesel e benzina anche nel prossimo decennio. La stessa BMW starebbe perfino lavorando a una nuova piattaforma multi-energy. 

Si investe ancora. La nuova architettura sarà la base dei veicoli lanciati a partire dal 2027, con ogni tipo di alimentazione. Inoltre, i motori a quattro, sei e otto cilindri riceveranno degli importanti aggiornamenti e dalla gamma non spariranno neanche le versioni diesel. La Casa non ha voluto commentare le indiscrezioni che, a ogni modo, non si discostano da quanto finora affermato da Zipse o altri manager. Del resto, per il 2030 il gruppo punta a raggiungere un mix di vendite con le elettriche al 50%, il che ha un ovvio significato: i bavaresi prevedono di vendere centinaia di migliaria di veicoli a benzina o diesel all'anno anche nei prossimi anni, ma per farlo intendono aggiornare le piattaforme e l'offerta delle motorizzazioni.

via Quattroruote 

 

Ma sbaglio o qualche giorno fa @4200blu aveva scritto qualcosa di completamente opposto sulla nuova piattaforma? Ho solo capito male io? 🤔

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17 minuti fa, __P scrive:

via Quattroruote 

 

Ma sbaglio o qualche giorno fa @4200blu aveva scritto qualcosa di completamente opposto sulla nuova piattaforma? Ho solo capito male io? 🤔

 

..credo che un giornalista (forse gia uno della Handelsblatt o forse anche uno della 4R ha qualcosa malintepretato o forse e basata su vecchie commentari), lo stato attuale per la Ncar almeno e bev/fcell, non ice/hev. Oppure hanno combinato sbagliato, perche la affermazione che BMW produce per qualche anni bev su NK e auto ice/hev in parallelo per se non sara falso, solo non su base della stessa piattaforma.

 

 

 

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https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/bmw-slashes-uk-diesel-offering-demand-dips

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11 minuti fa, ale75 scrive:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/bmw-slashes-uk-diesel-offering-demand-dips

 

BMW UK goes electric.

 

 

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Statement and Presentation Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, BMW Group Annual Conference 2023

 

Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

The BMW Group is a company that takes the long view, that is profitable – even in a volatile environment – and that always charts its own course. In 2022, we grew in three different ways: with the complex challenges we faced, with e-mobility and with our earnings. On the one hand, our focus is on operational excellence in the “here and now”. We know we can handle complexity. We can pivot quickly if the situation requires – and that makes the company more resilient than ever. On the other hand, we consistently maintain our course for the future, realising our goals with determination. A good example of this is our BEV ramp-up since 2013. We steer it to closely track growing demand. Since the start of the BMW i3, we have put more than half a million all-electric BMW and MINI vehicles on the roads worldwide. In fact, we sold more than 215,000 all-electric vehicles just last year. That’s more than double the number from 2021 – despite the difficult supply situation. We deliver on our promises. That has been a differentiating factor for BMW for over a hundred years.

 

With our strong BEV growth, we are leaving established competitors far behind – not to mention many of the BEV-only manufacturers from the US and Asia who are new to the market. This is true both in absolute terms and in terms of our growth dynamic. And we continue to up the pace. Demand remains strong. That’s why all-electric vehicles are expected to account for 15 percent of our global sales this year already. This will mean another big leap and the highest absolute increase we have targeted to date. We have clearly defined the next milestones for our BEV ramp-up: a fifth of overall sales in 2024; a quarter in 2025 and a third in 2026. With this momentum, more than half the vehicles we sell worldwide will be all-electric BEFORE 2030. It goes without saying that the percentage in Europe will already be well over 50 percent by then. If individual markets or regions demand 100 percent e-mobility at a certain point in time – we will be ready and able to deliver.

BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad already offer fully-electric cars and two-wheelers in practically all the market segments we serve. We already have a dozen fully-electric cars in our line-up this year, covering a range of different customer requirements. Last year, I was only able to show you the profile of the BMW i7* and the BMW iX1*. Today, those production models are standing right here beside me. Both vehicles are fresh on the market – and impressing the media and customers alike. With all our BEVs, we are attracting an especially high number of new customers across different segments. That is another reason why we are expanding our BEV range in a deliberate manner. And we are not done yet.

 

In 2023, we will take the next big step to fulfil the drivers technological needs of our customers around the globe. Later this year, we will be releasing the latest version of the world’s most successful business sedan on the market: the new BMW 5 Series – including of course the fully-electric i5. This will also be followed in 2024 by two plug-in hybrid variants. The official launch is still a few months away. But, behind me you can at least see the camouflaged i5. Production will get underway in the summer. From October onwards, the i5 will initially be released in Korea, Europe and the US.

 

BMW M fans get to experience the perfect harmony of e-mobility and dynamic performance in a very unique way. BMW M reported a record year to mark its 50th anniversary in 2022. The best-selling M model was the fully-electric BMW i4 M50*. I think, that speaks for itself. It is another reason why we are also bringing the new BMW i5 onto the market as an M Performance model.

 

Today, I can also announce the new BMW 5 Series Touring, which is particularly popular in Europe. Our Touring fans will be excited to hear that an all-electric version of the Touring will also be available for the first time from spring 2024. That is our unique selling point in this segment. I can also officially confirm the new BMW X2 and the all-electric iX2. This is already BMW’s second BEV offering in the high-volume compact class. Like the iX1*, we are building the iX2 in Germany, at our Regensburg plant. It will be launched towards the end of the year. E-mobility is a priority for us – and we measure ourselves against this. That is why, starting this year, the BEV share of total sales will be a KPI for our management of the company.

Our BEVs also make a vital contribution to achieving further, tangible reductions in the CO2 emissions of our EU new vehicle fleet. At 105.0 grams of CO2 per kilometre in the WLTP cycle, we even outperformed the EU27+2 fleet target by 22.5 grams per kilometre by the end of 2022. As you can see: The BMW Group can also be relied on to meet political directives. We are pressing ahead with our BEV ramp-up. At the same time, we remain true to our broad technological approach. Why? Because we don’t want to miss out on any market potential – and this is the only way to effectively contribute to climate protection in all markets. It is also the only way we can continue to take different customer needs in the regions and markets into account.

 

In addition to BEVs, we are also seeing particularly strong growth in the profitable high-end premium and luxury segments. Specifically, we anticipate growth here in the mid-double-digit percentage range in 2023 – thanks to attractive models like the new BMW 7 Series, the BMW X7, the BMW XM* and the Rolls-Royce model family. These will be joined in the spring by updates to the BMW X5 and the BMW X6. From 2025 onwards, the NEUE KLASSE will bring added momentum to sales of our all-electric vehicles. We intend to release at least six models onto the market within 24 months of the start of production. But before we look ahead to the future, here's Nicolas Peter to talk about our key figures for financial year 2022.

 

On the road to the NEUE KLASSE, we revealed our digital vision Vehicle at the CES in Las Vegas. And this was really a sensation! At the BMW Group, we deliver on our promises. That is our pledge.

 

The same applies to digital innovations. We are making mobility a totally new experience for our customers. Our revolutionary Head-Up Display blurs the lines between reality and the virtual world. Augmented Reality even enhances the real world. No one has ever imagined and implemented it like this in a car before. We call it BMW Panoramic Vision. And it is certainly not science fiction. In 2025 – just two years away – a standard-production version of this technology will
be used in the NEUE KLASSE.

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BMW iFACTORY – that is the future for our global production network. We are expanding this concept in great strides – in all major regions of the world. We completed two key projects in China last year: In April, the expansion at our Dadong location began operations. This is where we are localising the BMW X5 as a long-wheelbase version for the Chinese market. In late June, we also put another plant into service at our Tiexi site. The plant is fully geared towards e-mobility and was planned entirely in a virtual environment.

 

In Europe, at around the same time, we laid the foundation stone for our new plant in Debrecen, Hungary. It should become a pioneer in sustainable and climate-friendly production. This plant was also planned completely digitally. Production of the NEUE KLASSE will get underway there in 2025. From then on, others will follow in rapid succession: Our main plant in Munich in 2026. In 2027, our Mexican plant in San Luis Potosí. With other locations to follow.

 

We are also enabling our largest plant worldwide, Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, for production of all-electric vehicles. We are investing over 1.7 billion dollars in the site. By 2030, we will have six pure electric models coming off the production line in the US. We will be manufacturing the high-voltage batteries needed for this at a completely new plant in nearby Woodruff. Woodruff is just one example of our local production of high‑voltage batteries around the world.

At the moment, we are manufacturing high-voltage batteries for our current electric models in Germany and in China, at our Shenyang location.

 

Debrecen in Hungary, San Luis Potosí in Mexico and Woodruff will complete this network for the sixth generation of battery technology in the future. This “local for local” approach enables us to secure our BEV ramp-up in individual regions of the world and significantly increase our resilience to unforeseen events.Our world is diverse and individual at the same time.

 

We believe that the mobility of the future also needs more than one leg to stand on, in addition to battery-electric drivetrains. We see hydrogen-electric vehicles as a meaningful complement to e-mobility – even if with something of a time lag. Hydrogen has a lot of potential. Globally and across all industries we are already on the way to becoming a hydrogen society. At BMW, we could even envision a production vehicle in the second half of this decade. Hydrogen could also be a possible drive technology for the NEUE KLASSE going forward. Technologically, we are ready.

 

We proved this a few weeks ago when we presented our BMW iX5 Hydrogen* in Antwerp. A range of around 500 kilometres in the WLTP cycle and refuelling in three to four minutes speak for themselves. We are now sending a pilot fleet out into selected markets to gain customer experience. But let's leave the slightly more distant hydrogen technology and come back to what our customers can look forward to today and in the near future.

 

MINI will be really taking off in the next few years. By the early 2030s, the brand will be electric-only. This is what the pioneering “NEW MINI Family” is all about. A total of three new electric models will be coming onto the market next year. Standing next to me is the new MINI Cooper Electric*. And I’m confident – the fan community is also going to love the MINI Countryman and the MINI Aceman.

 

Rolls-Royce will be all-electric from the start of the next decade. The Spectre is being released at exactly the right time. We have never had so many pre-orders for a new Rolls-Royce model.

 

BMW Motorrad already relies solely on e-drives in urban settings. Following on from the CE 04, the CE 02 is mainly designed to appeal to young people living in the city. The Concept is standing right here beside me. Today's perfect customer experience also entails personalised communication with customers in the worlds they live in.

 

Focused on the customer, with highly attractive products for all brands and a new sales model – this is how we are heading into the future together with our retailers. We have broad support from our sales partners. This collaborative approach is what sets us apart from others. Direct sales, with agents acting as sales representatives, will be a key element of our realigned sales structure.

 

We have already successfully tested this as part of a pilot project in South Africa. We launched this model in China for MINI on the first of March. It will be followed next year by the European sales region for MINI. We plan to transition the BMW brand in Europe from 2026 onwards.

 

(BMW Group press)

 

 

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Rolls-Royce, per il futuro si guarda all’idrogeno

Il CEO Müller-Ötvös: "Quando questa tecnologia sarà così avanzata sarà sicuramente qualcosa che prenderemo in considerazione"

Fiducia nell’idrogeno

“Non penso che un motore a combustione a idrogeno sia qualcosa che vorrei esaminare, perché è stato testato già anni fa. Ma questo non è il modo più efficiente per utilizzare l’idrogeno – ha dichiarato il CEO di Rolls-Royce, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, ai microfoni di Autocar – Se l’idrogeno verrà utilizzato in futuro, allora sarà con le celle a combustibile. E le celle a combustibile non sono nulla di diverso da una batteria. È proprio così che ottieni l’energia. Quindi perchè no? Quando sarà il momento giusto per noi, e quando la tecnologia sarà così avanzata, sarà sicuramente qualcosa che prenderemo in considerazione come Rolls-Royce. Potremmo uscire dal business delle batterie ed entrare in quello delle celle a combustibile”.

 

 

Il problema della ricarica

“Ovviamente non puoi avere la ricarica a idrogeno a casa, mentre con i veicoli elettrici a batteria hai un grande vantaggio visto che quasi tutti i nostri clienti hanno grandi garage e hanno molto spazio, a casa come in ufficio, per installare una colonnina di ricarica – ha concluso Müller-Ötvös – Molti dei nostri clienti hanno già la ricarica installata a casa perché per la maggior parte di loro la nostra nuova Spectre non è la prima auto elettrica”. Proprio per questo motivo, il numero uno di Rolls-Royce sta “osservando da vicino” gli sviluppi nelle infrastrutture di rifornimento di idrogeno.

 

https://www.formulapassion.it/automoto/mondoauto/rolls-royce-futuro-elettrico-idrogeno

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MINI Plant Oxford goes Electric: £600m investment for all-electric MINI production in the UK.

Investment will transform MINI Plant Oxford to an all-electric production site from 2030. Production of two new electrified models – MINI Cooper 3-door and MINI Aceman - will start in the UK in 2026.

Oxford. BMW Group has announced today a new investment of more than £600 million in the MINI factories at Oxford and Swindon. “With this new investment we will develop the Oxford plant for production of the new generation of electric MINIs and set the path for purely electric car manufacturing in the future,” says Milan Nedeljković, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for production.

The Oxford plant is gearing-up to build two new all-electric MINI models from 2026, the MINI Cooper 3-door and the compact crossover MINI Aceman. By 2030 production volume will be exclusively electric and the BMW Group will have spent over £3bn on its Swindon, Hams Hall and Oxford plants since 2000.
This development has been supported by the UK Government and will help to secure jobs at the Oxford manufacturing plant and at the body-pressing facility in Swindon.

Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch says, “This decision is a big vote of confidence in the UK economy and the work of this Government to ensure the continued strength of our world-leading automotive sector. We are proud to be able to support BMW Group’s investment, which will secure high-quality jobs, strengthen our supply chains and boost Britain’s economic growth.”

Oxford to remain the Home of MINI.
The Oxford plant celebrated its 110th anniversary this year and has been successfully producing the current MINI Electric since 2019, where it is fully integrated into the production line with the conventional (ICE) models.

Stefanie Wurst, Head of the MINI brand, says, “MINI has always been aware of its history – Oxford is and remains the heart of the brand. I am delighted that the two new, fully electric MINI models – the MINI Cooper and MINI Aceman – are also being produced in Oxford, thereby confirming our path to a fully electric future. The continuing high demand for our locally emission-free vehicles shows the openness of the global MINI community to electromobility, which we will be able to serve optimally, also thanks to Oxford”.

MINI accelerates toward full electrification with new model line-up and enhanced production network.
The MINI Plant Oxford currently produces the MINI 3-door, the MINI 5-door as well as the MINI Clubman and the MINI Electric. From 2024 the plant will start producing the next generation MINI 3-door and MINI 5-door with combustion engines, as well as the new MINI Convertible, before they are joined by the new all-electric vehicles in 2026 – the MINI Cooper 3-door and the MINI Aceman.

The factory will reach a production capacity of around 200,000 cars per year in the medium term, with ICE and battery electric vehicles initially being built on the same production line. From 2030, the Oxford Plant will produce all-electric MINI models exclusively.

In a few weeks, production of the new MINI Countryman will begin at the BMW Group plant Leipzig. This larger crossover model in the MINI line-up, will be offered with both pure electric drive and combustion engines.

Production of the next generation all-electric MINI Cooper 3-door and MINI Aceman will begin in China. The new manufacturing plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province is based on a joint venture with Great Wall Motor. Exports will begin in early 2024.

 

Alla fine le Mini EV non saranno solo Made in China 

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Ma tutte le mini ev del futuro lontano saranno costruzioni cinesi.