BMW will display their latest tech wizardry at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015. Amongst the highlights is their new automated parking assistance facility which enables a user to tell the car to go and park – and come back to them again – using a simple command on a smart watch. Science fiction? Not […]
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The largest low carbon vehicle event, held at Millbrook Proving Ground, got off to a great start today with several announcements to whet the appetite of any person interested in electric, hybrid, fuel cell and other alternative technologies. Professor Gordon Murray teamed up with Innovate UK Chief Executive Iain Gray CBE to reveal Yamaha’s Formula
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UPDATE 19 August 2014: The BMW i8 sold to one lucky bidder for the quite astonishingly high price of $825,000 (approx. £500,000) or equivalent to new fewer than five base spec. BMW i8s. The special edition vehicle was auctioned by hosts Jay Leno and Ludwig Willisch, President & CEO of BMW North America. For people
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One of the largest electric vehicle collaborations is taking place within the industry to develop, collaborate and expand electric charging infrastructure. Eight global automakers, including BMW, Honda and GM and 15 electric utilities are working with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to develop and implement a standardized Smart Grid integration platform. The plug-in electric
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BMW have unveiled their latest BMW i3 fast DC chargers, made by Bosch, available to American users. However, the fast chargers are not exactly great news if you have any other electric vehicle. At present, there is a bit of a standards battle going on in the fast DC charger arena. Generally speaking, AC is
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On the 19th July, BMW officially launched their hybrid sportscar the i8. Priced from £94,845 on-the-road, in its first full year, BMW expect to sell circa 750 BMW i8s. Here are the highlights and links to previous articles explaining the i8 in full. BMW’s first ever 1.5-litre, three-cylinder petrol engine ICE aided by a 96kw
Frome, Somerset, is to be the host of a new electric vehicle event this Friday the 4th July, at the Cheese & Grain from 6.30pm. The event is free and open to anyone interested, intrigued or bewildered by electric vehicles and will be joined by Malcolm Burgess of Tesla Motors and Kevin Sharpe of Zero
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Leading premium brand BMW will use the upcoming BVRLA Fleet Technology Congress to showcase its innovative i8 sports car. Come 1st July 2014, all eyes will be on the model, as it’s one of the first plug-in hybrid sports cars to go on sale in the UK. It uses a host of innovative technologies, including
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To an exited new eight owners, BMW have handed over the keys to their all new carbon-fibre hybrid sports car the i8. The significance of this car is that it redefines the possibilities of what a sports car can be, with a combination of both raw electric power combined with a small capacity 1.5 litre
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Since last April 24th until today, Barcelona has been the setting of the International launch of BMW’s first completely electrical scooter, the BMW C Evolution. With this innovative initiative as backdrop, this morning a meeting took place that gathered experts from different parts of the world for an in-depth discussion about the challenges of sustainable
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