FRANKFURT (Reuters) – BMW (BMWG.DE) will offer a fully electric 5-series as part of sweeping product overhaul unveiled on Monday as the German carmaker seeks to lower vehicle emissions during production and on the road. “In ten years, the goal is to have a tot... More »
(Reuters) – Justin Thomas faltered in the final round at the BMW Championship on Sunday but held on for an ultimately comfortable three-stroke victory at Medinah in suburban Chicago. He carded a closing four-under 68 to finish on a 25-under-par total of 263, w... More »
(Reuters) – The sporting expression “caught fire” took on a literal meaning on Sunday as several players at the BMW Championship, including Phil Mickelson, were affected by a fire at their hotel. A lightning strike caused a blaze on the top floor of the Eaglew... More »
ROTTERDAM (Reuters) – As Daan Hosli’s hybrid BMW glides into downtown Rotterdam, it passes a virtual boundary into the city’s “electric-only zone” and his mobile phone trills out a reminder to switch off his combustion engine and drive on battery power. Hosli ... More »
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – BMW (BMWG.DE) expects headwinds from rising currency and commodities prices to reach a mid to high triple-digit million euro amount in 2019, Chief Financial Officer Nicolas Peter said in a statement on Monday. BMW still aims to reach an o... More »
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – BMW signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with tech giant Baidu to join its autonomous driving platform Apollo as a board member, BMW said on Tuesday. The MoU was signed during a visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Germany. After ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – BMW (BMWG.DE) is not considering moving production out of Britain because of uncertainty connected to Brexit, the company’s special representative in Britain said on Tuesday. When asked by a reporter at a conference whether the German car ma... More »
A BMW 740i is parked via a remote control key fob by company representative Paul Daman during a demonstration of various brands of self-driving cars on Capitol Hill in Washington March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron BERLIN (Reuters) – German luxury automaker B... More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo of BMW before the company’s annual news conference in Munich, southern Germany, March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) will further raise its spending on research and developme... More »
Two weeks after a late meltdown, Marc Leishman avoided a repeat performance as he staved off a challenge from Justin Rose to win the BMW Championship by five strokes outside Chicago on Sunday. More »
FILE PHOTO – A worker mounts the logo on a rim at the serial production BMW i3 electric car in the BMW factory in Leipzig September 18, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch Problems at one of its suppliers has forced German carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) to halt production i... More »
A BMW Mini electric car is charged at a station downtown Munich March 29, 2012. REUTERS/Michael Dalder Luxury carmaker BMW is considering moving planned production of an electric version of its Mini compact car to Germany from Britain in response to plans by L... More »
General view shows the headquarters of German luxury carmaker BMW in Munich, Germany January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Michael Dalder Israel’s Mobileye and German automaker BMW said on Tuesday they signed an agreement to install Mobileye’s data generation technology i... More »
Emblems of German luxury car maker BMW are pictured in a box at the BMW factory in Dingolfing near Munich November 15, 2006. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo Daimler’s (DAIGn.DE) Mercedes-Benz is on track to overtake rival BMW (BMWG.DE) to take the title of t... More »
The logo of BMW is pictured at at the 37th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Photo BMW will test autonomous vehicles in Munich next year as it seeks to keep up with ride-hailing firms like Ube... More »
A BMW logo is seen on media day at the Paris auto show, in Paris, France, September 30, 2016. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier German luxury carmaker BMW plans to launch a new version of its i3 electric car next year with a longer range and revamped design, German weekl... More »
A vintage wheelcap of a BMW is picturesd before a news conference marking the company’s 100th birthday festivities in Munich, southern Germany March 7, 2016. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo BMW wants to boost sales of electric cars by two-thirds next year to... More »
MUNICH BMW is overhauling its research and development activities to focus on self-driving cars, board member Klaus Froehlich told Reuters, a move which includes a revamp of its “i” sub-brand of carbon-fibre based electric vehicles. The company is updating its... More »
BEIJING BMW (BMWG.DE) expects its car sales in China to rise by a mid-single-digit percentage this year, in line with the overall growth of the world’s biggest passenger car market, board member Ian Robertson said on Monday. Last year, BMW sold 460,000 cars in... More »
VIENNA The chief executive of BMW hinted in a German paper that there was potential for another of its “i” electric car models. “Between the i3 and the i8, there is space if you look at it from the number point of view,” Harald Krueger told Frankfurter Allgeme... More »
