OTA software update for 750,000 BMW, finally gets Android Auto
The on-board computer operating system of many younger BMWs is getting an upgrade. In addition to new functions, it also brings more speed to familiar ones. BMW has refreshed its …
How to use High Beam Assist on BMW
BMW’s high-beam assist adds to your driving safety. The system monitors the driving conditions and if necessary turns your car’s high beam lights on and off automatically. How BMW High …
How to use BMW Display Key
In the past, you only needed a car key to lock or unlock your vehicle and to start the engine. But those days are long gone, because with the Display …
How to use BMW Head-Up Display
Where do you get all the information you need in traffic and private, but still get through traffic safely and comfortably without taking increased risks or exposing yourself to danger? …
How to use BMW Parking Assistant
The cities are becoming more and more crowded, the parking situation more confusing and so the pressure in daily traffic increases. Small collisions often occur when maneuvering and parking, which …
BMW pays $18 million fine in the USA for dubious sales figures
The German automaker is said to have made misleading information about its US sales figures. BMW cooperated in the investigation and thus received reduced sentence. The German car manufacturer BMW …
Getting out of the crisis with luxury is a problematic strategy in the auto industry
The car manufacturers rely on noble and expensive. That is economically consistent, but socially questionable. It is at least five meters long and weighs a good two tons. The interior …
BMW recalls plug-in hybrids over short circuit risk
BMW has to recall various plug-in hybrid models as there is a risk of a short circuit. Customers are strongly advised not to charge the vehicles. BMW not only calls …
BMW posts 666 million euros in operating loss in second quarter of 2020
The automaker is suffering the worst quarter in the company’s history due to the corona – but is still doing better than competitors like Daimler or VW. Worst quarter ever …
BMW plans to sell seven million electric cars within ten years
BMW wants to significantly increase the number of electric cars with fully electric drives for model series such as the high-selling 5 Series. “In ten years, a total of more …
BMW buys battery cells from Swedish Northvolt
The Munich-based automaker will need more batteries for its electric cars in the future. BMW plans to buy from Northvolt for two billion euros. The BMW group signs another billion-dollar …
BMW starts the Tesla hunt – opens new production facility for electric drives
CEO Zipse: Tesla is attacking with modern production in Lower Bavaria. BMW was once an electrical pioneer itself – and now wants to go back there. The automaker BMW wants …
BMW plans to build 500,000 electric drives in Dingolfing every year
The carmaker plans to employ 2,000 people in the county town soon. In 2022, one in three BMWs sold in Europe is said to be a hybrid or electric car. …
BMW renews the 7 Series engine range – receives a mild-hybrid system
Almost five years after the launch of the sixth generation of the 7 Series, and one year after introducing a half-life facelift, BMW updates the engine range of its flagship, …
BMW and Daimler put joint project for autonomous driving on ice
BMW and Daimler do not want to pursue a development cooperation for autonomous driving for the time being. A later collaboration is possible. BMW and Daimler’s passenger car subsidiary Mercedes-Benz …
BMW decides to cut 6,000 jobs
Management and works council have agreed to cut staff levels. The group continues to expect severe sales slumps as a result of the corona pandemic. The belts at BMW have …
No more surprises: BMW M5 2021 leaks before debut
A user in social media published the photo. The image that you can see on the cover of this note shows us the new face of the BMW M5 2021. …
BMW iX3 pre-production begins in China – discover the first photos of the Bavarian electric SUV
While the new electric SUV from BMW is in the pre-production phase in its Chinese factory, the manufacturer has just published the first series of official photographs finally showing the …
Realism down to the smallest detail: This is how the virtual version of the BMW M4 GT4 is created
After around six months of intensive development work, the BMW M4 GT4 celebrates its virtual premiere on the Sim Racing platform iRacing in June. To ensure that the BMW M …
The BMW iX3 will be produced only in China from this summer
The Bavarian brand has already announced its electric ambitions with the BMW iX3. The emission-free SUV will go into production this summer. After a few years without a new member …
BMW does not rule out further layoffs
A first wave of job cuts had already been planned by BMW, but the brand announces that it no longer rules out laying off more people in the midst of …
BMW Dingolfing plant makes room for electric vehicle components
BMW has created more space for the production of electric drive components at the Dingolfing location. Production and storage halls, which still date from the time of Hans Glas GmbH, …
The new BMW 1 Series says goodbye to rear-wheel drive – Review
The third generation of the new BMW 1 Series no longer drives with traditional rear-wheel drive. Oh my godness. As if the upheaval in the automotive industry weren’t big enough, …
BMW Motorrad delivers 35 motorbikes to the Berlin police
Handover to the Berlin police chief and interior senator at the former Tempelhof airport. Head of the BMW Group plant in Berlin hands over vehicles manufactured in Spandau. As of …
BMW plant in Leipzig celebrates its 15th birthday
On May 13, 2005, 15 years ago, BMW started operations in its new plant in Leipzig. A small reason for the carmaker to celebrate, because the belts in the Leipzig …