Report: Samsung SDI will produce Unified Prismatic Cells for Volkswagen

The first series-produced BMW i4 has today rolled off the production lines at BMW Group Plant Munich. The company's home plant now manufactures all drive variants on a single assembly line. "For the plant and team, the launch of the BMW i4 is a milestone on the road to electric mobility,"said Milan Nedeljković, BMW AG Board Member for Production. "By 2023 more than half of all vehicles from our Munich facility will...

25 October 2021

Stellantis and Samsung SDI announced that their companies have entered into a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture to produce battery cells and modules for North America. Targeted to start in 2025, the plant aims to have an initial annual production capacity of 23 gigawatt hours, with the ability to increase up to 40 gigawatt hours in the future. Stellantis is now well advanced in the process of...

25 October 2021

Hankook Tire has successfully completed the "Volkswagen ID.4: Great Roadshow through the U.S." with its electric vehicle-specific tire Kinergy AS EV. The tour team has newly set a Guinness World Records title for the longest journey by electric car (non-solar) in a single country with an EV, breaking the previous record set in 2019. From July 13 to October 18, the new electric car from Volkswagen, VW ID.4 EV...

21 October 2021

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution today announced that their companies have entered into a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture to produce battery cells and modules for North America. The transaction is subject to agreement on definitive documentation and customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. The parties intend that the joint venture will establish a new battery manufacturing...

19 October 2021

The BMW Group sold 231,576 electrified vehicles worldwide between January and September (+98.9%). Third-quarter sales of fully-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles climbed 43.1 percent year-on-year to reach 78,333 units. With a total of 59,688 pure electric vehicles delivered to customers, the BMW Group has seen a 121.4 percent increase in sales since the start of 2021. In particular, the fully-electric BMW iX3...

7 October 2021

The BMW Group is stepping up its expansion of electromobility and will be releasing about ten million fully electric vehicles onto the roads over the next ten years or so. By 2030, at least half the BMW Group's global sales are expected to come from fully electric vehicles. This will also increase the need for lithium, an important raw material for the production of battery cells. To promote...

6 October 2021

Mercedes-Benz is taking an equity stake in European battery cell manufacturer Automotive Cells Company (ACC) to scale up development and production of next-generation high-performance battery cells and modules. As announced in July 2021, Mercedes-Benz will be ready to go fully electric by the end of the decade – wherever market conditions allow. To reach its target, the company needs a total battery production...

24 September 2021

Volkswagen is once again speeding up the transformation to electric mobility with its ACCELERATE strategy, making sustainable mobility accessible to even more people by 2025, a whole two years earlier than originally planned, Volkswagen will launch an ID. family model for the small car segment. It will cost approximately 20,000 euros. The ID. LIFE concept car, which was presented at the International Motor Show IAA...

6 September 2021

With the BMW i Vision Circular, the BMW Group is looking ahead to a compact BMW for the year 2040 that is focused squarely on sustainability and luxury. The four-seater is fully electrically powered and offers a generous amount of interior space within its around four-meter-long footprint. It has furthermore been designed according to circular economy principles across the board and therefore symbolizes the BMW...

6 September 2021

The BMW iX3 has teamed up with Marvel Studios' "Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings," which will open in global cinemas beginning in September. This marks the next installment in BMW's successful collaboration with Marvel Studios following the BMW X3 and BMW 2 Series Gran Coupé appearing in Marvel Studios' "Black Widow" earlier this year. The BMW iX3's integration in the new Marvel Studios film coincides with...

30 August 2021

Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) together with its subsidiary FIH Mobile and Stellantis announced that they have entered into a joint venture agreement. Mobile Drive, the joint venture entity, will focus on delivering a smart cockpit solution for vehicles that will disrupt current design conventions and foster the development of intelligent connected vehicles. This update comes after a Memorandum of...

24 August 2021

The new 2022 BMW iX3 is now available to order. Fresh design accents underscore the close conceptual and technological links between the all-electric Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) for the premium midsize class and the BMW iX and BMW i4. The front end has increased presence thanks to the larger BMW kidney grille, headlights around ten millimeters slimmer than before, and a newly sculpted front apron. Muscular...

11 August 2021

Urban mobility and sustainability are the central themes of the International Motor Show (IAA) 2021, which will be held for the first time in Munich, the headquarters of the BMW Group, where it will become a forum for lectures and discussions on the future of individual transport and living together in urban centres. MINI is enriching this dialogue at IAA Mobility 2021 with innovations and visions for locally...

5 August 2021

Today, Ford, GM and Stellantis announce their shared aspiration to achieve sales of 40-50% of annual U.S. volumes of electric vehicles (battery electric, fuel cell and plug-in hybrid vehicles) by 2030 in order to move the nation closer to a zero-emissions future consistent with Paris climate goals. Our recent product, technology, and investment announcements highlight our collective commitment to be leaders in the...

5 August 2021