BMWi the next movement.

[SCOTT27]

BMWi The next movement.

To mark the countdown to the launch of the BMW i3 in just over 100 days.
BMWi have laid out its strategy in a short series of videos to showcase the benefits of the BMWi programme which does not just include the two cars seen previously although they do feature in the videos detailing everything you need to know about BMWi
But a whole range of benefits and infrastructure to support the cars.

Welcome to the New Movement of mobility.

http://www.bmwgroup.com/d/0_0_www_bmwgroup_com/unternehmen/Next_Movement/index.html

Of course if you just want the facts here is BMWi and what it provides for the customer.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Wow. Judging by the reaction of people to this thread, there is a real buzz surrounding the i3.

 

[dalab]

It's the crazy market, I estimate that cars like this do not just create euphoria as passionate sites like this but it will be a big surprise with big sales in the audience for whom cars are things to get from point A to point B and nothing else butlove it but love have the BMW batch because they appreciate the good things.

Lately beautiful cars like the Z4 that when thrown generated uproar in the network, not sold as would be expected. -

crazy market ........

 

[LaArtist]

Wow. Judging by the reaction of people to this thread, there is a real buzz surrounding the i3.

Ah i like this guy..

 

[Zonda]

Lol, i-this and i-that, big words and marketing. BMW has yet to deliver something that creates actual excitement.

 

[Rainer271]

BMW planning a mid-level i5, i3 Coupe & i8 Spyder still not green-lighted - report


Next model could be an MPV or a four-door coupe

BMW has shown a handful of i concepts over the years but a new report is indicating none of them have been green-lighted.
Citing a high-ranking BMW official, Autovisie is reporting the next i model will be a new type of vehicle which will slot between the i3 and i8. The source declined to say what it is but previous reports have indicated it could either an MPV or a mid-size four-door sedan with coupe-like styling. Regardless of what it is, the model could be called the i5 and be launched in 2015.
The future of the i3 Coupe and i8 Spyder remains uncertain but the latter model could be green-lighted considering it received an overwhelmingly positive reaction.

Source: telegraaf.nl

BMW planning a mid-level i5, i3 Coupe & i8 Spyder still not green-lighted - report

 

[chonkoa]

Next it will be iXn (n=1-7)

 

[Wolfgang]

^ How about this one in BMW lingo? The ihX9?

http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/benz/innovation/future/model-Ener_G_Force_Concept

 

[dalab]

BMW confirms that it met with Tesla this week to talk about electric cars

http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/12/5804890/bmw-confirms-that-it-met-with-tesla-this-week-to-talk-about-electric-cars

In a conference call discussing the opening of its patents today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk mentioned in passing that BMW had passed through the company's offices earlier in the week:

For high-speed charging in particular, I think that's a great area for commonality among manufacturers. In fact, the team from BMW was visiting Tesla last night. We talked about potential ways to collaborate, and one of them was on the Supercharging network. We're more than happy to have other manufacturers use our Supercharging network and / or to build superchargers and install them, and then maybe have some sort of cross-use agreement.

Now, BMW spokesman Kenn Sparks has confirmed the meeting. "Both companies are strongly committed to the success of electro-mobility and discussed how to further strengthen the development of electro-mobility on an international level," he says.

Musk suggested that the two companies discussed a variety of issues — not just Superchargers — but the rapid growth of Tesla's high-speed charging network is certainly one of the elephants in the room. The charging system that Tesla uses is incompatible with the standard used by effectively every other automaker; Musk has long defended it as being technically superior and better looking, but it's left the nascent EV market with a critical schism that divides already limited resources for expanding infrastructure. With this week's patent moves, other manufacturers have a new opportunity to back Tesla's system at little cost. It's an option that has apparently piqued BMW's interest.

For its part, BMW has moved aggressively on its own EV program recently, launching the workabout i3 and hybrid i8 supercar in recent months. That may have spurred this week's meeting — and with the means already in place for getting electric cars from one American coast to the other, Tesla's charging tech must make an appealing target for any automaker that's committed to going big on electrics.

 

[Rainer271]

Third BMW i model coming after 2020, won’t be based on any existing model
Currently in the "brainstorming" process
BMW has announced they are currently researching about what their third "i" model should be like.

In an interview with Automotive News Europe, BMW’s R&D boss Klaus Froehlich said the company is now in the "strategic research phase where we brainstorm." Those who are involved in the process are contacting potential clients, organizing workshops and after that they will present the ideas to those who take the final decision.

Froehlich ruled out the possibility of coming out with an "i" version of the third generation X5, insisting that all i-badged models have to be distinct, without being based on any existing model. The third model will be added after the end of this decade and until then BMW will focus on improving the current i3 and i8. Froehlich said that battery density is improved by at least 20% at every three years, meaning that both the i3 and i8 models will gain more performance, more range or a combination of the two.

Current i3 and i8 owners should know they won't be able to benefit from the improvements made in battery technology because Froehlich said it would be very hard to replace the batteries since these are integrated and bonded into the chassis.

Source: europe.autonews.com

 

[SCOTT27]

AutoBild is showcasing an inside look on a concept car currently in development for 2016 which will illustrate the next vision for BMWi and potentially a BMW sedan for the future in which I can tell you that the next BMWi vehicle will be a four door vehicle.

Its true heritage lies with the original Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Car in which it sat four passengers with adequate leg room unlike the BMW i8.
The ideas are in conceptional phase but they use certain aspects of the Vision EfficientDynamics including the single door allowing access to both front and rear seats. Or reverse hinge doors like the BMWi3. In all its at an exciting phase trying to bring focus and reality to the BMW sedan of the future. Like both the i3 and i8,i5 will feature Carbon fibre construction in its genetics.

 

[mickaBZH]

 

[Giannis]

i* fascia + SLS Gullwing doors + A7 rear end.

And it actually looks cool!

 

[Mars1965]

View attachment 331324

I hope it doesn't get "the-shitting-dog" rear end like the A7.

 

[SCOTT27]

I hope it doesn't get "the-shitting-dog" rear end like the A7.

Its like a variation of the i8 some ideas have body panels and then aerodynamic appendages fused into them its very automotive HR Giger.

 

[Mars1965]

Its like a variation of the i8 some ideas have body panels and then aerodynamic appendages fused into them its very automotive HR Giger.

Please 'talk English' Scott. I'm just a simple man. This is the result of googeling 'HR Giger":

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

Is BMW Going To Build An Electric Crossover To Rival Tesla's Model X In South Carolina?

A new report indicates BMW is working on an electric crossover to rival the upcoming Tesla Model X and an already confirmed Audi Electric Crossover that will be previewed this year.
Autonews Europecites German publication Wirthschaftswoche, which reports that an "iSUV" would not be built alongside the BMW i3 and i8 in Germany, but in the company's center for its Sports Activity Vehicles, Spartanburg, South Carolina. That plant in the U.S. is BMW's largest in the world and the center for the X3, X4, X5 and X6 production.

While the thought of Spartanburg receiving another vehicle production investment to build more SUVs likely delights the state's governor, Nikki Haley, the South Carolina plant just received a $1 billion investment last year to build the upcoming BMW X7, a three-row, gas-powered rival for the Mercedes-Benz GL and Audi Q7.

But the idea BMW would add something more SUV-like to its i brand makes sense, given Audi's commitment to its own electric crossover in 2018 and the comparisons that draws to the imminent Tesla Model X. Audi says it will preview that EV in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show, according to Automotive News Europe.

Unsurprisingly perhaps, the electric luxury crossover contest is heating up.

 

[SCOTT27]

Its speculation as the company has always withdrawn from a full SAV under the BMWi brand. A crossover is a possibility but nothing is final.
One possibility is an RFK type crossover. RFK was the original intended R-Klasse rival before the project morphed into the BMW 5er GT.

But there are certainly plug-in hybrid models of the current and future X family heading to production. The first of which is the X5 4.0e followed by the X1 2.3e. The future X3 will receive a 3.0e and the flagship SAV the X7 will feature a Power eDrive variant.

We can speculate how the BMWi design philosophy lends itself to an SAV concept and the results are interesting.

 

[Giannis]

Does this render have a double shark fin antenna or just to surf boards on top?

 

[SCOTT27]

Does this render have a double shark fin antenna or just to surf boards on top?

I think its a surfboard.