Hot! BMW AG: What's Next

[Matski]

Fascinating !

DO tell us more !

I think it's covered by the documentary The Silence of the Quandts

 

[Deleted member 25]

You are minimg godwin points ?

 

[Lupusmajor]

The Quandts are ruthless. They even have a tank of Great White Sharks with Frickin lasers to deal with their adversaries.

Comone. We all know where the family Quandt has money(a very influential family in Nazism, many forced workers die because off them). And you are making fun of this. You are disgusting!!!

I know this is not a political forum. Sorry, but i could not help it.

 

[Matski]

Well that escalated quickly.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

I think it's covered by the documentary The Silence of the Quandts

Whooosh !!! The sound of that one going over my head. I really should have caught the Third Reich connotation. I was silly enough to initially think that it was some wordplay on that Hannibal Lecter film. My bad.

 

[SCOTT27]

Comone. We all know where the family Quandt has money(a very influential family in Nazism, many forced workers die because off them). And you are making fun of this. You are disgusting!!!

I know this is not a political forum. Sorry, but i could not help it.

As you may or may not know many areas of industry including the Quandt family have acknowledged but have also paid repartation for their involvement during the Second World War.
Yes we intend to keep politics out of this forum. Even though my background is in politics and I Am concerned with current politics especially in Germany.
And that was a reply seen as humorous to the original post where that you do not threaten their business stock price and expect get away with it.

 

[Matski]

Whooosh !!! The sound of that one going over my head. I really should have caught the Third Reich connotation. I was silly enough to initially think that it was some wordplay on that Hannibal Lecter film. My bad.

No worries... I knew I was verging on scraping the bottom of the Barrel!

 

[Lupusmajor]

As you may or may not know many areas of industry including the Quandt family have acknowledged but have also paid repartation for their involvement during the Second World War.
Yes we intend to keep politics out of this forum. Even though my background is in politics and I Am concerned with current politics especially in Germany.
And that was a reply seen as humorous to the original post where that you do not threaten their business stock price and expect get away with it.

Don't get me wrong. I don't have nothing against German people. I dislike also German politices. If there was any right in this world, they should take all of money from Quandt family, after Second World War(and also to all other families associated with Nazism). But we know this World. If you have money, you can do anything and you are not punished.

 

[SCOTT27]

Don't get me wrong. I don't have nothing against German people. I dislike also German politices. If there was any right in this world, they should take all of money from Quandt family, after Second World War(and also to all other families associated with Nazism). But we know this World. If you have money, you can do anything and you are not punished.

Start with Soros.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

Even though my background is in politics and I Am concerned with current politics especially in Germany.

Hah-was Sie nicht sagen !

Ich war Student der Politikwissenschaft (u.a. an der LMU/Geschwister-Scholl-Institut in München). Ist aber gut 43 Jahre her .

 

[Lupusmajor]

Start with Soros.

Your right. I'm glad that you understand me. So we agree about Quandt, Soros, Rockefeller... They all belong in prisons, or better the Nuremberg process.

 

[SCOTT27]

Well Herbert and Johanna Quandt are dead. So I do not see why his Children or Grand Children should be accountable today. Certainly acknowledge apologise and compensate. Which they have done and continue to do so.

 

[Lupusmajor]

Definitely not children. They admit Nazi past. But they still have money and the y are one of the most influential family ( they are giving money to every political party which comes in Bundestag). I think this is not right. Even in the case of a diesel affair, we see who is the Boss in Germany or better to say EU.

I will not discuss it anymore. This is not right Forum for these things. Sorry to all car enthusiast.

 

[klier]

I will not discuss it anymore. This is not right Forum for these things. Sorry to all car enthusiast.

You should be worried about those Cobalt mines instead.

 

[sako97]

I really thought this was a photoshop at first:

Gotta say it bothers me ever so slightly, but the owner is somewhat justified....

 

[EnI]

BMW ‘confident’ about winning the race to solid-state batteries

Tony Middlehurst - Autocar

Friday February 23rd 2018

Outgoing marketing boss Ian Robertson outlines BMW’s search for a “competitive advantage” in next-gen battery and electric systems

Most folk in the car industry seem agreed on the idea that the manufacturer who can crack the productionising of solid-state batteries will be in the box seat when it comes to making a success of the next generation of electric vehicles.

Among the manufacturers most determined to win the electrical race is BMW. The company’s outgoing head of marketing Ian Robertson is confident that BMW’s next-gen battery and electrical systems will give the firm a significant competitive edge.

“There will be a period where the battery capability will become a defining factor in choice” Ian Robertson Technical advantage

“We believe that the next few steps in development will turn batteries from a commodity into something delivering more of a technical advantage,” Robertson has said.

As things stand, there’s not much to choose between today’s electric cars when it comes to range and performance. The pricing of vehicles is chiefly dictated by different aspects, but Robertson is of the opinion that car makers like BMW are on the point of breakthroughs that will change the goalposts in their favour.

“Ultimately, that advantage will probably even out again, but there will be a period where the battery capability will become a defining factor in choice,” he says.

“Today, car buyers will choose an engine based on different factors – its power, its economy, its refinement. Some are better than others, and there will be a period where customers will have a choice of battery performance in a similar way.”

BMW has been working for quite a while with Toyota on the development of battery and hydrogen technology. Toyota has already made a statement of intent in regards to its plans to have solid-state batteries on sale by around 2025. These batteries will have potentially greater performance than today’s lithium ion units, with the added advantages of being physically smaller and potentially less expensive in the medium term.

The biggest issue will be bringing them into production, which Robertson admits will be “incredibly difficult”. He notes that they are already working in the lab, and describes himself as “confident” in BMW’s position at the moment.

Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/essentials/life...confident-winning-race-solid-state-batteries/

 

[Matski]

In the meantime, @bmwblog is reporting that the V12 engine dies with the pre-LCI M760.

-> BMW M760Li xDrive V12 Engine to Be Pulled Out of Production Next Year

"Just a few days ago we announced that the BMW M550i model was going put on hold due to the tightening environmental laws the BMW Group has to abide by. Now it looks like yet another M Performance model will go out of production in the future. According to one of our trusted sources in Munich, BMW plans to pull the V12 engine of the BMW M760Li xDrive model out of production once the facelift for the 7 Seriescomes around"

Which licks donkey shaft in my opinion.

 

[beckervdo]

The last V12 for the M760Li Pre-LCI was 6.6 litre.
The new V12 for M760Li will be the same fitted in New Phantom, with 6.8 litre

 

[SCOTT27]

The last V12 for the M760Li Pre-LCI was 6.6 litre.
The new V12 for M760Li will be the same fitted in New Phantom, with 6.8 litre

Correct. The new variation from the Phantom for the next generation Ghost. But we are getting another M760Li edition coming soon.

 

[SKY]

Correct. The new variation from the Phantom for the next generation Ghost. But we are getting another M760Li edition coming soon.

More power?