From t3n.de:
"BMW and Daimler are working together on a platform for electric cars. The first model will be the compact electric BMW i2, which should cost less than 30,000 euros.
BMW and Daimler join forces: The two South German premium carmakers not only put together their mobility services and work together on self-driving cars. To save costs, they also tinker together on an architecture for electric cars.
BMW and Daimler share development costs and electric car architecture
In order not to have to shoulder the costly challenges of the mobility of the future alone, BMW and Daimler have joined forces in numerous fields. As BMW's Chief Development Officer Klaus Fröhlich explains to the Manager Magazin (Paywall), the companies are working together on an electric platform in order to be able to earn money with electric cars. The Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on ongoing negotiations for the development of a joint vehicle platform in mid-March .
For three years, the most important boards of the two companies would meet after BMW boss Harald Krüger had initiated an era of alliances at BMW. Daimler is the partner of choice for Krüger. Volkswagen was according to the report also in the game, Cheerful and colleagues, however, had initially decided against the Wolfsburg, talks with Volkswagen but would continue.
BMW i2: Stromer should cost less than 30,000 euros
The first fruit of the cooperation is initially planned only a common electric car . This edition has BMW's chief of development Fröhlich the future Daimler CEO Ola Källenius "very clearly communicated," said the business magazine. The compact Stromer is going to go into production as a BMW i2 and will be similar in size to the first BMW i3released in 2013 . In order to save costs, the i2, however, will do without the expensive carbon body. "The Daimler colleagues were amazed how radically BMW wants to save," writes the magazine.
The Stromer should cost less than 30,000 euros and from 2024 roll off the line. As electric range 300 km would be aimed for. Daimler aims to sell 500,000 cars per year based on the common electrical architecture.
Daimler and BMW are comparatively late with their plans for a joint electric platform. With its modular electronic construction kit (MEB), Volkswagen already has a solution that the Group also offers to third parties for use . The first electric car based on the MEB, the VW ID, should run in 2020 from the tape . BMW plans to have 12 purely electric models in its portfolio by 2025 - initially, the iX3, the i4 and the BMW iNeXT will be released by 2021.
"BMW and Daimler are working together on a platform for electric cars. The first model will be the compact electric BMW i2, which should cost less than 30,000 euros.
BMW and Daimler join forces: The two South German premium carmakers not only put together their mobility services and work together on self-driving cars. To save costs, they also tinker together on an architecture for electric cars.
BMW and Daimler share development costs and electric car architecture
In order not to have to shoulder the costly challenges of the mobility of the future alone, BMW and Daimler have joined forces in numerous fields. As BMW's Chief Development Officer Klaus Fröhlich explains to the Manager Magazin (Paywall), the companies are working together on an electric platform in order to be able to earn money with electric cars. The Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on ongoing negotiations for the development of a joint vehicle platform in mid-March .
For three years, the most important boards of the two companies would meet after BMW boss Harald Krüger had initiated an era of alliances at BMW. Daimler is the partner of choice for Krüger. Volkswagen was according to the report also in the game, Cheerful and colleagues, however, had initially decided against the Wolfsburg, talks with Volkswagen but would continue.
BMW i2: Stromer should cost less than 30,000 euros
The first fruit of the cooperation is initially planned only a common electric car . This edition has BMW's chief of development Fröhlich the future Daimler CEO Ola Källenius "very clearly communicated," said the business magazine. The compact Stromer is going to go into production as a BMW i2 and will be similar in size to the first BMW i3released in 2013 . In order to save costs, the i2, however, will do without the expensive carbon body. "The Daimler colleagues were amazed how radically BMW wants to save," writes the magazine.
The Stromer should cost less than 30,000 euros and from 2024 roll off the line. As electric range 300 km would be aimed for. Daimler aims to sell 500,000 cars per year based on the common electrical architecture.
Daimler and BMW are comparatively late with their plans for a joint electric platform. With its modular electronic construction kit (MEB), Volkswagen already has a solution that the Group also offers to third parties for use . The first electric car based on the MEB, the VW ID, should run in 2020 from the tape . BMW plans to have 12 purely electric models in its portfolio by 2025 - initially, the iX3, the i4 and the BMW iNeXT will be released by 2021.
