BMW Technology

The BMW iX3 leads the Neue Klasse charge with a cradle-to-grave sustainability brief that reaches far beyond the drivetrain. From day one on the road, owners see tangible benefits: on Europe’s grid mix, the iX3’s lifecycle footprint undercuts a comparable combustion model after roughly 21,500 kilometres, and with renewable charging …

BMW iX drivers – along with owners of a raft of other recent BMWs and MINIs – can now see their full life?cycle CO2 footprint directly inside the My BMW App, a first for the brand and a powerful nudge towards cleaner driving habits. The latest software roll-out lets users …

BMW Group is closing the loop on additive manufacturing waste by converting spent printing powder and discarded plastic parts into fresh filament and granulate, ready to be reshaped into production aids across its global plants. At the heart of the scheme is the Additive Manufacturing Campus in Oberschleißheim, where waste …

BMW has placed the forthcoming BMW M3 at the centre of a renewed pledge to keep petrol engines turning even as the firm ramps up its battery-electric portfolio. Speaking from the Steyr engine works in Austria, plant boss Klaus von Moltke underlined that traditional powertrains remain the financial bedrock of …

BMW’s next-generation M4 will shed its familiar carbon roof for panels woven from flax, a plant-based material developed with Swiss clean-tech firm Bcomp. First to prove the concept is the M4 GT4 endurance racer, which will lap the Nürburgring wearing the same natural-fibre composite destined for showroom cars, linking racetrack …