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BMW previews its vision of a safer city scooter with C1-E concept 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Says BMW, "This is what a safe, environment-friendly and highly practical single track vehicle for city traffic could look like in the future." Well then, let's dissect that statement and see how BMW sought to accomplish these seemingly contradictory goals. First, safety. Between 2000 and ...

Solar electric BMW Lovos concept makes Chris Bangle look drab 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

It must be fun to be a car designer. Unless, of course, your name becomes synonymous with a specific styling trend that very few seem to appreciate... but we digress. It definitely seems that 24-year-old Pforzheim University graduate Anne Forschner had a good time coming up with her BMW Lovos ...

Rumormill: BMW working on 'green' M1 supercar to rival Audi R8 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Will the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept that BMW debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show earlier this month spawn a production eco-friendly supercar from the German automaker? According to Auto Express, the answer is yes, and the U.K.-based publication is projecting that the new green M1 will be ...

Frankfurt 2009: BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept is mean German green 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

BMW hosted a lengthy press conference during which cars zoomed all around its raised track, and at the end the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept silently took the stage. It's a glass-topped Hot Wheels with two engines, a deep dish seventies-looking steering wheel and matching contoured wheels. ...

BMW 530d Gran Turismo tested, not coming to America 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

BMW will be showing the production version of the 5-series Gran Turismo next week in Frankfurt and we'll have driving impressions coming in the next few weeks on Autoblog. The folks at AutoCar in the UK however, have already had an opportunity at the wheel of a GT that we won't be getting when ...

Dow Jones names BMW the greenest automaker, again 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

There's a lot of competition to be seen as the world's greenest automaker – just look at the branding efforts surrounding the Toyota Prius or the Chevrolet Volt for examples – but if you look at the way an automaker designs, builds and recycles its products, then BMW is the top dog. ...

BMW Blue Dynamics Land Yacht concept gets off on wind power 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Echoing the design of Richard Jenkins' Greenbird, the wind-powered vehicle that set a land-speed record of 126.1 miles per hour earlier this year, we'd like to present a conceptual design for a BMW Blue Dynamics Land Yacht by Stefan Radev. Purely an exercise in "what if?" the renderings show a ...

BMW remains firmly committed to diesel in America 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Speaking to an Automotive Press Association luncheon today in Detroit, Jim O'Donnell made it clear that BMW was firmly committed to diesel technology even as it begins to roll out hybrid and electric vehicles. BMW delivered 500 electric MINI Es earlier this summer and recently announced its first ...

Rumormill: BMW in talks to use iQ platform for future models, Toyota to get Mini in return?! 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Aston Martin may not be the only premium European automaker interested in Toyota's innovative iQ microcar. According to Inside Line and Autocar in the UK, BMW and Toyota are in talks to collaborate on future small cars based on the Mini and iQ platforms. BMW may possibly use the interior and ...

Frankfurt Preview: BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, turbodiesel plug-in hybrid [w/VIDEO] 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

After several months of speculation and official teases for the past week, we now finally have all the details on the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept that BMW will show in Frankfurt in a couple of weeks. The speculation about the concept's powertrain has gone in several directions, almost all ...



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