How Leaving F1 and Launching the MINI E Made BMW an EV Leader
Today, BMW is seen as one of the leading EV brands in the world. While that growth can be traced back to the 70s, it was jump-started by the cancellation of its...
Stefan Juraschek Head of BMW and MINI Electric Vehicles Talks about the Future
BMW and MINI electric vehicles have evolved greatly over the past decade. From the initial steps taken with the MINI E to the upcoming BMW iX3 and MINI Cooper E there have...
Here’s Why MINI Hasn’t Revised its Engines in Five Years
When MINI launched the F Series they were following a template that has been well defined by BMW and MINI. That template included something called an LCI around the 3-4 year mark...
Oxford Plans to Ban Non-Electric Cars from 2020
Oxford England, MINI’s production center is set to ban petrol and diesel cars from 2020 onward. According to Autocar move is designed to reduce nitrogen dioxide levels in the city’s worst pollution...
BMW Sees Hydrogen as the Future – Not Hybrids
Two years ago I shared a ride to the airport with a senior BMW engineer responsible for advanced drivetrains like the new wave of BMW and MINI plugin hybrids (like the forthcoming...
BMW’s Head of Engineering Peeks into the Future
“A BMW must also remain a BMW, whether it is an EV, hybrid or conventionally powered vehicle”. Well, that’s reassuring. While this interview focuses on the BMW brand, it’s easy to see...
MINI’s Plugin Hybrid Drivetrain Previewed
MotoringFile broke the news of MINI’s plugin hybrid 18 months ago. Since then we’ve had a steady drip of news on the new drivetrain. Today we get a healthy dose of data...
Secret BMW Hydrogen Program Revealed
Among a slew of innovations announced this week at BMW’s Innovation Days press event, one stands out as perhaps the most awe inspiring of the bunch. The i8 based prototype (officially unnamed...
BMW Previews MINI’s Three Cylinder Engine with Turbo Water Injection
Originally shown in the high output BMW M4 this week at BMW’s Innovation Days, the company took the wraps off of a scaled down version destined for MINI’s three and four cylinder...
The Electrification of BMW and MINI
Everything that we know is about to change! That’s a bold statement, but given the scoop [Autocar](http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/future-bmw-3-series-lead-ev-revolution) managed to grab from BMW’s Advanced Engineering Department, we are in for a wild ride...
MF (Pre)Review: Automatic
For those of you who listened to recent episodes of [White Roof Radio](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/whiteroofradio.com-mini-cooper/id77840861?mt=2), you probably heard that we are currently testing [Automatic](http://www.automatic.com). This accessory acts as a smart driving assistant that communicates...