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2009 BMW X5 Diesel Recalled For Faulty Fuel-Filter Heater

Clean-diesel vehicles, a slowly growing segment of the market, unquestionably return higher fuel economy figures than their gasoline-engined counterparts. But they have their own set of issues, too, including recalls specific to some of the diesel engine components. The NHTSA has issued a recall...

September 1, 2011 by John Voelcker

BMW Turns Heat Energy To Electricity To Boost Fuel Efficiency

August 30, 2011 4

2014 BMW i3 Electric Car Spotted During Filming In Chicago

August 15, 2011 1

BMW's UK MINI E Test Ends: Drivers Happy, But...

August 5, 2011 10

BMW i Launch Event, Frankfurt, July 2011

2014 BMW i3 Electric Car: Motorcycle Engine As Range Extender

Diversity among electric cars is rapidly expanding, from the all-electric Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi 'i' to the upcoming Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid, which provides just 9 to... August 3, 2011 by John Voelcker 3

2014 BMW i3 Moves Us Closer To Autonomous Driving In Cities

Driving is often a pain, particularly in dense, congested urban cores. Start and stop, brake suddenly, stay carefully in your lane, drive defensively, then park in tight... August 2, 2011 by John Voelcker 2

BMW i3 Electric Car And i8 Plug-In Hybrid Live Photos

If you were hoping for the production versions of BMW's first production EV and sports plug-in hybrid, you're out of luck, but if BMW keeps up its recent practices, the... July 29, 2011 by Nelson Ireson

BMW i3 Electric Car And BMW i8 Plug-In Hybrid: Overview

BMW today revealed concept versions of its first-ever production electric cars: the i3 battery electric minicar and i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe. The designs and details of... July 29, 2011 by John Voelcker

BMW i3 Concept: Battery Electric Urban Minicar—Full Details

The concept version of the 2014 BMW i3 unveiled today in Frankfurt shows just how radical a change BMW has made from its legacy of gasoline-powered, front-engine, rear-drive... July 29, 2011 by John Voelcker 9

BMW i8 Concept: Plug-In Hybrid Sports Coupe—Full Details

While its sports coupes are more of a known entity, the i8 Concept shown in Frankfurt today may be the most radical coupe BMW has ever built. Its “stream flow”... July 29, 2011 by John Voelcker 2

Toyota Tops List Of Green Brands, VW & Honda Close Behind

Toyota has had a bumpy ride the past couple of years, thanks in no small part to a high-profile series of safety recalls. To make matters worse, its popular Prius was... July 28, 2011 by Richard Read

Official BMW i Preview Coming Tomorrow

BMW is holding a global press conference in Frankfurt, Germany tomorrow to promote its new i division aimed at sustainable motoring solutions for the future. Our own green... July 28, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

BMW ActiveE electric car production line, Leipzig, Germany

BMW ActiveE Electric Car Shown On Leipzig Assembly Line (Video)

You might call it pure propaganda, but confident young BMW worker Mirco Schwarze describes the process of assembling the BMW ActiveE electric car in a way that makes it all... July 18, 2011 by John Voelcker 2

BMW Buys Leasing Firm To Launch Its i Series Electric Cars

BMW has purchased the car-leasing unit of Dutch banking giant ING for a reported $1 billion. The move enables BMW to expand its fleet operations, but more importantly, it... July 13, 2011 by Kurt Ernst 5

2012 BMW X5 xDrive35d: Steering Recall For Clean-Diesel SUV

Almost 1,000 clean-diesel versions of the 2012 BMW X5 crossover will be recalled to replace a part that could cause the power steering to fail. Only the diesel model, known... June 27, 2011 by John Voelcker

How Mini Is Too Mini? Profit Tough For BMW On Tinier Minicar

When BMW launched the new MINI back in 2001, the U.S. market wondered if anyone could actually sell a car that small. The proof has been in the pudding--the new MINI sold... June 21, 2011 by Jonathan McGrew

Many More Minis: BMW Plans Up To 10 Different High-MPG Models

We know that the Mini lineup will expand into several sizes, Now an executive at BMW (which owns the iconic British brand) has said there may be as many as 10 different Mini... June 10, 2011 by John Voelcker 1

Adding Urea To Clean Diesel Cars: Can I Just Pee In The Tank?

We get punchy around High Gear Media occasionally, and sometimes we BS back and forth about topics less salubrious than, say, fuel efficiency and lowering our oil dependency... May 24, 2011 by John Voelcker 6

BMW i3 Electric Car Coming With 100-Mile Range And $35,000 Sticker: Report

The upcoming BMW i3, the car formerly known as the Megacity Vehicle and the first production all-electric car from BMW, is set to revolutionize the way mainstream cars are... May 17, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 15