Forbes, the well-known American business magazine, puts BMW on the ninth place in the Forbes rankings, making it the world’s most powerful carmaker.
Of course, the first places are occupied by tech giants such as Apple, Microsoft or Intel. Getting back to the automotive industry, BMW is followed by Toyota which ranks 14th, closely above Mercedes-Benz on 16th and Honda on 19th.
BMW plans to debut the production version of its first EV, the i3 concept, at this year’s Frankfurt auto show.
It seems that 2016 will be the year when BMW’s M Division will finally get their hands on the yet-to-be-launched BMW i8.
The year 2020 is creeping closer and car makers are struggling to meet the new CO2 emission standards set for Europe. Some such as Volkswagen are already well underway to meet that deadline.
BMW funded a Hackathon, a contest in which ideas about the electric vehicles and related problems went head to head to see which is best
