
BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer has hired management consultants from McKinsey to help draw up cost cuts aimed at saving between €3 billion to €4 billion ($4 billion to $5.4 billion) a year, a German business magazine said.

BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer has hired management consultants from McKinsey to help draw up cost cuts aimed at saving between €3 billion to €4 billion ($4 billion to $5.4 billion) a year, a German business magazine said.

BMW Group has received a big boost from its consumer finance company, AFC, which was launched in China in 2010, and the carmaker sees potential for the unit to grow further in the market.
By Edward Taylor
Executives from German carmaker BMW and U.S.-based Tesla met this week in a move which could lead to the creation of charging stations usable for different types of electric cars.

From the very start, when BMW announced the small electric city car, the i3, things were looking rather good for them.

BMW has begun rolling out the plug-in i8 as rival Tesla Motors Inc. shakes up the market for luxury cars with alternative powertrains.