Volkswagen Group France et la Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux (SNAM) signed a partnership agreement through which the hybrid and EV batteries from group brands—Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA and Volkswagen Utilities—will be recycled in the two French factories owned by SNAM, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (Isère) and Viviez (Aveyron).
Daily Archives: March 1, 2014
Rinspeed XchangE autonomous concept based on Tesla Model S
Rinspeed has revealed their wild XchangE concept, which will make its public debut next month at the Geneva Motor Show.
BMW and SGL to invest €100M to double automotive carbon fiber production
Germany’s Handelsblatt reports that BMW and partner SGL will invest more than €100 million ($137 million) to double their joint production of carbon fiber to 6,000 metric tons a year from 3,000 tons a year now. In addition to meeting demand from the i3 and i8, the carbon fiber will also be used in new 7 series in 2015, according to the report.
BMW will start building Mini in the Netherlands this summer
BMW said it will build the new Mini in the Netherlands starting this summer in a move to expand production capacity beyond its plant in Oxford, England.BMW said the UK would still be the main manufacturing base for the Mini but said production of the Mini hatchback model would be split between Oxford and a factory in Born, Netherlands run by contract manufacturer VDL Nedcar.
