
The new flagship sports activity vehicle promises better performance, handling, better looks and a host of premium features as standard.

The new flagship sports activity vehicle promises better performance, handling, better looks and a host of premium features as standard.

When BMW first entered the premium SUV sector with its X range it used a novel offering to leverage improved margins. Now it hopes to do the same with its “born electric” i range at a time when, it believes, the global premium sector price war is easing everywhere except in Europe.

A new report from Frost & Sullivan, “Strategic Analysis of Inductive Charging for Global Electric Vehicles (EV) Market,” finds forecasts the total market for inductive (wireless) charging will experience a compound annual growth rate of 126.6% from 2012 to 2020, with approximately 351,900 units likely to be sold.
Driven by aggressive mandates, government support and cost advantages, China and India—the world’s two most populous countries—dominate Asia’s alternative fuels landscape, according to Lux Research.

Audi posted an 11 percent jump in global sales last month, its fifth double-digit percentage rise in six months, supporting its bid for the global luxury car-sales crown in a tightening race with rival BMW.