I wonder how much BMW "paid" aka wined and dined that Wired writer. BMW has neat electrical cars but in comparison to literally every other manufacturer they are total turds. Seriously, I love the design of the i3 but 80 mile range out of the box is damn near useless. Being able to drop that drivetrain into your 3 series doesn't make a tesla killer.
"The genius of BMW's new powertrain system is that the company is in effect backing every horse in the race."
So the new powertrain has gasoline engine in front, battery in the middle, and an electric motor in the back. The concept is interesting and would have been revolutionary 10 years ago. Back then it would accelerate fleet electrification. However with Tesla and other manufacturers introducing purely electric cars it feels like a cop out. They can't seriously be trying to spin that in a positive way.
"The production model of the BMW Vision iNext, due 2021"
"The full EV iNext will have a range of 435 miles and support level three autonomy at up to 80 mph on motorways"
So it is coming in 2 years, with groundbreaking features available elsewhere now and a somewhat longer range that should be expected due to expected battery capacity increases.
These people are really funny. Especially the old german manufacturers are so so similar to Nokia's leadership. Tesla is not some kind of a new car. It is not even a car in consumer's perspective! It's a gadget. A very expensive gadget but still a gadget.
Tesla is what iPhone was to Nokia/Symbians. Tesla is so much ahead in the markets where it matters that the traditional car manufacturers should really be scared. They are good at making cars that's undeniable truth but are they good enough to produce gadgets ?
The car of tomorrow is the new iphone. The traditional middle class dudes are dying out, the ones that will be able to afford cars at this price point will rarely shop traditional cars with shitty infotainments and no ecosystem.
The reality is that the closest ones getting to a Tesla level will be the ones understanding the market. The chinese will surely get it right as they can do things on their domestic market others cant and the Koreans have Samsung that will help them out.
The rest of the world can only try but will slowly fade into irrelevance.
> Especially the old german manufacturers are so so similar to Nokia's leadership
no coincidence.
one of Nokia's major R&D sites is in Ulm Germany (well where Siemens used to be until the merger). BMW & Continental have created R&D sites around 3 mins walk from the Nokia offices and absorbed hundreds of ex Siemens (ex Nokia) staff during the time that Nokia merged with Siemens and laid off a lot of staff.
This is such completely false clickbait - Tesla doesn't have anything to gain from having a combustion engine assembly line because they don't make combustion engine cars. Arguably BMW is still losing out by not having a pure next generation EV platform - all this does is allow them to support existing technologies.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 24.2 ms ] threadSo the new powertrain has gasoline engine in front, battery in the middle, and an electric motor in the back. The concept is interesting and would have been revolutionary 10 years ago. Back then it would accelerate fleet electrification. However with Tesla and other manufacturers introducing purely electric cars it feels like a cop out. They can't seriously be trying to spin that in a positive way.
"The production model of the BMW Vision iNext, due 2021" "The full EV iNext will have a range of 435 miles and support level three autonomy at up to 80 mph on motorways"
So it is coming in 2 years, with groundbreaking features available elsewhere now and a somewhat longer range that should be expected due to expected battery capacity increases.
Tesla is what iPhone was to Nokia/Symbians. Tesla is so much ahead in the markets where it matters that the traditional car manufacturers should really be scared. They are good at making cars that's undeniable truth but are they good enough to produce gadgets ?
The car of tomorrow is the new iphone. The traditional middle class dudes are dying out, the ones that will be able to afford cars at this price point will rarely shop traditional cars with shitty infotainments and no ecosystem.
The reality is that the closest ones getting to a Tesla level will be the ones understanding the market. The chinese will surely get it right as they can do things on their domestic market others cant and the Koreans have Samsung that will help them out.
The rest of the world can only try but will slowly fade into irrelevance.
no coincidence.
one of Nokia's major R&D sites is in Ulm Germany (well where Siemens used to be until the merger). BMW & Continental have created R&D sites around 3 mins walk from the Nokia offices and absorbed hundreds of ex Siemens (ex Nokia) staff during the time that Nokia merged with Siemens and laid off a lot of staff.
And it wasn't because iPhone was a gadget and others were just phones.