BMW joins a Bosch to supply lithium-ion

It is now the turn of German automaker BMW to enter into agreements with companies specialized in the design and manufacture of lithium-ion batteries.

For its part, the OEM Bosh is itself combines a Japanese company Samsung, which acts as subcontractor in providing this type of batteries.

Like many other automakers, this new step that has just crossed BMW signifies a new beginning for the latter, in the design and marketing of new models next powered by hybrid engines or entirely on electricity.

Currently, engineers are working on the German manufacturer a hybrid powertrain based on a model of Series 7 and it is good to remember that at present 600 electric Mini prototypes run on an experimental basis in the United States, Germany and England.