Efficiency on the test bench: BMW wants to optimize its plants

Wednesday February 19, 2020 – The German carmaker BMW wants to save a total of two billion euros with efficiency measures by the end of 2022. For this purpose, processes are to be continuously improved and opportunities for digitization are to be better used, the new production board announced. That doesn’t mean anything good for … Read more

First pictures of the V4R for the SBK World Cup 2020 / Superbike World Cup SPEEDWEEK

Superbike World Championship By Kay Hettich – 02/12/2020 11:41 AM The team presentation of the Aruba.it Ducati factory team in the 2020 Superbike World Championship began punctually at 11 a.m. This is what the new outfit of the V4R and its drivers Chaz Davies and Scott Redding looks like. The location of this year’s team … Read more

Warning of tough Brexit: BMW expects production to decline

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 – BMW is already feeling the upcoming Brexit: in 2019, the group sold fewer cars on the island. In the event of a possible hard exit by the British from the EU, the German carmaker fears further negative effects on its business. German carmaker BMW expects sales and production numbers to … Read more

BMW only wants to produce with green electricity

BMW wants to convert its car factories completely to green electricity – and would like to use wind turbines and solar modules, for example. So far, the manufacturer has not commented on all of the plants. BMW plans to completely switch its 23 car factories worldwide to green electricity. Production director Milan Nedeljkovic told the … Read more

Johnny Rea showed it all again / Superbike World Championship SPEEDWEEK

Superbike World Championship Of Ivo Schützbach – 01/23/2020 04:02 PM At 3:30 p.m. the rain returned to the Jerez Circuit, making time improvements impossible. Although superbike world champion Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) only drove 19 laps in two days, he was the fastest. The second and last test day in Jerez was interrupted shortly before half … Read more

Why Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) didn’t want to test / Superbike World Championship SPEEDWEEK

Superbike World Championship Of Kay Hettich – 01/23/2020 06:45 It speaks for the confidence of Kawasaki star Jonathan Rea to miss the rainy first day of testing in Jerez. Why the five-time superbike world champion preferred to stay in the warm box. The weather doesn’t mean well at the beginning of the new year with … Read more