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http://www.ademloos.be/sites/default...Oct%202013.pdf BMW has a disadvantage here since it only has BMW (incl MINI), BMW M and Rolls Royce under it's umbrella, or pool of manufacturers, to share the CO2 emissions between. That means EVERY brand in the pool has to do a significant part of the CO2 emission reduction. Over at VAG they can "afford" one of the brands to continue with higher CO2... Here are some of my previous posts on the topic: http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...4#post15512324 Quote:
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10-30-2014, 03:54 AM | #90 |
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I don't know why they bother too much about all this co2. As a planet we are committed to burning all the fossil fuels until it is no longer economically viable. So it's just a timing issue.
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The new x5 and x6m have a carry over drive train with a little bit more torque than the m5/m6.. wouldnt suprise me if bmw put in another <4.0 tt v8 to escape the new chinese/euro tax threshold and focus on weight savings.I am hearing a lot of buzz about these electric driven turbochargers etc recently as well so that would make sense in the next m5.
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It makes a difference though if the fossile fuel makes a smaller impact from each car... If CO2 (and thereby fuel consumption) decreases, that leads to a extenuation of how long we will have fossile fuel available. Which is a good thing, right... And, it is generally agreed in most of the world that man made CO2 emissions is a bad thing for the environment |
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But now we have BMW i. I would imagine that even a small number of sales, lets say about 20,000 i3's and i8's for the entire next years (2015) sales margins and the i Brand's extremely low C02 emissions would help to bring down BMW's overall average quite a lot. This should be very good for BMW compared to say Mercedes. Mercedes and Audi have no i Division. BWM should be pulling ahead within a year or two I think. BMW has set its self on a good direction to lower fleet C02 emissions. I'm personally all for it as long as the cars of the future don't have the joy and excitement of driving engineered out of them. In 4 to 6 years time, we will being seeing cars with 8spd and 10spd DCTs. Battery technology will have doubled in usable range. The next gen Tesla model S will have a 500 mile range. The new Tesla 3 will have a 300 mile range and cost less than $40,000 USD. In addition we will have battery charging technology that will charge today's EV car batteries at least 50% faster, but probably more like 80% faster. The next generation i3 and new i4 will have a 200 mile range, double what it is now. The i9 will be in production and will be making a combined power rating of over 500hp. Not to mention that the world EV market will have at least quadrupled. The next Nissan GT-R will use a hybrid assist drivetrain like a LaFerrari. The next Audi R8 will be Twin Turbo. All Ferrari's will be Turbo Charged. And the next BMW M5 will be 400lbs lighter, make at least 600hp, will be at least twice as luxurious as today's F10 and will have an optional AWD. The future is exciting for sure. Performance cars will not be in short supply either. They will be faster, more efficient and have far better technology than we can imagine today. The only scary part is the end of the naturally aspirated engine and the visceral feeling it can give as part of the driving experience. Some of that will be made up by artificial sound symposers inside of the cabin, just like we haven't heard a BMW i8 owner complain of the lack of engine note from inside of the cabin yet.
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FCA has announced it is fully spinning off Ferrari. 10% will be floated, and the remaining shares will be distributed to existing shareholders in accordance with their existing FCA shareholding.
This will mean that FCA will no longer control Ferrari. If I was BMW, I would buy Ferrari. It will be a nice pairing with RR in the luxury segment, and it will allow BMW to gain a step up segment as well as an engineering base for perhaps a 911-beating line-up of $100-200k sports car platforms which can be marketed on both BMW and Ferrari brands.
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And BMW already have Ferrari chief engineer Robert Fedeli... |
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It's just that the hippies want us to believe that. Unfortunately, the eco-terrorists seem to have brainwashed the politicians over at Brussels so they will keep on introducing newer and stricter Euro emission regulations every decade......so there is a possibility that there Seriously, if these hippies have their way, then we will be forced to drive electric cars in the future. |
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You won't find a majority of scientists globally that disputes global warming though... This is not just "eco terrorists"... I know there are different opinions on this and I guess no one really can say 100% sure what the cause for the increasing average temperature and glacier melting is. But it's a fact that the temp increases and the glaciers etc melt, resulting in a higher sea level... |
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If I remember correctly (there are too many articles on this), even some global warming scientists have started back tracking on their findings after many climate models have proven to be incorrect. Personally, I don't understand what's so bad about warming? It certainly beats having an ice age. Then again, some Einsteins have said warming leads to an ice age...
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The bad thing about a warmer climate is the increase in sea level... This threatens many cities as well as entire countries with flooding... The glaciers are already decreasing at an alarming rate according to measurements (the "alarming rate" statement is probably debatable as well). |
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