“Circular” refers to the circle of life for the components, which are 100% recyclable, even the solid-state battery.
It’s small, yes, but spacious inside because the electric motor and battery pack don’t take up much space. This subcompact hatchback is just a hair larger than BMW’s current i3 EV.
The BMW i Vision Circular Concept is BMW’s long-range look at what BMWs might be like in 2040. The dash is a 3D-printed crystal sculpture that uses lighting to simulate the vehicle “thinking.” BMW All the materials are meant to be recycled and reused again, perhaps in another BMW, the company says. Here are Forbes Wheels’ top 10 cars of IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich: BMW i Vision Circular Concept Cockpit of the BMW i Vision Circular. IAA Mobility runs through Sunday, Sept 12, at the exhibition center on the outskirts of town and at multiple pop-up locations downtown. Nonetheless, even with few automakers gracing Munich on a sunny and warm week, there were more than enough new cars and concepts to make for 10 great new vehicles. Activists from Greenpeace blocked several roadways on the first day of the show, and announced plans to further interrupt the show with protests later in the week. Fears about Covid-19 continue to linger, but the show was also greeted by climate change protestors calling for a speedier end to the sale of diesel and gasoline cars. German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the show on Tuesday, highlighting the auto industry’s importance in Germany, but two factors may drive down attendance.
However, mobility companies, automotive suppliers including Bosch and Magna, software companies and a host of top-tier bicycle makers were out in force. auto industry, Polestar (but not parent Volvo), and a variety of Chinese brands. Instead of landing the full spectrum of international automakers as Frankfurt used to, IAA Mobility 2021 encompasses most all the German brands, Renault and subsidiary Dacia, Hyundai, a Ford Mustang Mach-E as proxy for the U.S. The shifting focus of the show and continuing fallout from Covid-19 mean a reduced number of participanting automakers at IAA Mobility, but the arrival of many companies that wouldn’t have previously attended an autoshow. While still a showcase for Germany’s auto industry, the focus is on electrification and alternative transport and Munich’s most interesting concepts and soon-to-be production cars are EVs. Formerly the Frankfurt IAA (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, or International Automobile Exposition in English), held biannually in that city since 1952, It’s now IAA Mobility 2021. Germany’s biggest auto show has a new name, a new focus and a new home in Munich.
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