CleanTechnica » Tesla BMW http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 BMW Developing EV Charging Network To Challenge Tesla’s? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/22/bmw-developing-ev-charging-network-challenge-teslas/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/22/bmw-developing-ev-charging-network-challenge-teslas/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:35:45 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76685 The pseudo-rivalry between BMW and Tesla Motors looks set to continue into the foreseeable future, judging by recent comments made by BMW’s head of EV sales and strategy for North America. BMW is apparently looking to spread its new DC charging stations all throughout the US next year — chargers utilizing an SAE standard plug,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/elon-musk-use-bmw-publicity-norwegian-newspaper-alleges/feed/ 56 BMW + Tesla = ? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/bmw-tesla/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/bmw-tesla/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:30:17 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75352 Originally published on Planetsave. As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, as a percentage of total car sales, no auto manufacturer is selling more electric cars than BMW (not counting 100%-electric companies like Tesla Motors). The percentage (4.9%) is even more than double what Nissan has achieved this year (2.1%). Of course, in many

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