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McLaren To Unveil 18 New Models, Including P1 Successor, Until 2025

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At Goodwood, McLaren has announced its new Track25 business plan, aimed at taking the British automaker well into the next decade. Among the milestones set by the Track25 roadmap is to ensure that McLaren’s entire sports car and supercar range will feature hybrid power within the next seven years, among them a new Ultimate Series that will succeed the petrol-electric P1. McLaren will also evaluate new augmented driving features in order to develop a lighter, superfast-charging, high-power battery system for performance applications, expected to offer more than 30 minutes of electric range around a race track. The soon-to-open McLaren Composites Technology Center (MCTC) will be where the automaker will develop and manufacture lightweight technology. Once operational, the MCTC will ensure that roughly 57% of vehicle content by value will be UK-sourced. Mostly, though, the focus will be to develop 18 new models or derivatives that should lift production by almost 75%, meaning b...

BMW i4 Announced, Electric Model Arrives By 2025

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BMW has used the Geneva Motor Show to announce plans to offer an all-new i4. Previewed by the i Vision Dynamics concept, the production model will be an electric vehicle that is built in Munich, Germany. BMW declined to say when the model will go into production but the i4 will be one of 25 electrified vehicles the company intends to launch by 2025. It will be joined by 11 other battery-electric models including the iX3 and MINI EV. While BMW was light on specifics, the i Vision Dynamics concept debuted at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show with an electric powertrain which enabled the car to accelerate from 0-100 km/h (62 mph) in four seconds before hitting a top speed in excess of 200 km/h (120 mph). The concept could also travel up to 600 km (373 miles) on a single charge which is pretty impressive considering the Tesla Model S has a range of 539 km (335 miles). Besides announcing plans for the i4, BMW Chairman Harald Krüger revealed the average CO2 emissions for new BMW Group v...