A total of $1.7 billion will go toward updating a current plant and establishing a new battery assembly plant for the automaker. 

The weakened economy, in conjunction with inflation, has allowed automakers an opportunity to use decreased chip demand in other industries to their own advantage. 

Affected vehicles are expected to receive over-the-air updates in order to use Apple CarPlay and Android Auto by the end of June 2022. 

Oliver Zipse says an all-electric approach is not sustainable for car companies.

BMW last week laid out plans to advance its autonomous driving technologies over the next several years, ultimately eyeing a deployment of Level 3 ADAS sometime in 2025.

BMW and Electrify America earlier this month announced a partnership that will give BMW EV drivers free charging at Electrify stations.

Noel Burris, manager of BMW’s roadside assistance program, and Rama Sreenivasan, CEO and co-founder of Blitzz, talk about the companies' partnership and how video service could having lasting effects on the automotive aftermarket.

Qualcomm on Tuesday announced it would begin supplying its semiconductor chips to BMW for use in the automakers ADAS systems.