Number ONE is the strategy, MINI delivers the cars, and the alternative engines will be powered 100 percent by battery electrics. Take on your seatbeld and stay put - BMW Group is on the move again. Pure driving pleasure in MINI packages - several hundred MINIs will be travelling from Oxford, UK, to the BMW plant in Munich to get turned into an all electric version of their former self. Fully stuffed with emissiofree power they then will undergo test runs and gradual improvement in the next 12 to 18 months . First results of these tests will be published at the end of the year. It's just a first step, as Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, puts it or let's say literally a MINI step but the blogosphere like autobloggreen expects it to be just the beginning of the electrical history by BMW Group.

Even though the Environment is one of THE political issues nowadays it's not as new as most of the eco-movement straggler want to sell us.As one of the first politicians, in Europe and the World, Hans-Dietrich Gentscher has paved the way for an environmental awarness. Therefore he's a real pioneer.
On the occasion of the Stecher-Stammtisch Club of Pioneers met Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former German foreign minister and first minister for the environment, to talk about the future of hydrogen technology, its economical impact and the historical political development towards an eco-aware government in Germany.

The experts are buzzing with excitement: BMW now introduced the concept of long-awaited GINA Light Visionary Model!The car is a double roadster, covered heavy-duty elastic material. The flexible fabric skin can take on new shapes for a high degree of personalisation. As the quest for sustainability is one of the central issues of the GINA philosophy, new materials and manufacturing processes are expected to consume less resources and energy than previous solutions. All this is more than a technology revolution - it's a new kind of car philosophy created by Chris Bangle, Director of Design BMW. Watch him explaining the GINA concept!
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At the H2 Lab at the BMW Museum in Munich, we've met Prof. Raymond Freymann, managing director of BMW Group Research and Technology. We talked with him about an amazing racing car with 100 % power and 0 emissions - thanks to hydrogen technology! Check out our video about the BMW H2R!

High on Hydrogen that's really what we were when we spent a day at the H2 Lab at the BMW Museum in Munich. The speakers André Heinrichs and Florian Trost, the Special Prize Winners of the "Youth Research" competition 2008 developed a procedure to turn physical power into hydrogen. Watch our video!

She is one of Germany`s most renowned actresses: Martina Gedeck earned her outstanding reputation in movies like the Oscar-winning “The Lives of Others” or “Bella Martha”. She is noted for her careful choice of roles and her sincere screen incarnations of characters – which she impressively demonstrates again as Ulrike Meinhof and Clara Schumann in movies coming up this year.When it comes to environmental matters, Martina Gedeck is no less sincere, as she told us when we met her at the Brandenburger Hof Hotel in Berlin. This is one of the reasons why she gave us her testimonial about the BMW Hydrogen 7 which she used for several months. Watch our video interview!

A few days before the TED-Conference 2008 started, Club of Pioneers celebrated its own event in Berlin and presented various mobility ideas. Andreas Adam of BMW explained the CleanEnergy agenda and the Hydrogen 7. Check out our video!