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The long-term energy strategy of the BMW Group – innovations for lower consumption.
Even in the early 1970s, sustainability was already a matter of importance to the BMW Group. Since then BMW has optimised its production processes and developed a number of innovative technologies. The BMW Group put together comprehensive set of measures to reduce the energy consumption and the CO2 emissions of all BMW series automobiles and across all vehicle segments. These steps have drastically reduced emissions during the manufacturing process, and the entire vehicle fleet now consumes much less fuel. Between 1995 and 2010 alone, the BMW Group reduced the CO2 emissions of its vehicles by some 30 percent – and by 2020 an additional 25 percent reduction can be expected.
The energy strategy of the BMW Group is known as "Efficient Dynamics." It is the most effective concept worldwide for ensuring the long-term sustainability of individual mobility, and it is the framework for guaranteeing the ecological, economic and social viability of our future.
The Efficient Dynamics strategy is based on four main approaches or "pillars" to promote sustainability. The first is focused on the optimisation of petrol and diesel engines to achieve better fuel consumption, and this also includes steps to optimise lightweight construction, aerodynamics and energy management. The three other pillars are hybridisation and electrification of vehicle power trains and the long-term use of regenerative hydrogen as a source of fuel.
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