Car News Round Up, Issue 15
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Issue 15 of Neofiliac's Car News Round Up: This time, we bring 2 updates from BMW, and Ford.
This Round Up provides our summaries on these latest industry news. It is made possible with our NLP-based algorithms.
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BMW announced on 17 Jan 2022
Sales figures for the MINI Electric almost doubled, MINI brand sales up 3.3 percent in 2021
In addition, 18 392 units of the MINI Cooper SE Countryman ALL4 were sold (fuel consumption combined: 2.0 - 1.7 l/100 km, electricity consumption combined: 14.0 - 13.1 kWh/100 km, CO2 emissions combined: 45 - 40 g/km according to WLTP). Almost every third new MINI in Germany electrified.The world's most important market for the MINI Cooper SE in 2021 was again Germany, where more than 10,000 units of the fully electric model variant were sold. Added to this were 3 473 units of the MINI Cooper SE Countryman ALL4, so that in Germany around 31 percent of all newly registered MINIs in 2021 are electrified.
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Ford announced on 18 Jan 2022
Ford And Adt To Form Joint Venture To Fortify Vehicle Security With Breakthrough Technology
DETROIT, LONDON and BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 18, 2022 – Ford (NYSE: F) and ADT Inc. (NYSE: ADT) will invest in a new joint venture called Canopy that combines ADT’s professional security monitoring and Ford’s AI-driven video camera technology to help customers strengthen security of new and existing vehicles across automotive brands. “The combination of our technologies and our deep security experience creates a new category of protection for work and personal vehicles,” said Elliot Cohen, ADT chief business development officer. “Key to Ford’s software-led transformation are new ideas such as Canopy and collaborating with other innovators such as ADT, which brings to vehicle security their leadership protecting families, homes, and businesses.”
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- ^ Sales figures for the MINI Electric almost doubled, MINI brand sales up 3.3 percent in 2021. [BMW]. https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0364395EN/sales-figures-for-the-mini-electric-almost-doubled-mini-brand-sales-up-3-3-percent-in-2021. 17 Jan 2022.
- ^ Ford And Adt To Form Joint Venture To Fortify Vehicle Security With Breakthrough Technology. [Ford]. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2022/01/18/ford-and-adt.html. 18 Jan 2022.
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