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BMW Donates X5s to Seoul Fire Departments

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – BMW Group Korea donated Wednesday seven X5s, a mid-sized SUV, to the Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters. With each vehicle selling for roughly 90-million-won ($76,674) in the local market, the gifted vehicles were custom made to be used as patrol cars at fire departments across the capital. The [...]

Samsung SDI to Supply Battery Packs for BMW’s X5 Plug-in Hybrid

SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung SDI, one of the leading providers of electronic materials in the world, is expected to provide battery packs for BMW‘s upcoming X5 plug-in hybrid SUV, industry sources said Sunday. Local industry insiders and IHS, a global market researcher, speculated that the recent purchase of Magna Steyr’s battery pack division [...]