European plug-in hybrid vehicles like the 2021 BMW 530e tend to have a pretty specific purpose in mind: They’re meant to allow drivers to enter European cities that have congestion charges without ...

Plug-in hybrids like the 2021 BMW 530e might be much closer to the norm four years from now than they are today, if the 2023-2026 Biden fuel economy rules presented this past week take form the way ...

The rule is that if you want the hybrid version of a car, you have to shell out more cash. Maybe tax credits would cover the difference, but usually not. Then, you have to figure out if the money you ...

Under the sheetmetal, the 530e packs a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four producing an estimated 180 hp and 215 lb-ft of torque. With the help of a 9.2-kilowatt-hour battery and a 95-hp electric motor ...

For 2021, the plug-in hybrid version of the BMW 5-Series sport sedan, the 530e, might no longer be the slowest-accelerating model in the U.S. 5-Series lineup. That might sound petty, but it's an ...

It was well worth the wait, because the German automaker has made another impressive model, which is called the BMW 530e iPerformance. It may be boring to pronounce and spell, but it has an average ...

From 2018 onward, the BMW 530e iPerformance PHEV will be made available with inductive charging. The system, called BMW Wireless Charging, consists of a loading plate fixed onto the garage floor and a ...

BMW’s new plug-in hybrid 5-Series, the 530e iPerformance, will eventually get wireless charging capability. It will mean no longer have to bother with plugging the car in for charging. Instead, you ...

BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2021 2 Series (230i, 230i xDrive, M240i, M240i xDrive), 330e, 330e Xdrive, 4 Series Coupe (430i, 430i xDrive, M440i xDrive) M4 Coupe, M4 ...

BMW has a lofty goal: It wants to sell more electrified cars than any other luxury brand. To that end, the company has added a new weapon in its plug-in arsenal, the BMW 530e iPerformance. Borrowing ...

BMW started its wireless charging pilot program in Germany in 2018 using the BMW 530e plug-in hybrid as a testbed. Now the program expands to the U.S. or rather to California to be more precise, as ...

After an extended period of foreshadowing, the 2017 BMW 5 Series sedan lineup is now upon us; which truthfully we would not care about because...well, pretty much everything without a plug is dead to ...