Nation Jul 26 Major automakers unite to double the number of electric vehicle fast-charging plugs By Tom Krisher, Associated Press
World Mar 07 Here’s what BMW did before it made luxury cars BMW turns 100 years old on Monday. Before the company made high-end motorcycles and cars, it powered some of Germany’s preeminent fighter airplanes as far back as World War I. By Larisa Epatko
Nation Oct 21 Are you driving a car with dangerous airbags? The U.S. government recently issued an immediate recall for more than 4.7 million vehicles that were installed with defective airbags. However, the consumer website that lists vehicle identification numbers included in the recall did not appear to be working on… By Laura Santhanam
Nation Jun 12 A BMW engineer: the U.S. has fallen out of touch with the job market At BMW's only American production plant, they've imported the German tradition of apprenticeships. Paul Solman speaks with a BMW engineer now based in South Carolina about the differences between the working cultures of the two countries, and what the U.S. By Moritz Kippenberger
Nation Jun 05 Why an apprenticeship may be a faster ticket to the American dream than a college degree Dustin Reid, an apprentice at BMW's only U.S. plant, explains why manufacturing is growing in the United States and why vocational training may be a more sure path to the American dream than a four-year degree. By Dustin Reid
Jun 04 Watch BMW apprenticeship program trains workers to rise through the ranks without 4-year degree By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 04 Can Americans compete with quality-driven Germans? By Paul Solman Werner Eikenbusch, BMW’s head of workforce development for the Americas, left high school in the 10th grade for an apprenticeship program that combined on-the-job training with vocational school. He eventually returned to school to become an engineer, and at BMW’s… Continue reading