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Andrei Nedelea

BMW And McLaren May Jointly Develop Electric Sports Cars Platform

This is not the first time we’ve heard about BMW and McLaren looking to work together, but this new report says the two companies are close to signing an agreement to jointly develop a platform for electric sports cars. In parallel, Audi is also interested in acquiring part of the McLaren F1 team.

McLaren and BMW have collaborated in the past, resulting in the creation of the McLaren F1 (designed by the former, powered by a V12 engine developed by the latter). However, it has to be noted that the modern day McLaren Automotive (founded in 2010) is technically not the same company that built the F1 (built by McLaren Cars, founded in 1985).

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