The carmaker is looking to add around 1,300 people to their workforce by the end of this year and another 1,300 by 2011. BMW is looking to beef up their expert pool for EVs, hybrid power plants, and engines that have lower CO2 emissions.

The workforce of BMW was actually downsized back in 2009 when the car manufacturer bought out contracts and offered early retirement in order to improve profitability. This move chopped down their manpower to around 96,000 from 107,000 back in 2007.  BMW is currently busy developing a hybrid sports car due by 2013 and an electric vehicle.

Aside from green technology experts, BMW is also looking for sales and purchasing specialists. The producer of BMW, Rolls-Royce, and Mini is hoping to improve their sales by 10% or 1.4 million units by next year. A more ambitious move is to deliver around 2 million cars to consumers by 2020.

It seems BMW is not the only one gearing for future competition as Daimler AG and Volkswagen are also hiring more people. Daimler AG signed around 400 more employees in the past few months in Germany specifically in Rastatt where they produce their compact units. Mercedes plans to get additional 2,500 employees to help with their production in Hungary. Volkswagen meanwhile may generate 50,000 jobs across their market regions globally through 2015.

Well, no one really. At least, no one quite dares to say that anymore.

There was a time, of course, when most if not all hybrid models were a little bit bland, if not downright ugly.

As we continue looking for alternative ways to get around, however, and as more and more automakers jump onto the hybrid train, we are seeing a lot of luxury.

For instance, expected this season, BMW will be releasing the ActiveHybrid 7, a luxury sedan which can see five people.

Keep your eyes out, folks — but beware, the MSRP is likely to be over a hundred grand.

In this blog – we have talked a whole lot about the 2011 BMW 5 Series Hybrid and finally – I am pleased to report that it is almost here.  This particular Activehybrid has been in the rumor phase for quite a while and while we had been anticipating it coming around late, late in the summer, it appears that June is the month for the 2011 BMW 5 Series Hybrid to go on sale.

Constantly, in this blog, we are looking for the latest and greatest in the way of hybrids and personally, I think that the 2011 BMW 5 Series Hybrid is the car that is going to make all of us turn our heads.  Not only is it absolutely beautiful but it is one car that is making all kinds of waves.

So if you are looking for a hybrid that is still on the sportier side, you might want to give the 2011 BMW 5 Series Hybrid a chance!