Proven quality.
Thanks to the handcraft of tomorrow.
Sharing knowledge for the long term.
Sheer driving pleasure.
Highly innovative parking.
Proven quality.
Thanks to the handcraft of tomorrow.
The future in our sights: The major issues that concern us.
Always staying one step ahead and shaping the mobility of the future is an important part of our company’s philosophy. We therefore work tirelessly to find innovative solutions today for the issues of tomorrow.
New perspectives in production.
The BMW Group is using the opportunities of digitalisation to optimise production processes. The potential realised in this way creates an even more flexible production chain that can meet individual customer wishes.
Enjoy relaxed parking.
The end of the drive does not signal the end of the experience. The BMW Parking Assistant uses state-of-the-art sensor and camera technology to sense the area around the vehicle. It can steer, drive and brake autonomously on request. With the BMW Maneuver Assistant, the vehicle can execute a pre-recorded maneuvers and in this way take over driving and parking in recurring situations such as a permanently assigned parking space in a car park.
First electric 40-ton truck.
The BMW Group is deploying an all-electric 40-ton truck in the city, together with its logistics partner, SCHERM Group. The innovative traction vehicle licensed for use on public roads is used for just-in-time material transport over short distances. Thanks to its alternative drive train, the truck is quiet, CO2-neutral and generates virtually no particle pollution for the environment.
Experience the topics of tomorrow.
Creative interaction between development sites is a key success factor. Tour our world of innovation and discover today what this means for the future.
Virtual reality will be an integral part of many developer workplaces in the future, based on a mixed-reality system developed from components used in the gaming industry and now deployed for the first time in the automotive industry by the BMW Group. This will open up entirely new opportunities for developers, including fully simulated city drive-throughs to test the panoramic view of the surroundings. |
The BMW Labs portal enables the BMW Group to test new ConnectedDrive services with customers during the development stage and obtain their active input. Integration of IFTTT services into BMW vehicles enables users to connect more than 260 services to their car, including messaging and cloud services, but also smart-home functions – for example, automatically switching on outdoor lights when the car approaches the house. |
At BMW Welt, the BMW Group offered young technology enthusiasts between the ages of nine and twelve the chance to bring machines to life. Working with robots, the children learned programming basics. In an educational workshop programme, the young participants also learned about ground-breaking future topics, such as electro-mobility and sustainability. |
BMW Open Innovation.
A tradition of exceptional innovations.
The BMW Group has always encouraged innovation. This forward-looking philosophy has enabled and defined a number of important milestones in the company’s history.
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