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Automated driving at the BMW Group
Personal mobility and its industrial application are on the brink of a technological quantum leap. The car and the technologies that make it tick are set to change more in the next 10 years than they have in the past 30 combined. The BMW Group sees itself as being well equipped to meet this challenge.
Over the course of recent years, the BMW Group has already demonstrated the basic essentials needed for autonomous driving at various events. As long ago as 2006, a BMW 3 Series was already lapping the circuit at Hockenheim by itself, while automated prototypes from the BMW Group started undergoing road tests on the A9 motorway between Munich and Nuremberg in 2011. Since 2014, more advanced prototypes from the BMW Group have been equipped with 360° environmental sensing technology, giving them the ability to avoid accidents. 2014 was also the year that an automated prototype from the BMW Group drifted its way around the Las Vegas Speedway for the first time, proving that even driving at the limits of performance is within the realms of possibility. Automated vehicles are now even capable of parking themselves when prompted to using simple gestures (automated valet parking).
The BMW Vision Next 100 is a visionary vehicle that incorporates all of these functions, at the same time as helping owners to manage their daily routine.
The BMW Group has in the meantime gone one step further: as a result of its acquisition of a stake in HERE in 2014 and it collaborations with Intel, Mobileye (since 2016) and other partners, the BMW Group has given the go-ahead for developing the BMW iNext for series production.
The BMW Group and its partners are working together on standards, platforms and a backend for the future of automated driving and would be delighted to welcome new partners into their alliance at any time.
Please find attached a document with further information about autonomous driving, different levels, new development centre and partnerships.
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Med de fire mærker BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce og BMW Motorrad, er BMW Group verdens førende premium producent af biler og motorcykler, som også tilbyder finansielle ydelser og mobilitetsservice. BMW Group har 31 produktionsanlæg i 14 lande samt forhandlernetværk i 140 lande.
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