Level 3 highly automated driving with the Personal Pilot L3 option in the new BMW 7 Series and partially automated driving with the BMW Highway Assistant in the BMW 5 Series.

Automated driving in the plant.

BMW 750Li (Havanna metallic) - Exterior Design: side view, Hofmeister kink, front view, exterior mirror, headlights, intakes, three-quarter rear view, rear light / Design Interior: driver side, Instrument panel "wakes up", loudspeaker, gear shift, center speaker, seats front, seats rear, TV monitor, armrest, table (stop trick) / Driving shots: acting scene: acting scene (passenger and chauffeur mount car, switching on TV monitor, folding up table, using notebook), driving shots on country road, meadow, canola fields, inboard (navigation, Dynamic Driving Control in instrument panel), driving shots onboard, indicator, headlight.

The film shows the new function of BMW Maps with driver assistance in San Francisco. Driver SVP Stephan Durach, BMW Group, Copilot CEO Peter Sirota, Mapbbox

The film shows the new function of BMW Maps with driver assistance in San Francisco. Driver SVP Stephan Durach, BMW Group, Copilot CEO Peter Sirota, Mapbbox

The BMW Group is industrialising its Virtual Factory, with production planners continuously scaling applications in the digital twins of over 30 production sites to accelerate production planning worldwide. What once required several weeks of real-world modifications and testing can now be precisely simulated in the BMW Group's Virtual Factory.

For every launch, it is essential to verify that the new product fits on the production line and does not collide with its surroundings at any point. In the BMW Group's Virtual Factory, the collision check is digital, automated and fast, using construction data combined with 3D scans. The movement and rotation of a vehicle through the production lines are precisely simulated, allowing the system to automatically check for possible collisions. What now takes just three days to simulate virtually previously required almost four weeks of real testing.

The new Aeroacoustic and E-Engine Center (AEZ) starts operations at the BMW Group's Research and Innovation Center (FIZ). The building consists of two halves: In addition to a multifunctional part with workshop, testing and measurement equipment as well as a prototype for high-voltage batteries and inverters, the AEZ is home to a technically unique wind tunnel. With a length of almost 100 m, a height of 45 m and a width of 25 m, it is the world's largest vertical acoustic wind tunnel and at the same time the quietest.

Explanatory video of the round cell production (pilot line) in the CMCC in Parsdorf

Software has been at the core of BMW Group vehicle development for years.