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.

The BMW Group is the technology partner of the German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation. Using 3D printing processes, the BMW Group develops and produces personalized spike plates for the German bobsleigh national team to make the athletes even faster at the start. The video explains the process and includes interviews with BMW specialists and athletes.

The BMW Group is "Mobility Partner of the German National Biathlon Team" and provides the team with the opportunity to optimize aerodymics in the BMW Group wind tunnel. The video shows the wind tunnel testing and contains interviews with the experts from BMW and DSV.

Supported by BMW as Main Partner, the 2024 FIL World Luge Championships are a home event for the German team. The BSD are aiming to add to their list of successes in front of their own fans and have been working towards this objective with the support of technology partner BMW since 2010. In luging, the technology transfer from automobile research, development and production focuses on data-driven optimisation of the complex system of luge and athlete.The video shows the technology and contains interviews with the athletes and the BMW data scientist.

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.

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.