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.

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.

Autonomous, driverless transport vehicle navigates precisely through BMW Group Plant Regensburg press plant: With the introduction of an autonomous transport vehicle at its press plant, BMW Group Plant Regensburg is driving forward with digitalisation and automation of its manufacturing processes: The company is thus taking a further step towards the digital and intelligently connected BMW iFACTORY. The driverless platform truck, with its electric drive train, will handle the internal transport of press tools and steel blanks for the press lines autonomously, with a payload of up to 55 tonnes. Using state-of-the-art sensor technology, the transport system navigates accurately and fully autonomously through the production facilities of the Regensburg press plant at a speed of four kilometres per hour - without a driver. The solution is one of a kind and currently exists nowhere else in the world.

Presentation of the future 3DX platform using illustrative use cases.