In order to be tested to receive 5 Stars in Euro NCAP's safety evaluation, the vehicle must be put through 4 total vehicle crash tests, plus active safety tests on the track as well as component tests. This side (barrier) test demonstrates the top performance of the iX as well as presenting BMW's first production implementation of a center airbag to further limit interaction on the far side of the vehicle.

The series show the BMW iNEXT Design process, narrated authentically by employees and their stories. Episode 1 – The Monolith: Interviews about the process of exterior design with Kai Langer (Head of BMW i Design), Dirk Müller-Stolz (Head of BMW i Exterior Design) and Sawyer Li (Exterior Designer). The minimalist, bold and iconic exterior design is visually transported in this episode, that feels reduced and sculptural - thus almost mystic. A monolith functions as a symbolic/aesthetic motive throughout the episode.

The series show the BMW iNEXT Design process, narrated authentically by employees and their stories. Episode 2: Focus of episode 2 is interior design and interviewpartners are: Matthias Junghanns (Head of BMW i Interior Design), Simon Sebastian (Interior Designer) and Daniela Bohlinger (Head of BMW Group Design Sustainability). The concept of minimalism is also reflected within the interior-design, that surprises with an inviting, boutique-like atmosphere and an transcendent quality. Several, now pastel colored monoliths are part of the set-design, mixed with floral attributes in Ikebana-like-fashion.

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