Saturday, 18 March 2017 BERLIN: BMW is on track to deliver a self-driving car by 2021, the company’s senior vice president for Autonomous Driving, Elmar Frickenstein. “We are on the way to deliver a car in 2021 with level 3, 4 and 5,” Frickenstein told a panel discussion in Berlin, …
Read More »BMW’s AR automotive app officially launches
Thursday, 23 February 2017 Following a successful pilot, the BMW i Augmented Reality Visualizer – the world’s first automotive app to use Google’s Tango 3D AR technology – is now live on Google Play for anyone to download. Once installed, as long as your handset supports Tango, you will be …
Read More »New version of BMW i3 electric car to be introduce in 2017
Monday, 28 November 2016 FRANKFURT: German luxury carmaker BMW plans to launch a new version of its i3 electric car next year with a longer range and revamped design. BMW will rework the front and rear of the i3 and equip the car with a new battery to increase its …
Read More »BMW wheelchairs, high-tech bikes: Life in the Paralympic fast lane
Tuesday, 13 September 2016 RIO DE JANEIRO: High-tech has never been more important than in Rio and inevitably athletes from rich countries are benefiting most, using cutting-edge gear to escape ever further from the limitations of their disabled bodies. The wheelchair, created by BMW’s California-based firm Designworks and customised to …
Read More »BMW to develop driverless car technology with Intel, Mobileye
Monday, 4 July 2016 FRANKFURT: BMW is teaming up with Intel and Mobileye to develop new technology for the auto industry that could put self-driving cars on the road by around 2021. The alliance highlights a shift in the dynamics of research and development in the car industry, which …
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