Intel has just announced their acquisition of the self-driving tech firm Mobileye. The acquisition is worth about $15.3 billion and is a key move for both brands. This will enable the two companies to combine their driverless software and hardware knowledge and get closer to the goal of putting a …
Read More »BMW Won’t integrate Android Auto into its Cars
Though Android Auto is available on many brands’ cars and users can use their Android-based phones and tablets to interact with them, BMW cars won’t be on that list. As for now, the company doesn’t plan to integrate Android Auto at all. BMW vehicles were the first ones to have …
Read More »We Present… The BMW i Vision Future Interaction
The BMW i Division presents the BMW i Vision Future Interaction! The car is exhibited at BMW Lenchbachplatz along with the BMW i8 and the 740Le iPerformance. We already know that the BMW i Vision Future Interaction was based on the BMW i8 Concept Spyder. It’s all about the autonomous driving, hybrid …
Read More »[Trivia] Why is BMW’s gauge cluster lights red?
BMW’s gauge cluster lights have always been red since the 1970’s. This color of illumination also influenced rest of the interior instruments and over the years, this has become part of BMW’s identity. Why change it, it looks great! However, there is an underlying reason why BMW chose red. BMW …
Read More »BMW Brand Manager About Electric Cars and Autonomous Driving
In an interview for Auto Motor und Sport (read here in German), Senior Vice President of the BMW Brand Hildegard Wortmann talked about the advancements in autonomous driving. She has been in the company since 1998 so we can trust her on the brand’s history and the vision of the …
Read More »