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Innovation is the driving force for the success of the BMW Group. Innovation coming from a global Research and Innovation Network where the BMW Group’s development specialists work close together and develop solutions today for mobility challenges of tomorrow. Visions, creativity and passion thus serve to create products offering the customer the direct benefits and experience of the BMW Group’s innovative power.
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BMW CleanEnergy – The Energy Strategy of the BMW Group
BMW CleanEnergy – The Energy Strategy of the BMW Group
For more than 25 years, the BMW Group has been dedicated to the research and testing of hydrogen as a source of fuel for automobiles. The BMW Hydrogen 7 with its hydrogen combustion engine marks the peak so far of this systematically advanced technological development. BMW’s luxury saloon is a milestone on the road to sustainable and emission-free mobility.
BMW Group Recycling
BMW Group Recycling
Sustainability ensured by the ecologically responsible use of resources and materials has been the fundamental policy of the BMW Group for many years. Long before lawmakers introduced appropriate legislation, the BMW Group had developed exemplary processes and methods for the sensible use, recycling and disposal of materials as part of a comprehensive recycling concept.
Sustained use of water
Sustained use of water
Water is one of our most important resources in life. The protection of water is a major ecological objective for the BMW Group. To achieve this objective we must use water carefully in a sustainable system throughout all divisions of the company and in all our activities. Recycling and circulation systems based on natural models help us to meet these demands.
BMW Group driver assistance systems
BMW Group driver assistance systems
More comfort, greater assurance, improved safety.
EfficientDynamics
EfficientDynamics
The BMW Group is presenting a raft of innovations in its current model range aimed at drastically reducing emissions. Underpinning these innovations is a clear development strategy dedicated to securing individual mobility for the future.
BMW Group Research and Technology
BMW Group Research and Technology
Creative Power - customer oriented and efficient.
Virtual Reality in Car Production
Virtual Reality in Car Production
Using high-performance computers, the automobile manufacturer is now in a position to simulate many steps in the development process realistically on the screen before building elaborate models and using expensive test stands. And this option to work with computergenerated simulations is not limited to conventional screen displays alone. Virtual reality used by the BMW Group from the initial development of design concepts all the way to planning production processes is a most efficient and innovative simulation technology.
The BMW Group energy strategy
The BMW Group energy strategy
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Research and Development Network
Research and Development Network
Innovation is the driving force for the success of the BMW Group. Innovation coming from a global Research and Innovation Network where the BMW Group’s development specialists work close together and develop solutions today for mobility challenges of tomorrow. Visions, creativity and passion thus serve to create products offering the customer the direct benefits and experience of the BMW Group’s innovative power.
Driving Physics
Driving Physics
Modern technology helps the driver in road traffic. But even the most sophisticated control systems with their superior stabilising effect do not relieve the driver of his responsibility on the road, where man and machine form one complete unit. Every motorist should therefore be aware of the laws of physics applicable to the automobile, and experience these laws under the right kind of guidance. This is precisely why BMW Group Driver Training offers exactly the right instruction and training courses for all needs from the “beginner” to the “expert”.
Research and Development Network
Research and Development Network
Innovation is the driving force for the success of the BMW Group. Innovation coming from a global Research and Innovation Network where the BMW Group’s development specialists work close together and develop solutions today for mobility challenges of tomorrow. Visions, creativity and passion thus serve to create products offering the customer the direct benefits and experience of the BMW Group’s innovative power.
Vehicle Recycling
Vehicle Recycling
The BMW Group has been actively involved in efficient recycling concepts for many years. The aim of our recycling process is to reclaim resources and materials contained in vehicles quickly and comprehensively in order to fill the gaps in material cycles and thus to use resources as sparingly and efficiently as possible.