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Founded in 1998, the BMW Group Technology Office USA is located in Mountain View, California and currently employs a diverse team from multidisciplinary fields.
The office reflects the spirit of technological innovation embodied by its Silicon Valley setting, bringing together associates to work towards one common goal: the identification of new technologies and trends relevant to BMW, and their incorporation into new products as quickly as possible.
The Mountain View team works to ensure that BMW remains at the forefront of global trends and technology. The researchers and developers concentrate preliminary on Sustainability and Digitalization. That includes but isn't limited to future mobility concepts, smart grid and smart home, battery technology and powertrain topics, as well as sensor technologies, Big Data and machine learning, user experience concepts and highly automated driving.
The offices are easily accessible via the Bay Shore Freeway and are less than a mile from the water and green spaces of Shoreline Park.
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2018
25 Apr 2018
BMW Group plans additive manufacturing campus
The BMW Group is to invest more than €10 million in a new Additive Manufacturing Campus. Located in Oberschleissheim, just north of Munich, the facility will allow the company to continue developing its expertise in this field of work.2 Apr 2018
A look back into the future: The classic Mini Electric
The classic Mini Electric combines the historic look of the world's favorite small car with groundbreaking drive technology for tomorrow's urban mobility.2 Apr 2018
A new way to find better battery materials
A new approach to analyzing and designing new ion conductors — a key component of rechargeable batteries — could accelerate the development of high-energy lithium batteries, and possibly other energy storage and delivery devices such as fuel cells, researchers say.16 Mar 2018
How do Carmakers Deal With Less Cars?
From London to Sydney, one-bedroom apartments with a car space attached are becoming a rarity as planners impose tight controls on the provision of parking in new blocks, slashing costs and gridlock.6 Mar 2018
BMW
BMW is extremely active when it comes to battery innovation. The company has performed a screening of battery materials to achieve high performance, and is also working on second-life applications.
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16 Feb 2018
Southern hemisphere's largest electric car sharing scheme launches
The largest 100 per cent electric car-sharing scheme in the Southern Hemisphere has been launched in New Zealand.9 Feb 2018
Porsche doubles e-mobility investment
Porsche has been putting together an unprecedented future development plan: By 2022, the sports car manufacturer will invest more than six billion euros in e-mobility, focusing on both plug-in hybrids and purely electric vehicles.16 Jan 2018
Contemporary Amperex Tech Ltd (CATL)
CATL is a Sino-Japanese company manufacturing Li-ion batteries for consumer electronics and electric vehicles. The company has the ambitious objective of reaching a production of 100 GWh/year by 2020.2017
21 Dec 2017
BMW turns HQ into giant batteries as it hits target
The BMW Group has sold 100,000 electrified vehicles in 2017, hitting its annual target and signifying an important shift in consumers mindsets towards their individual carbon footprints. This is more than 60 percent up from the 62,255 electric cars BMW sold last year.12 Dec 2017
Hanyang University
BMW supply research funding
12 Dec 2017
Strong demand for the Panamera with hybrid drive
Around 60 per cent of all new Panamera models that have been delivered in Europe were equipped with a hybrid drive. The new Panamera plug-in hybrid models were launched on the European market in June 2017.29 Nov 2017
Fast charging station network starts to take shape
IONITY, which was founded only a few weeks ago, is taking off quickly. The joint venture of BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen with Audi and Porsche has formed initial strategic partnerships for the realization of its "High-Power-Charging" network for electric vehicles in Europe.24 Nov 2017
Composite materials for the automotive sector - who needs who more?
It is hard to avoid the topic of the automotive sector within the composite industry, but of late there has been a shift in the rhetoric from when the large uptake will happen to whether it will happen at all.22 Nov 2017
Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc.
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8 Nov 2017
Launch of pan-European high-power charging network IONITY
Launching approximately 400 HPC stations by 2020, IONITY will make long-distance journeys easier and marks an important step for electric vehicles.19 Oct 2017
VW fails to secure long-term cobalt supply for electric vehicles
Volkswagen has failed to secure a long-term supply of cobalt used in electrical vehicle batteries.16 Oct 2017
A report from EVS30 in Stuttgart
Analyst Lorenzo Grande was at EVS30 in Stuttgart to learn about new developments and products, as well as to attend the co-located conference on batteries and fuel cells.31 Aug 2017
HP, Deloitte alliance to establish industrial-scale 3D printing
HP Inc and Deloitte Consulting LLP announced a first-of-its-kind alliance to help accelerate the digital transformation of the global manufacturing industry.18 Aug 2017
Fiat to join BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye for autonomous driving
BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye have announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to be the first automaker to join them in developing a world leading, state-of-the-art autonomous driving platform for global deployment.14 Aug 2017
Automotive Companies Escape to Aerospace
Companies get vaporised when market segmentation widens. Classics are those making steam trains missing the move to electric and to other modes of travel and NortonVilliersTriumph thinking that dominance of the UK motorcycle market protected them when, of course, motorcycles are a world market appropriately addressed by others