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During Apple’s 2020 WWDC keynote overnight, Apple announced a new feature of iPhones, turning them into a digital car key. While code for Apple’s CarKey feature was found in previous developer builds of iOS, it’s only now been officially announced. During the event, Emily Schubert, Senior Manager of Car...
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There’s a new BMW M5, and not just any rubber is good enough for this car. In an uncompromising effort to achieve the driving characteristics of the BMW M5, Pirelli engineers modified the tread pattern of the tyre to optimise the noise level. The compound contains special polymers developed by...
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Invites thinkers and doers to take part in “NextVisionaries” ideas competition. Winners to present at the Frankfurt Motor Show and TED’s New York theater. BMW like every auto maker worth their salt, is searching for the future before it happens. Being early in an industry as large as the automtive industry...
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Owning an electric car has many benefits, but BMW Australia have just added another. You can now access 40 dedicated parking spots for your electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV). These public charging bays are now available at 10 major Westfield centres across Victoria, New South Wales...
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This week a pretty special car, BMW’s i8 hybrid supercar was made available in Forza Horizon 3. The new car is part of the Rockstar Energy car pack. This pack contains seven cars, but for my money the biggest by a country mile is the i8. I’ve never driven...
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Carbon fiber is one of the most amazing and amazingly difficult compounds to work with. The structural properties are everything you want if you’re a car engineer, incredibly light, amazingly strong, the only downsides have been a lengthy construction process which in turn creates high costs. BMW are taking...
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The Frankfurt auto show is currently exciting the automotive industry in Germany. Electric vehicles are dominating the show, with almost every major auto manufacturer showing their EV or hybrid plans. The most notable is the simply stunning BMW i8. The car is gorgeously futuristic and is the closest production...
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Electric Vehicles are so clearly the future for the automotive industry and today BMW took a big step forward. They have turned their i3 concept vehicle and are putting it into production. While the road-going i3 has changed from the designer’s dream, the car you will buy, is surprisingly...
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Last month, BMW created a ‘Window Into The Near Future’ with a dramatic digital display in New York. In a building on the corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue, they created a screen that digitally transforms passing cars into the all-electric BMW i3 and plug-in hybrid BMW i8...
During Apple’s 2020 WWDC keynote overnight, Apple announced a new feature of iPhones, turning them into a digital car key. While code for Apple’s CarKey feature was found in previous developer builds of iOS, it’s only now been officially announced. During the event, Emily Schubert, Senior Manager of Car...
There’s a new BMW M5, and not just any rubber is good enough for this car. In an uncompromising effort to achieve the driving characteristics of the BMW M5, Pirelli engineers modified the tread pattern of the tyre to optimise the noise level. The compound contains special polymers developed by...
Invites thinkers and doers to take part in “NextVisionaries” ideas competition. Winners to present at the Frankfurt Motor Show and TED’s New York theater. BMW like every auto maker worth their salt, is searching for the future before it happens. Being early in an industry as large as the automtive industry...
Owning an electric car has many benefits, but BMW Australia have just added another. You can now access 40 dedicated parking spots for your electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV). These public charging bays are now available at 10 major Westfield centres across Victoria, New South Wales...
This week a pretty special car, BMW’s i8 hybrid supercar was made available in Forza Horizon 3. The new car is part of the Rockstar Energy car pack. This pack contains seven cars, but for my money the biggest by a country mile is the i8. I’ve never driven...