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A brainchild of the revolutionary designers at the BMW Individual Manufaktur customization facility located near Munich, Germany, the BMW Individual M850i Night Sky includes materials that are literally “out of this world” to create a truly unique Ultimate Driving Machine. BMW Individual Manufaktur has been crafting one-of-a-kind for the last 25 years, with each new creation more spectacular than the last--and the BMW Individual M850i Night Sky is certainly no exception.

BMW Group’s company called Designworks has partnered up with cold-weather specialists The North Face to create an innovative and informative camper virtual reality experience in order to understand how we can better protect ourselves from the elements in the future. This camper concept was created in order to show off The North Face’s totally new FUTURELIGHT fabric which uses revolutionary Nanospinning technology in order to create the world’s most breathable and waterproof material. 

After much anticipation, BMW’s new flagship model--the all-new BMW 7 Series sedan--has finally had its worldwide debut in Shanghai, China! Featuring several exciting updates to both the interior and the exterior, the newest version of the BMW 7 Series sedan takes the title of Ultimate Driving Machine to a whole new level. For starters, the new BMW 7 Series sedan boasts several incredible color options to choose from--including new variants such as Bernina Grey amber effect metallic, Royal Burgundy Red brilliant effect metallic, and Donington Grey metallic.

The 2019 Consumer Electronics Show will be hosted in Las Vegas from January 8 through January 11, and the BMW Group plans to showcase the future of mobility in a number of exciting and innovative ways. Those attending the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show will have their first-ever chance to take an all-virtual drive in the new BMW Vision iNext, accompanied by none other than the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant. 

On December 10th, 2018 at the UN Climate Change Conference held in Katowice, Poland, the BMW Group announced to the world that the German-based company is already utilizing 100% renewable resources in Europe with plans to fully switch over globally by the year 2020. Ultimately, the BMW Group hopes to eliminate carbonization entirely from the mobility sector. The BMW Group and the UN Climate Change Conferences have been in partnership together since 1992, with the BMW Group serving as the headline sponsor of the ninth Sustainable Innovation Forum in particular. 

Just announced, the BMW group and Daimler at a Glance (Daimler AG) have begun planning the next steps for their upcoming joint mobility company, especially now that they have approval from the competition authorities. Owned in equal parts by both Daimler AG and the BMW Group, this new joint venture will focus on the expansion of urban mobility by making it easier to access, more intuitive, and wholly focused on the needs of the user. Through this upcoming mobility company, customers can easily and effortlessly navigate through a connected ecosystem of vehicles--much like Uber and Lyft. 

In an interview with Elmar Frickenstein, the Senior Vice President of Fully Automated Driving and Driver Assistance for BMW Auto Group, we discover what life is like on the BMW Group’s Autonomous Driving Campus during the first 450 days since its inception. Read along to find out more about BMW’s latest innovative project.

Running from December 6th to December 9th, 2018, the world-renowned Art Basel show in Miami Beach, Florida will present countless works of art from both established and emerging artists as provided by over 200 galleries worldwide. BMW has been a longstanding partner to this incredible international art show and will be providing a VIP shuttle service for guests once more. 

To celebrate the launch of the BMW X5 at the end of the month, BMW Italy has done something totally outrageous and awesome--they’ve completely reconstructed the historic Autodromo Nazionale Monza (the Monza circuit) on a 1:1 scale in the middle of the Sahara desert in Merzouga, Morocco. Originally built in 1922, the famous circuit is located in Monza, Italy just north of Milan and was the world’s third purposefully-built motor-racing circuit ever! 

Of the many automakers presenting at this year’s Paris Motor Show, BMW had one of the most eventful and exciting times of them all. To kick things off, the highly-anticipated and fully-updated 2019 BMW 3 Series was finally unveiled to plenty of praise and excitement from fans around the world. And then--to much delight--BMW Chairman Harald Krüger officially confirmed that BMW will indeed be launching an all-new electric vehicle slated to debut in 2021.