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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. 

Originally revealed several months ago through concept sketches and films, the revolutionary and head-turning BMW Vision iNext has officially made its world premiere at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show! So much more than just a vehicle, the BMW Vision iNext represents the changing needs of the modern world and how best to address them. It is also the ultimate manifestation of the BMW’s various strategic fields of innovation including autonomous driving, electrification and services, and connectivity.

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! 

When it comes to compact luxury cars, there always seems to be a compromise to be made. Some models trade comfort for performance, while others let features and tech take a back seat to offering competitive price point. And if you're like many drivers here in the greater San Antonio, TX area, you're looking for a car that's fantastic all around so you don't have to make compromises in your driving experiences. 

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. 

Last month we explored the rumors, the speculations, and the few officially-confirmed bits of information surrounding the upcoming BMW 3 Series. And now, at long last, the new BMW 3 Series has finally been unveiled at the 2018 Paris Motor Show! Now that the new 3 Series has been confirmed, let’s dig into all of the exciting updates we now know for sure are coming to this gorgeous luxury sedan.

BMW made sure its presence at this year’s Paris Motor Show would not be easily forgotten with its multi-car unveilings: first with the all-new 3 Series, then the revelation of an upcoming BMW i4, and finally another exciting public debut of the all-new BMW Z4 Roadster! Initially introduced at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the fully-updated BMW Z4 is slated to officially release for sale to the public by March 2019. With yet another public appearance, we’ve gathered together even more official updates of what’s to come to the all-new German Roadster.

Originally introduced as a concept vehicle at the International Motor Show Germany in 2011, the BMW i3 electric vehicle has grown in leaps in bounds since its official launch in 2013. Initially, the BMW i3 was designed with a smallish 60 Ah battery that provided the car a driving range of just 81 miles. In 2017, the i3 finally saw its first battery upgrade up to a 94 Ah battery which increased the range an additional 34 miles for a total range of 115.

Just two years ago, BMW introduced the innovative and magical feature of gesture control into their 7 Series sedans where you could adjust climate, control music, answer messages and more all with simple gestures. Now, BMW is back at it again with the exciting technological updates--this time with the introduction of an totally-new Intelligent Personal Assistant that will be available for all later-model BMWs. Both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility will still exist for BMWs going forward, but this new voice assistant will be entirely independent of both.