BMW of North America announced that the free Pandora® internet radio iPhone app, the first third party app approved for the new BMW Apps feature, is now live and available for download at www.itunes.com/appstore.
Beginning today, all MY 2011 and 2012 BMW vehicles equipped with the BMW Apps option will be able to stream Pandora internet radio through the iPhone app. Once the iPhone is connected to the vehicle, the Pandora personalized radio functions are operated by the vehicle’s existing controls. The Pandora integration, like the BMW Connected app features, is seamless.
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New York, NY – Friday, April 22, 2011… At the New York International Auto Show, BMW was presented with both the “Coolest Brand” and “Best Performance Brand” awards in Kelley Blue Book’s 2011 Brand Image Awards.“What could be cooler than The Ultimate Driving Machine,” said Jim O’Donnell, President Read More
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The BMW i8, expected production date of January 2013
BMW’s fuel-efficient, speedy electric car is going to debut in the near future. Introducing the BMW i8: a car that looks like one of those futuristic cars you see in science fiction movies. It looks like Hollywood agreed because they chose it to be featured in the upcoming Mission Impossible 4. Read More
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Believe it or not, whales and BMWs have something in common. Whales open their jaws wide and allow plankton to stream into their internal abyss, and BMW’s jaws are starting to open wider and wider to allow for more intake of information. Designer of today’s Z4, Juliane Blasi, suggests future BMWs will intake information as you drive along and process it to the driver to provide revolutions in (3) categories: safety, infotainment and convenience. Read More
Share on FacebookImagine driving a vehicle that predicts your next best move. Such lofty thoughts won't be limited to imagination for long. BMW confirmed that imagination is on its way to reality at their annual Innovation Days Event in Munich. There they introduced the concept of an 8-Speed Automatic Adaptive Transmission, an intelligent transmission that responds in milliseconds to information streaming from several sources including GPS mapping, a wireless data connection, Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), front and rear-mounted cameras, and radar.
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You love ZipCar, but this is even better.
DriveNow is BMW’s latest idea for those urban drivers who want to run quick errands around the city. The best part is that the cars are not stored in massive garages, but rather are parked randomly around the city wherever the last user parked it. Just check the app on your iPhone to determine where the closest DriveNow BMW (or MINI Cooper) is parked, and hop in. Access to the car is made possible by using your driver’s license as a digital “key”. Also, parking is free, and gas is included. Genius.
It just keeps getting better and better. The rate to drive one of these BMWs is only 29 cents per minute (cheaper than a taxi). The only problem is that DriveNow is only available in Munich, Germany. That’s right, way across the ocean. But if it proves to be a success there, surely we will see it crop up in the U.S. in the future.
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